Downtown Stamford as seen from a platform at the Stamford Transportation Center. (Courtesy Photo / Public Domain / DBen)

State grants are helping a Darien wealth management firm relocate to Stamford and expand its physical footprint, Gov. Ned Lamont’s office said in an announcement.

Mirador plans to take a full floor totaling over 20,000 square feet at 850 Canal St., a renovated brick industrial building near the city’s Harbor Point development, by the end of the summer.

The 100-person company was previously located in a small office suite just off Post Road in Darien’s village center.

“Connecticut’s economy is growing, and that is due in large part to companies like Mirador that are making the strategic decision to invest and grow here,” Lamont said in a statement. “Connecticut has the top-flight workforce talent to help tech-focused companies like Mirador thrive. I am proud that this fast-growing company will continue to call Connecticut home as it rapidly expands and creates new jobs. I congratulate Joseph and the whole Mirador team on the success they’ve had so far, and I thank them for believing in – and investing in – our great state.”

The move is being funded by a $3.24 million grant from the state Department of Economic and Community Development contingent on the company adding 250 jobs in the state over the next three years.

The Lamont administration has offered similar funding packages to several other firms relocating to Stamford in the last year even as the Fairfield County office market remains sluggish, according to brokerage reports. The overall office availability rate crept up to 26.5 percent in the first quarter of 2022, CBRE reported earlier this month, with sublease space accounting for a major chunk of the open space on the market.