Blue Sky animation studio renews Greenwich lease through 2025
Blue Sky Studios, the animation house behind the “Ice Age” and “Rio” franchises, and Realtor Tishman Speyer have announced a new lease agreement that will keep the studio at the Tishman Speyer-owned Greenwich American Center through 2025.
Blue Sky, a division of Twentieth Century Fox Film, was also behind “The Peanuts Movie,” “Dr. Seuss”™ Horton Hears a Who!” and the forthcoming “Ferdinand.” It relocated from White Plains to the Greenwich American Center in 2009. It employs more than 450 artists, engineers and scientists from a variety of educational backgrounds and 23 countries. According to Chief Operating Officer Brian Keane, Blue Sky has grown by more than 200 jobs since coming to Connecticut.
“Blue Sky Studios is one of the world”™s leading digital animation movie studios and we are proud of their commitment to stay and grow in Connecticut,” Gov. Dannel Malloy said. “Their announcement to stay reinforces Connecticut’s position as a great location for cutting-edge digital companies.”
State Sen. Scott Frantz said the announcement “is tremendous news on many fronts, both locally and for the entire state. This will ensure that we are a world leader in digital media and is continued evidence that our digital tax credit policies are benefiting our state and the workers here.”