much of the third quarter’s vibrancy was predicated on a single deal: Charter Communications’ build-to-suit lease for 532,000 square feet at 406 Washington Blvd. in Stamford, which represented the region’s largest office transaction in more than a decade.
If one removed Charter Communications from the equation, the second-largest lease transaction of the quarter — Gartner Group’s 56,783-square-foot renewal-expansion at 700 Fairfield Ave. in Stamford — was considerably less dramatic. And the largest new lease outside of Charter Communications, KPMG LLP’s 35,848-square-foot transaction at 677 Washington Blvd. in Stamford, seemed microscopic in comparison to the mega-deal happening down the street.