QinetiQ signs lease in Reston - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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As the incoming lead tenant inthe 196,000 square-foo Class A office building at 11091 Sunseyt Hills Road in Reston, its 11-year leasd starts later this year. McLean-basecd QinetiQ North America, a subsidiargy of London-based QinetiQ that offers technology-based defense and securityu products and services to the saidits 42-percent revenue growth over its last fiscakl year has partly been due to its role in the intelligencs and cyber security markets and new work with the Department of Homeland Security and It will be the fiftbh U.S. office for the company, which is also in Huntsville, Ala.
and Waltham, The tenant was represented by Robb Johnson andDee MacDonald-Miller of Jonesd Lang LaSalle. Vardell Realty Investments LLC was representedc byMike Shuler, Rob Walters and Nate Krill of Millenniumm Realty Advisors LLC. Initially, 400 program management-type employeesd be relocating from various offices in Fairfax Countyt into theReston building. Down the road in 2011 or the number of employees at the site will doublewto 800. Out of the 400 moving in, 75 will be part of QinetiQ’ds technology solutions group and the otheer 325 will be part of its missionsolutionas group.
“Like any companty trying to attract andretain high-quality we were looking for more than just a building. This buildingh has environmentally-friendly features the new generation of employees islookinb for,” said Matthew Warnock, director of public relations at QinetiQ. He said the buildinfg will also help cut down onoverheadd “by a great deal,” with expectecd savings of 65 to 70 percenty on power consumption through the use of virtualization softwarwe and green technology to reduce heatingh and utility costs.
He adds that the buildinbg sits right off a bike trail and was built onan east-to-westt access, which means employees can take advantagew of a full day of sunlight and cut down on electricity.