Stamford Joins CERC SiteFinder®
05/25/2005
Contacts:
MaryAnn Simkewicz, 860-571-6217
Melissa Pasquale, 860-571-6212
The city of Stamford recently joined SiteFinder, Connecticut's most comprehensive database of commercial and industrial real estate, providing the city with an opportunity to further promote available properties and increase their reach in attracting businesses to the area.
Membership allows the city to promote available real estate on the nationally marketed SiteFinder web site, www.CTSiteFinder.com, with exposure to more than 100 commercial brokerage firms and hundreds of brokers in the state and automatic linkage to national, online listing services. Each SiteFinder entry contains a photo and profile of the site or facility, including location, lease or cost information, access and other data.
"SiteFinder membership not only provides us with an additional link to commercial properties for sale or lease in Stamford, but it is continuously updated, saving valuable staff time and energy," said Michael Freimuth, Stamford's Director of Economic Development. "And since we're able to link directly from our web site to all of the Stamford listings, we can showcase city opportunities in a fair and impartial way."
SiteFinder, managed by CERC (the Connecticut Economic Resource Center), currently has more than 2,600 active listings, equating to more than 51 million square feet and more than 11,000 acres available for lease or purchase. Since its inception in 1997, more than 11.3 million square feet of space has been leased, purchased or constructed via SiteFinder, associated with retaining and creating approximately 9,000 jobs statewide.
"SiteFinder is a cost-effective way for towns to reach a vast audience," said Melissa Pasquale, director of real estate at CERC. "There are more than 5,000 searches taking place each month on the web site, making it an extremely effective tool to market properties."
CERC is a nonprofit company specializing in economic development and marketing for local, regional, state and utility economic development entities. Funded by 10 of the state's utility and telecommunications companies in partnership with state government, CERC also markets the state as a competitive business location. More information about CERC can be found at www.cerc.com.