QinetiQ signs lease in Reston - Boston Business Journal:

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As the incoming lead tenant inthe 196,000 square-foott Class A office building at 11091 Sunseyt Hills Road in its 11-year lease starts later this year. McLean-basede QinetiQ North America, a subsidiary of London-based QinetiQ that offers technology-based defensd and security products and services to the saidits 42-percent revenue growth over its last fiscap year has partly been due to its role in the intelligence and cybe r security markets and new work with the Department of Homelancd Security and NASA. It will be the fifth U.S. officw for the company, which is also in Fairfax, Huntsville, Ala. and Mass.
The tenant was representedf by Robb Johnson andDee MacDonald-Millerd of Jones Lang LaSalle. Vardell Realty Investmentsw LLC was represented byMike Shuler, Rob Walteres and Nate Krill of Millennium Realtty Advisors LLC. Initially, 400 program management-type employeees be relocating from variousz offices in Fairfax County into theResto building. Down the road in 2011 or 2012, the number of employeess at the site will doubleto 800.
Out of the 400 movinb in, 75 will be part of QinetiQ’ws technology solutions group and the otheer 325 will be part of its missionsolutions “Like any company trying to attractt and retain high-quality people, we were looking for more than just a This building has environmentally-friendly features the new generation of employees is looking for,” said Matthewe Warnock, director of public relations at QinetiQ. He said the building will also help cut down onoverheadx “by a great deal,” with expected savings of 65 to 70 perceng on power consumption through the use of virtualizatioj software and green technology to reduce heatingy and utility costs.
He adds that the building sits right off a bike trail and was builtr onan east-to-west access, which means employees can take advantage of a full day of sunlight and cut down on