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Posted: October 24, 2025
Vidal/Wettenstein and Avison Young handle 4,248 s/f lease to The Connecticut Metropolitan Council of Governments
Bridgeport, CT The Connecticut Metropolitan Council of Governments (MetroCOG), has renewed its lease, and expanded their space at 1000 Lafayette Blvd. The company has expanded their existing space to a total of 4,248 s/f of offices.
MetroCOG is a multi-discipline, regional planning organization with six member communities – Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Stratford and Trumbull.
Terms of the lease were not disclosed other than the length of the lease which is 10 years.
Bruce Wettenstein, SIOR and managing partner with Vidal/Wettenstein of Westport represented MetroCOG. Lyndsay Cahill of Avison Young, Norwalk represented the property owner, Shelbourne Lafayette, LLC, a division of Shelbourne Global Acquisitions of Brooklyn, NY.
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