Controversial plan to allow Life Time building in Stamford approved

The controversial plan to turn the former Frontier Communications building at 3 High Ridge Park in Stamford into a Life Time fitness center will apparently move forward, after the city”™s zoning board approved a text amendment allowing for such adaptive reuse.

Although subject to appeal from residents who objected to the additional traffic and noise that would result, the zoning board”™s unanimous vote would appear to pave the way for demolition of the property, which Life Time and developer George Comfort & Sons plan to turn into a facility measuring less than 100,000 square feet.

The amendment will allow similar facilities to be constructed at Stamford”™s five other office parks. The zoning board indicated that it could also hire an independent consultant to conduct or review traffic and noise-level studies.

“We were pleased with the outcome and, along with Life Time, are committed to being good neighbors,” a spokesman for George Comfort & Sons said.

The building has been vacant since Frontier moved to 401 Merritt 7 in Norwalk in 2015.