Empire State Realty Trust’s Stamford Place Rents to American Express

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. ("ESRT"), a real estate investment trust with office and retail properties in Manhattan and the greater New York metropolitan area, has leased 10,842 square feet at 100 First Stamford Place, in Stamford, CT, to American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.

According to a release, American Express will relocate from 400 Atlantic Street to its newly built offices at First Stamford Place this summer. First Stamford Place is a three-building, 784,160- rentable-square-foot office complex adjacent to the Stamford Transportation Center, providing tenants with immediate access to Metro North and I-95.

"We are pleased to welcome American Express to our roster of prestigious tenants, who value First Stamford Place's convenient location and top-tier services and amenities," says Jeffrey H. Newman, senior vice president of Empire State Realty Trust and its affiliates. Those urban campus amenities include a dining facility and catering service, tenants-only fitness and multimedia- conference centers, free on-site parking, and shuttle van service to and from the Stamford Transportation Center and shopping areas.

American Express Travel Related Services Company offers a broad range of products and services, including Travelers Cheques, travel packages, travelers' accident insurance, car rental insurance and a Global Assist hotline for card members abroad.

Newman represented the landlord in the transaction, along with senior leasing associate Kimberly Zaccagnino and leasing associate Tara Long. Sean Cahill and Jim Silberfein of CBRE represented American Express.

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), owns, manages, operates, acquires and repositions office and retail properties in Manhattan and the greater New York metropolitan area, including the Empire State Building.

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