Building and Land Technology's 200 Elm St. and 695 East Main St. office buildings in Downtown Stamford, CT.

STAMFORD, CT—Diageo, which announced it was relocating its primary North American operations from Norwalk, CT to 3 World Trade Center in Manhattan in January, has signed a significant lease in Downtown Stamford.

The British multinational alcoholic beverages company signed a lease for approximately 40,000 square feet of space at Building and Land Technology's 200 Elm St. office complex in Downtown Stamford. The property owner, which announced the deal, says that Diageo will bring 250 jobs to its new offices in Stamford.

In January, Diageo signed a lease for approximately 87,000 square feet at 3 World Trade Center and would relocate some operations from its current offices at 801 Main Ave. in Norwalk, CT. At the time, Diageo stressed it was retaining some operations in Connecticut. The moves to New York City and Stamford from Norwalk are both scheduled for early 2020.

Diageo's Stamford office will house a number of teams including its Research & Development/Innovation center of excellence, along with members of finance, human resources, supply and business services.

Erik Snyder, president, supply & procurement, Diageo North America states, “We are delighted to partner with BLT on this new chapter for Diageo North America and look forward to becoming a member of the Stamford community, while creating the vibrant culture and workplace of the future we aspire to.”

Drew Saunders, Ed Tonnessen, and Andrew Lutzer of JLL represented Diageo in the lease transaction at 200 Elm St.

Back in 2004, Diageo announced it was relocating its North American operations from Downtown Stamford to 277,000 square feet of space at 801 Main Ave. Diageo has operated out of the 801 Main Ave. building since then, but has subleased some of that space, according to the company.

Diageo joins a number of new businesses that have chosen to relocate to the 550,000-square-foot 200 Elm St. since BLT relaunched the renovated property in 2017.Henkel Consumer Goods Inc. has relocated and consolidated from other locations into approximately 155,000 square feet at 200 Elm, and RSM, a leading provider of audit, tax and consulting services, moved into 27,800 square feet of space. Tudor Investment Management Co., CA Technologies, Webster Bank, each leased approximately 25,000 square feet and all have taken occupancy of their space at the property.

“We're so pleased that Diageo chose 200 Elm as the solution to its office space needs in Connecticut,” said Carl R. Kuehner, III, CEO of BLT.  “Industry leading businesses continue to choose Stamford for new locations, relocations, and consolidation, and I believe we'll see more of the same going forward.:

200 Elm is one of the two recently renovated downtown office towers that formerly housed the North American headquarters of Gen Reinsurance (General Re). 200 Elm now boasts a new four-story grand entrance atrium, modernized elevators, new roofs, new bathrooms, new large conference facility and collaboration areas, and best in class amenities including a full-service café with grand rotunda seating area, outdoor central courtyard, full-service fitness center managed by Health Fitness, manned security stations with surveillance, control gates and card key access 24/7/365.

BLT acquired 200 Elm and its sister building, 695 East Main St. in 2012. BLT has since completed a multi-million-dollar renovation on the two interconnected buildings that was the former General Re headquarters. Deloitte anchors 695 East Main, the Clock Tower Building, occupying a majority of the building.