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The future location of Empire Bagels at 1 Atlantic St. in Stamford, Conn., photographed on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022.
The future location of Empire Bagels at 1 Atlantic St. in Stamford, Conn., photographed on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022.
STAMFORD — Downtown Stamford’s biggest renovation project just got its first tenants.
A New York bagel shop and a boutique gym will open up in Downtown Stamford at One Atlantic, a former bank building in the heart of the city poised to become a mixed-use development.
Local chain Empire Bagels — which has locations scattered throughout New York state — will open its first Connecticut location at the Atlantic Street site. Boutique group fitness gym Rumble Boxing will also open in One Atlantic, its owner Eric Chasser told The Stamford Advocate.
The 1930s bank building was purchased in 2019 by the real estate investment company Stone Harbour Capital.
Since that purchase, the Atlantic Street property has undergone a massive renovation project. The city Zoning Board gave the property owners permission to make office space into 77 apartments with retail space on lower floors.
The Stamford Advocate reported in 2019 that the property owner pitched a large bar with a “swanky speakeasy” in the building’s basement, where the bank vault is located.
Neither Empire Bagels nor Stone Harbour Capital immediately responded to a request for comment.
veronica.delvalle@hearstmediact.com
Verónica Del Valle is a reporter covering growth and development for the Stamford Advocate and economic mobility for Hearst Connecticut Media Group. Verónica graduated in 2020 from American University, where she earned both her bachelors and masters degrees. Her work has appeared in NPR and The Washington Post.