Frontier signs lease for new HQ in Norwalk

Frontier Communications Corp. has signed a lease in Norwalk and will move its headquarters there from Stamford this summer, real estate investment management firms Clarion Partners and Marcus Partners announced.

The telecommunications company signed an 11-year lease for 84,405 square feet on the first two floors in building 401 at the Merritt 7 corporate park. The company is moving from High Ridge Park in Stamford, a 40-acre corporate campus with six buildings. Frontier occupied four floors at 3 High Ridge Park totaling nearly 100,000 square feet.

Merritt 7 is a six-building office park operated by Clarion and Marcus on a 22-acre campus along the Norwalk River. A two-year renovation project on the campus is nearing completion.

Paul Quick, Frontier’s senior vice president and general manager for Connecticut, said after searching for a new headquarters, Merritt 7 fit the company”™s criteria.

“Site quality, a central location and institutional ownership and management were all very important to Frontier in the selection of its new headquarters,” Margaret Egan, Clarion Partners senior vice president, said.

Other Merritt 7 tenants include Datto, EMCOR, GE and Siemens.