ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD. — St. John Properties Inc. has signed DRS Technologies to lease totaling 15,000 square feet within The Government and Technology Enterprise (The GATE at APG) project. This is the 50th lease at the 416-acre business park located in Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford County. Since acquiring the rights to continue to develop The GATE at APG from the Department of Army in 2009, the Baltimore-based firm has developed 12 office and R&D buildings totaling more than 600,000 square feet at the property. St. John Properties has also leased roughly 530,000 square feet of new space. Tenants at The GATE feature some of the top defense contractors in the nation, including The Boeing Co., CACI, General Dynamics, CSC, Raytheon, Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), Engility, DSCI and Lockheed Martin. DRS Technologies plans to move 50 employees to The GATE this fall.
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