FAQ: Harbor Point Stamford at 10
Harbor Point, the 80-acre development site originally planned more than a decade ago, comprises two main tracts of land, both old industrial sites in Stamford’s South End....
Harbor Point, the 80-acre development site originally planned more than a decade ago, comprises two main tracts of land, both old industrial sites in Stamford’s South End....
Stamford has also been the fastest-growing city in the state. While the 2010 U.S. Census had its population at 122,839, its 2017 one-year estimate put it at 130,824 – making it the only Connecticut city with at least 100,000 residents to have grown during that period....
The band of volunteers decides what goes up in this fast-growing city, but rarely visits sites as a troupe. So the board packed into a muted-gold minivan on a recent afternoon and toured the now 10-year-old Harbor Point project, taking stock of all they and the city had agreed to — billions of dollars worth of investment, a new taxing district and a sprawling development comprised of some dozen buildings that began construction a decade ago....
Charter Communications’ new headquarters won’t be the only office building rising in the South End after the Zoning Board this week approved a new complex for the other side of the neighborhood....
SpringWorks Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing medicines to treat cancer and severe rare diseases, is relocating its corporate headquarters from New York city to a 23,919-square-foot space at 2 Harbor Point Square in Stamford....
Ten years ago, Building and Land Technology took 80 acres of vacant industrial land in Stamford, Conn.’s South End, much of it contaminated brownfield sites, and began constructing a $3.5 billion mixed-use development. Harbor Point is now a large live-work-play community including 3,000 multifamily units, marinas, public waterfront access, more than 20 acres of parkland, restaurants and nightlife, offices and retailers....
Two neighborhoods proved the epicenter of the 2018 boom, as they have in previous years. In the South End and downtown alone, 2018 meant construction and plans for more of it. Work continued on four high-rise apartment buildings that bring the decade-old Harbor Point development to near completion at the southwestern tip of the South End while the same developer, Building and Land Technology, began construction on the new 500,000-square-foot headquarters for Charter Communications....
In the six days since Westover Magnet Elementary School students were told where they would be moving while their building is cleared of mold , office spaces at Silicon Harbor have been transformed into glass-paned classrooms. Conference rooms became computer labs. Huddle spaces now store learning materials. A once-carpeted hallway is now a gym....
Building and Land Technology (BLT) announced that Building and Land Technology Capital Real Estate Advisors, LLC (BLTCREA), a venture initially formed in 2017 to support commercial real estate investments of its parent BLT Capital Partners and its affiliates, is now fully operational as a rated special servicer and restructuring advisor....
Southwestern Connecticut’s office market is recovering — surely, but slowly. Vacancy rates throughout the area have declined in the past year as a series of deals involving major companies have helped to fill the space. Commercial realtors expect the progress to continue at an incremental pace, with few firms signing massive leases and landlords instead targeting smaller tenants. “I believe that Stamford, including lower Fairfield County, has all the right places to work,” said Sean Cahill, Norwalk-based principal and managing...