Luxury retailer Tiffany & Co. today announced plans to open a Westport store in the fall on Post Road East at Main Street in the space formerly occupied by Eddie Bauer.
The former Eddie Bauer store at Post Road East and Main Street will be the new home of Tiffany & Co. WestportNow.com photo
The approximately 5,500-square foot store will offer an array of exclusive designs, including the jeweler’s celebrated diamonds in platinum and 18-karat gold settings, rare and lustrous pearls as well as jewelry and watches, an announcement said.
“We look forward to joining the vibrant Westport community and offering our current and prospective customers convenient access to excellence of design, quality, craftsmanship, and superior service that are the hallmarks of Tiffany’s great heritage,” said Beth O. Canavan, executive vice president.
While the announcement did not specify the building, a real estate source said it was the former Eddie Bauer store.
The property, which extends along Taylor Place, has not had a full-time tenant since mid-summer.
It has been used by a temporary tenant to sell Halloween and Christmas gifts and by Orvis as a two-week sales outlet.
The building is approximately 16,400-square feet and the source said Tiffany would sublet a portion of the building it will not use.
Tiffany’s only other store location in Connecticut is in Greenwich.
The building, whose formal address is 40-44 Post Road East, was sold in 2002 by Maryland-based Federal Realty Investment Trust to Win Properties, a Greenwich-based real estate investment group, for $7.5 million.
Federal Realty had purchased the building in 1994 for $4.2 million.
Longtime Westporters will remember the Eddie Bauer location as housing the old Ship’s Lantern Restaurant as well as Colgan’s Pharmacy.
The Ship’s name is retained by the Ship’s Corner Chinese takeout which occupies the rear portion of the building facing on Jesup Road.
