DEFENSE COMPANY LEASES SPACE IN ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND

HARFORD COUNTY, MD. — The defense firm Raytheon Co. has signed a 75,000-square-foot lease with St. John Properties for a new building in the Government and Technology Enterprise (GATE) project in Harford County's Aberdeen Proving Ground. The tenant will consolidate 300 workers from two locations into the new space next fall. Raytheon's building is being constructed to LEED Silver standards and will feature sustainable fixtures, low VOC paints and a thermoplastic polyolefin roof.