Commercial Real Estate for Lease in Old Lyme, CT

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Old Lyme sits on the east bank of the Connecticut River, where I-95 crosses onto the eastern shoreline. Its commercial market is not a retail corridor. The leasable inventory here is concentrated in flex and light industrial product around the Exit 70 interchange, with a small village commercial district serving local trade.

I am a licensed real estate salesperson with Switz Real Estate Associates Inc., and I represent Eastport North Commercial Park along with landlords and tenants across the Middlesex and New London County shoreline. Below is current availability, followed by what a tenant, landlord, or investor should understand about this market.

Available Space in Old Lyme

Eastport North Commercial Park: 6-10 Vista Drive

A four-building flex campus on 11.62 park-like acres, positioned directly off I-95 Exit 70 at CT-156. Built in 1986 and zoned LI80, the park serves office, service, and light industrial tenants from a single site. Spaces run 500 to 6,658 SF, with clear heights up to 22 feet, drive-in doors and loading docks in select buildings, and roughly 70,000 SF of paved on-site parking.

Address	Suite	Use	Size (SF)
6 Vista Drive	Suite 610	Office / Flex	3,049
6 Vista Drive	Suite 611	Office	500
6 Vista Drive	WH 6	Warehouse	6,658
7 Vista Drive	Suite 720	Office / Flex	3,704
8 Vista Drive	Suite 814	Office / Flex	3,367
8 Vista Drive	Suite 820	Office / Flex	2,570
10 Vista Drive	WH 10B	Warehouse	4,014
10 Vista Drive	Suite 1020	Office	4,110
Total Available			27,972

Suite 611 and WH 6 deliver January 1, 2027, and lease together as a 7,158 SF office and warehouse unit or separately. The remaining six spaces are on the Eastport North listing with suite-by-suite detail.

27,972 SF total available | $8.00 to $20.00 PSF | NNN | estimated 2026 operating expenses $5.75 PSF | LI80 zoning | 3-phase, 160 amp, 480V service

Suite 1020 comprises three contiguous second-floor spaces marketed as a single unit. Areas are approximate and subject to field verification, and combinations are subject to landlord approval. See the full Eastport North listing.

Need a smaller footprint or a Route 1 retail position? Old Saybrook is ten minutes west across the river, with a 1,746 SF freestanding building and Main Street suites from 312 SF.

Recently Completed in Old Lyme

Eastport North, 6-10 Vista Drive. Three tenants placed on behalf of the landlord across the campus in August 2026. Space remains available at the property.

The Old Lyme Commercial Market

Exit 70 is the market. Old Lyme’s commercial inventory clusters where I-95 meets CT-156. A tenant here is buying interstate access, not foot traffic. That makes the town a fit for contractors, distributors, service companies, and back-office users drawing staff from both sides of the river, and a poor fit for anyone whose business depends on walk-in retail volume.

LI80 is the zoning that matters. The Light Industrial district supports a broad range of office, service, and light industrial uses in one place. That flexibility is why a single park can hold a warehouse tenant, an engineering office, and a service contractor without a variance for each move.

The village is a separate and much smaller market. Old Lyme’s village commercial district trades on local service demand and seasonal shoreline traffic. Spaces are small, turnover is infrequent, and inventory rarely reaches the public listing platforms. If you want a position there, the search is a canvass, not a listing search.

Old Lyme sits between two labor sheds. New London and the Route 32 employment corridor are a short drive northeast, with Electric Boat and Pfizer anchoring that market. The Middlesex shoreline and the Route 1 corridor sit immediately west across the river. A tenant in Old Lyme can recruit from both without asking anyone to commute across the state.

Supply is thin, and that cuts both ways. There is no deep bench of competing flex product in Old Lyme. A tenant with a 3,000 to 4,000 SF industrial or office requirement on this stretch of the shoreline has few real alternatives between Old Saybrook and Waterford, which is worth knowing before you assume you can shop a quote.

Property Types I Handle in Old Lyme

Light industrial and warehouse. Office and office/flex. Service and contractor space. Freestanding buildings. Land and investment sales. Retail where the location supports it.

Landlord and Tenant Representation

For landlords. Pricing, positioning, and exposure on the platforms industrial and office tenants actually search, plus direct canvassing of the user types that fit the building. Flex product does not lease itself off a sign, and it does not lease to whoever calls first.

For tenants. Site selection across Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, East Lyme, Waterford, and the wider Middlesex and New London County markets, then negotiation of economics, escalations, and improvement allowances. Tenant representation costs the tenant nothing in most transactions, since the fee is paid from the listing side.

Common Questions

What does flex and industrial space cost in Old Lyme?

At Eastport North, $8.00 to $20.00 PSF NNN depending on the build-out. Warehouse sits at the low end of that range, finished office at the high end, and office/flex in between. Estimated 2026 operating expenses are $5.75 PSF, billed separately from base rent. Base rent is structured to the suite, the term, and the improvement package, so a longer term with less landlord work prices differently than a short term with a fit-out.

How large a space can I get in Old Lyme?

Individual spaces run 500 to 6,658 SF. Contiguous combinations are possible up to the full 27,972 SF, subject to landlord approval. That makes Old Lyme one of the few towns on this stretch of shoreline that can absorb a mid-size industrial or office requirement on a single site rather than splitting it across two buildings in two towns.

Is there warehouse space with dock loading?

Yes. WH 10B at 10 Vista Drive is 4,014 SF of warehouse. Select buildings in the park have loading docks, dock levelers, and drive-in doors, with finished ceiling heights up to 22 feet. If your requirement is dock-dependent, tell me the truck type before we tour, because not every suite in the park will take it.

Do I need my own representation as a tenant?

Yes, and it generally costs you nothing. In most commercial transactions the landlord pays the fee and it is shared with the firm representing the tenant. Going unrepresented does not save you money. It just means nobody in the room is working for you. I provide tenant representation through Switz Real Estate Associates Inc.

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