STAMFORD — Pores and skin-care firm Beiersdorf is relocating its North American headquarters from Wilton to Stamford, officers stated, putting its major U.S. places of work in a extra central location to help its progress.
Recognized for manufacturers corresponding to Aquaphor, Coppertone, Eucerin, La Prairie and Nivea, Beiersdorf plans to maneuver in mid-November to places of work at 301 Tresser Blvd., within the downtown Stamford Plaza complicated. About 185 workers will work out of the brand new places of work.
The corporate’s major U.S. places of work are actually based mostly at 45 Danbury Street in Wilton, its hometown since November 2011. It has a 10-year lease there that may quickly finish, in response to firm officers.
“We’re excited to name the dynamic metropolis of Stamford dwelling to our new North America headquarters,” Mauricio Valdes, appearing basic supervisor of Beiersdorf North America, stated in a press release. “Stamford’s wealthy cultural range, accessibility and comfort to each New York Metropolis and our new North America R&D Innovation Heart (in New Jersey) will function the best hub for our continued progress and enlargement within the area.”
The corporate has signed a lease for 27,492 sq. ft at 301 Tresser, in response to the Stamford Workplace of Financial Growth. With a campus protecting roughly 1 million sq. ft — additionally together with buildings at 263 Tresser, 281 Tresser and 107 Elm St. — Stamford Plaza represents one of many largest workplace complexes in Connecticut.
“I’m assured that our newly designed house with its inspirational views and structure will present the right backdrop for our regional and world colleagues to attach, collaborate and innovate,” Valdes stated.
Beiersdorf is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. Within the U.S., it additionally has places of work in Bentonville, Ark., and a soon-to-open world R&D Innovation Heart in Florham Park, N.J. The corporate employs greater than 20,000 worldwide.
At 301 Tresser, Beiersdorf’s places of work will probably be situated a block from the places of work of one other Germany-headquartered consumer-goods powerhouse, Henkel. The latter opened its North American client items headquarters at 200 Elm St. in 2017.
Regardless of the proliferation of distant working throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Stamford has continued to draw main corporations, with different newcomers together with producer and technology-services agency ITT, actual estate-focused financial-technology agency Tomo Networks and Webster Financial institution. ITT and Webster have determined to maneuver their headquarters to Stamford — respectively from White Plains, N.Y., and Waterbury. When it was based final yr, Tomo introduced that it could be based mostly in Stamford.
Amongst corporations already headquartered within the metropolis, Constitution Communications earlier this yr opened its new headquarters at 406 Washington Blvd., subsequent to the downtown Metro-North Railroad station and some blocks from its longtime headquarters at 400 Atlantic St. WWE, which is now based mostly at 1241 E. Primary St., plans to begin its transfer late subsequent yr to its future headquarters at 677 Washington Blvd.
Within the third quarter of this yr, Stamford’s central enterprise district recorded 145,000 sq. ft of leasing exercise, up 2 % from the earlier quarter, in response to industrial actual property agency CBRE. Regardless of the growing demand, the market nonetheless trails its five-year quarterly common of 195,000 sq. ft.
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