Three new tenants have signed leases at the long-vacant former Fairway Market building in Stamford's Harbor Point neighborhood, with Chipotle Mexican Grill, Jersey Mike's and Primrose Schools all set to move into the 699 Canal Street property. An unnamed grocery store also has a lease out for a sizable chunk of the building, though its identity and any opening timeline remain unannounced.
According to Daily Voice, Chipotle will take 2,519 square feet in the middle of the building, while Jersey Mike's fills a neighboring 1,176-square-foot space next door. Primrose Schools, which runs preschools and day care centers, is taking the far-left portion of the building — though reported figures for that space differ slightly between outlets, with Daily Voice citing 16,176 square feet and Patch reporting 16,167 square feet.
Patch's report adds that a lease is out to an unnamed grocery store for a 13,080-square-foot space in the building, though who that grocer might be has not been disclosed. Opening schedules for Chipotle, Jersey Mike's, Primrose Schools and the planned grocery store were not announced, the outlet's report notes.
A Building Empty Since the Pandemic Era
The former Fairway supermarket space had sat vacant for more than six years, per the same Patch account, a long stretch of dormancy for a building situated just off Interstate 95 and two blocks from the Stamford train station, according to Westfair Online. The V20 Group bought the property from previous owner LoanCore Capital on July 30, 2024, as reported by the Stamford Advocate.
The property's total size has been reported differently across coverage — the Stamford Advocate has described it as an 84,000-square-foot property, while Westfair Online has put the figure at 86,000 square feet, including roughly 67,000 square feet on the ground floor and about 19,000 square feet on the mezzanine level. At the time of the sale, V20 Group indicated its intention was for the building to become a grocery store again, while also signaling openness to splitting the property among two or three tenants rather than leasing it to a single grocer, the Advocate reported.
Fitness Club Also Eyed for the Site
Club Studio, a fitness and health club, lists the building as coming soon on its website, Patch reports. A separate Stamford Advocate report from mid-2025 indicated Club Studio was expected to take up less than half of the available space in the building, leaving room for a grocery tenant, though that account carries lower confidence than the newer leasing details.
Charter Realty principal Dan Zelson has pointed to a broader shortage of large retail space in Stamford as part of what makes the site valuable. There is a significant void in Stamford for several sizable uses including grocery, and this box represents one of the only places to house large retail in the city, Zelson said, according to Westfair Online. That scarcity comes against the backdrop of a fast-growing Harbor Point, which Westfair Online reports currently has 4,422 multifamily units, with another 657 under construction and 500 more planned.
