Work began on the eight-story office building earlier this year.Building and Land Technology officials say that tenant demand forthe property is strong and that negotiations are ongoing with anumber of prospective tenants. However, no deals are ready to beannounced, they say.

Located at the intersection of the Merritt Parkway and Route 7,901 Main Ave. is the third and final office building in Buildingand Land Technology's Towers at Merritt River Corporate Campus.Also part of the complex are 801 Main Ave., the 290,000-sfheadquarters for Diageo North America Inc. and 1001 Main Ave., a250,000-sf office building that serves as the regional corporateheadquarters for Hewitt Associates. Diageo, which is shiftingoperations from Stamford and White Plains, NY, is expected to takeoccupancy of the 801 Main Ave. building in the first quarter of2005.

While marketing efforts are ongoing for 901 Main Ave., theproperty will most likely be a multi-tenanted building, a companyspokesman says. Building and Land Technology, headquartered inNorwalk, has owned or developed more than $1 billion of real estateincluding more than two million sf of office space, 2,500apartments and condominiums and 500 single-family homes.