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Diageo Signs 277,700-SF Lease in Norwalk

NORWALK, CT-Diageo signed on the dotted line on one of the most anticipated deals in some time in Fairfield County. The maker of Smirnoff and other spirit brands signed a lease to occupy a 277,700-sf building under construction here.

By John Jordan | Updated on February 17, 2004

NORWALK, CT-In a deal that will involve the relocation of its US headquarters operations from Downtown Stamford, Diageo North America Inc. has signed a 15-year lease for 277,700 sf at Building and Land Technology’s Towers at Merritt River Corporate Campus here. The lease deal involves the entire 801 Main Ave. building, which is currently under construction. Building and Land Technology president and CEO Carl R. Kuehner III says the cost of the seven-story building will exceed $100 million. Diageo is expected to take occupancy of the seven-story building in March of 2005.

Commenting on the deal, which is the largest lease transaction in the past five years in Fairfield County, Kuehner says, “This commitment is an affirmation of the strategic importance of Southwestern Connecticut.”

He also notes that his firm will begin construction in the next few months on a 350,000-sf office building at 1001 Main Ave. here. To date, the firm has not signed any tenants for that property. The Towers at Merritt River also includes the 250,000-sf regional headquarters for Hewitt Associates at 1001 Main Ave. and the Merritt on the River property, a 240,000-sf building that at one time was the corporate headquarters for the now defunct Caldor retail chain. Nearby is the Merritt River Apartments, a 227-unit residential complex that Building and Land Technology sold last month for $60 million.

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