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Posted: October 21, 2010
Flaherty and Hansen of Colliers M&G arrange 17,236 s/f lease for ICx
ICx Technologies, Inc. has renewed a 17,236 s/f lease at The Athenaeum Center located at 215 First St.
Senior vice president Tucker Hansen and executive vice president Joe Flaherty of Colliers Meredith & Grew represented ICx Technologies in the transaction. David Townsend of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Alexandria Real Estate. Specifics of the lease transaction were not disclosed.
The Athenaeum Center is a five-story, 380,000 s/f class A office and laboratory building located in the city's Kendall Sq. Amenities of The Athenaeum Center include a full-service restaurant/bar and sandwich shop, a health club, onsite parking and 24/7 manned security.
ICx Technologies is a leader in the development and integration of advanced sensor technologies for homeland security, force protection and commercial applications. Its proprietary sensors detect and identify chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive threats, and deliver superior awareness and actionable intelligence for wide-area surveillance, intrusion detection and facility security. ICx Technologies then leverages its unparalleled technical expertise and government funding to address other emerging challenges of our time ranging from a cleaner environment, alternative energy to life science.
Colliers Meredith & Grew is a Boston-based commercial real estate company with integrated service groups including Brokerage, Capital Markets, Counseling & Valuation, Development & Advisory, Investment Sales, and Property & Asset Management. In addition to representing its core clients in New England, Colliers Meredith & Grew provides national and international real estate services to its multi-market clients through Colliers International, a global leader in real estate services with more than 15,000 professionals operating out of 480 offices in 61 countries. The Lipsey Company and National Real Estate Investor magazine ranked Colliers International as the world's number two commercial real estate brand.
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