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After closing a $33 million deal to buy former Pitney Bowes manufacturing site in Stamford's south End last month, real estate sources say Greenwich-based Antares Investment Partners is interested in the adjacent site of the proposed Admiral's Wharf development.
That $250 million project is supposed to turn a polluted 39-acre site into a mix of condominiums, shops and office space with a ferry to Manhattan and a waterside park. It was heralded as an example of smart development when it was introduced in 2000, but little progress has been made.
Commercial real estate sources say The Strand/BRC Group is considering its options and that Antares is aggressively pursuing a deal that, along with the Pitney Bowes site, would give it more than 60 acres to pursue its own mixed-use project.
Antares partners James P. Cabrera and Joseph P. Beninati could not be reached for comment. Their hired spokeswoman, Carol Stevens, said she had no information on the company company's plans in Stamford.
Strand is a partnership of Collins Enterprises L.L.C. of Stamford, Brownfields Stamford L.L.C. of Boston and JHM Ventures L.L.C. of...