Westmed Medical Group enters Fairfield County
A force in Westchester County medicine ”“ Westmed Medical Group, with 287 physicians in 10 locations ”“ is crossing the border in the company”™s first leap into another state.
Bronx-based Simone Development Cos. announced the medical group has signed a lease for approximately 13,000 square feet at the developer”™s Greenwich development project at 644 W. Putnam Ave., a 36,000-square-foot retail/office/medical building.
A second lease at the property ”“ 5,600 square feet for a pediatric practice ”“ was also announced by Simone, bringing the building to 100 percent occupancy. Other tenants at the property include a CVS pharmacy, Greenwich Hospital and Zaniac Prep, an after-school enrichment program.
Westmed”™s multispecialty group practice will occupy 9,347 square feet on the second floor of the two-story building for medical offices and 3,356 square feet on the ground level for a walk-in medical clinic. Occupancy is slated for this fall.
“We are delighted to welcome Westmed Medical Group, the region”™s premier medical practice, as our newest tenant at 644 W. Putnam Ave,” said Joseph Simone, president of Simone Development Cos., in a statement. “We are particularly pleased that they have selected this location for their first entry into the Connecticut market. We have a long and successful relationship with Westmed Medical Group in Westchester County, where we have recently completed an 85,000-square-foot building in our Purchase Professional Park for their new headquarters.”
“We are looking forward to bringing the highest quality of patient-centered care with a focus on measured excellence to Fairfield County,” said Dr. Simeon Schwartz, president and CEO of the Westmed Medical Group. “This location will offer the state-of-the-art outpatient services for which Westmed is known.”
Simone also announced that Next Generation Care Pediatrics has signed a lease for 5,600 square feet of space at the address.
The 644 W. Putnam Ave. property was developed by Simone Development Cos. in partnership with Fareri Associates LP, a Greenwich-based real estate investment and development firm. The building, which has direct access to West Putnam Avenue (Route 1) and Holly Hill Lane, sits on a two-level underground parking garage with on-grade parking as well.
Simone owns and manages more than 100 properties incorporating more than 5 million square feet regionally, with its biggest the 42-acre Hutchinson Metro Center by the Hutchinson River Parkway in the Bronx.