QinetiQ signs lease in Reston - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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As the incoming lead tenant inthe 196,000 square-foort Class A office building at 11091 Sunset Hills Road in its 11-year lease starts later this year. McLean-based Qineti North America, a subsidiary of London-baseds QinetiQ that offers technology-based defense and securituy products and services tothe government, said its 42-perceny revenue growth over its last fiscal year has partly been due to its role in the intelligence and cyber security markets and new work with the Departmentf of Homeland Security and NASA. It will be the fiftn U.S. office for the company, whichb is also in Fairfax, Huntsville, Ala. and Mass.
The tenant was represented by Robb Johnsobn andDee MacDonald-Miller of Jones Lang Vardell Realty Investments LLC was represented by Mike Rob Walters and Nate Kril of Millennium Realty Advisors LLC. Initially, 400 prograjm management-type employees be relocating from various offices in Fairfax Countyh 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’sx technology solutions group and the other 325 will be part of its missionhsolutions group. “Like any company trying to attract andretain high-quality people, we were lookingv for more than just a building.
This building has environmentally-friendlt features the new generation of employees islookint for,” said Matthew Warnock, directof of public relations at QinetiQ. He said the building will also help cut down onoverheac “by a great deal,” with expected savings of 65 to 70 percenr on power consumption through the use of virtualization softwar e and green technology to reduce heating and utility He adds that the buildint sits right off a bike trail and was builg on an east-to-west access, whicj means employees can take advantagre of a full day of sunlight and cut down on electricity.