Top companies continue to restate their commitment to W&M's Class-A properties by expanding their offices and renewing their leases. Since the fall issue of W&M Talk, new, renewal, and expansion deals were signed at W&M buildings for more than 200,000 square feet of offices. Fairfield County Metro Center
Investment firm Olympus Growth Fund renewed the lease on its 7,613-square-foot space through 2010. Flavin, Blake & Co., L.P., an investment management company, renewed its lease through 2010.
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"First Stamford Place offers top-of-the-line amenities and services that are valuable to our business and our employees," says Odyssey's CFO Charlie Troiano. Crane Co., manufacturer of engineered industrial products, expanded its space to 25,687 square feet and extended its lease through 2018. MerrittView Global wine company Beringer Blass Wine Estates Sales Co. leased a new 2,845-square-foot office through 2011. (Please see the tenant profile on page 4.) Charter Brokerage Corp., a jet fuel importer, signed a seven-year lease for a new 2,784-square-foot office. Westchester County 500 Mamaroneck Asset management firm Mariner Investment Group, Inc. signed a 10-year lease for an additional 20,814 square feet, increasing its offices to 29,529 square feet. Ten Bank Street
Marubeni Specialty Chemicals, Inc., importer, exporter and distributor of chemicals, expanded its space to 12,256 square feet and renewed its lease for 11 years. "Ten Bank Street's location is ideal for us because of the easy access to our corporate offices and our clients in New York City," says Robert Roman, Marubeni's director of administration. Lukaszewski Group, Inc., a management-consulting firm, renewed the lease for its 1,395-square-foot office for five years. 711 Westchester Avenue
Please see our Partnering for Success article for a list of the brokers who helped make these deals possible.
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Thomson Corporation, provider of global integrated information solutions, leased additional space for 16 years. The firm now occupies 82,066 square feet.
AVIS Rent-A-Car, located in the Metro Center Annex, has extended its lease through 2010.
Odyssey America Reinsurance Company expanded its offices to 104,619 square feet, and renewed its lease through 2022. To help seal the deal, W&M provided 15,000 square feet of temporary space to house employees while W&M Construction Corp. completes a phased renovation of its offices.
Sugar trader Metelmann Trading leased a new 2,553-square-foot office through 2009.
Investment firm Spectrum Equity Investors leased a new 7,072-square-foot office for seven years.