Secure communication and defense services company, which has maintained operations at Ashburn Crossing since 2017, will now occupy 75,750 square feet of space, and is expected to add 15 new employees annually to its current 170-person workforce

ASHBURN, VA – CIS Secure, a secure communication and defense services company, is expanding its presence in Loudoun County, Virginia with a new 10,080 square foot lease with St. John Properties, Inc. at Ashburn Crossing. The company, which has maintained its corporate headquarters within the 80-acre business community at the intersection of Gloucester Parkway (VA Route 28) and Loudoun County Parkway (VA Route 607) since 2017, will now occupy 75,720 square feet of space. Danny Foit of St. John Properties represented the landlord and Terry Amling with Lincoln Property Company represented the tenant in this transaction.

CIS Secure, which employs approximately 450 people company-wide, currently leases 45,120 square feet of space at 21100 Ashburn Crossing Drive and 20,520 square feet of space at 21050 Ashburn Crossing Drive. The new 10,080 square foot space, which CIS Secure will occupy later this year, is located at 21140 Ashburn Crossing Drive, a single-story, 45,120 square foot flex/R&D building. 21140 Ashburn Crossing Drive earned a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for its sustainability and green features which save energy resources and positively impact air quality, ventilation, lighting, and thermal comfort.

“Each building at Ashburn Crossing serves a very different and specific purpose, the interior build-out for this new space is constructed to satisfy the exact specifications of our manufacturing operations and back-office staff,” explained CIS Secure CEO Bill Strang. “St. John Properties constructed our state-of-the-art facility utilizing the latest technology and equipment to make this campus a showcase for our products and people, we are always proud when our clients and stakeholders visit. Our facilities along with the amenities and walkability of Ashburn Crossing are impactful talent recruitment tools that we consider a significant component to our continued success.”

Strang adds that the new space was needed to handle CIS Secure’s year-over-year growth, “typically expanding its production workforce by 5 to 10 percent” to handle new business opportunities.

St. John Properties initiated development activities on Ashburn Crossing in 2017, the business community is presently composed of nine buildings totaling more than 350,000 square feet of flex/R&D space. In 2018, the project was recognized as the best R&D/Industrial/Flex project by NAIOP Northern Virginia, the region’s leading organization for developers, owners and related professionals in office, industrial and mixed-use real estate. Ashburn Crossing is situated less than three miles from VA Route 267 (Dulles Toll Road), four miles from Washington Dulles International Airport, and 25 miles from Washington, D.C.

The business community is adjacent to One Loudoun, a mixed-use community featuring retailers such as Trader Joe’s, Barnes & Noble and Starbucks Coffee, and sit-down and quick-service restaurants including City Tap, Sweetgreen and Ted’s Bulletin. Also located nearby are national big-box retailers Best Buy, Lowe’s, Sam’s Club, Target Stores, TJ Maxx, and Walmart.

“This represents CIS Secure’s second expansion within Ashburn Crossing, and is indicative of St. John Properties’ ability to seamlessly serve a client’s real estate requirements over an extended period of time,” stated Matt Holbrook, St. John Properties’ Regional Partner, Virginia and Central Maryland. “Our mission is to provide companies commercial real estate solutions that add value and provide every important product and service needed to thrive.  Our Northern Virginia-area portfolio is experiencing strong growth, and this momentum provides us continued confidence to speculatively develop additional best-in-class and highly-flexible buildings to meet the demand of multiple industry sectors.”

Founded in 1971, St. John Properties, Inc. is one of the nation’s largest and most successful privately held commercial real estate firms. The company is distinguished by its commitment to customer service, achievements in green building, and top-rated workplace culture. Throughout St. John Properties’ 53-year history, the company has developed more than 24 million square feet of flex/R&D, office, retail, and warehouse space and has investments in over 3,000 residential units. The company proudly serves more than 2,600 clients in Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Utah, and Wisconsin. For more information about the company, visit www.sjpi.com.