Major retailer Crate & Barrel has signed a 10-year lease agreement for 37,253 square feet at 1200 Post Road East, Westport, in the complex known as Carriage Hill South, according to a realty news service.
Crate & Barrel will occupy three floors of Carriage Hill South on Post Road East next year. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) WestportNow.com file photo
Costar Group said the Northbrook, Ill.-based company will take occupancy of three levels of the building late next year.
Built in 1978, 1200 Post Road East is a three-story, 51,277-square-foot office/retail building. Peter Van Witt of Newtown Group Properties LP acquired the building in 2005 for $10 million. (See WestportNow April 8,2005)
Crate & Barrel was founded in 1962 by a husband and wife team and has expanded to more than 7,000 employees with 145 locations in the United States.
It sells a wide range of items such as bedding and bath accessories, kitchen and dinnerware, to furniture and garden and patio items.
Crate & Barrel said it is opening its doors in Fairfield County because of the need of its presence in Westport’s prime retail location, the report said.
Presently, the nearest Crate & Barrel location is at The Westchester in White Plains, N.Y.
