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BUSINESS LOCATIONS AND SITES
Montgomery County offers you a range of choice business and residential environments to suit every need and preference. From urban high and low-rise sites to suburban office parks, flex and build-to-suit locations, the County can accommodate your company's requirements.
Highlights of Clarksburg
  • A new plan and new beginnings on I-270 in the upcounty.
    Over 10,000 dwelling units housing 40,000 people, commercial/industrial space for 20,000 employees,
    a town center and 4 neighborhood centers are planned.
  • Over 600 acres of visible and "signature" sites on I-270.
  • Surrounded by regional parks and preserved farm land.
  • Presently home to the 154-acre campus of COMSAT Corporations and the Gateway I-270 business park.

To learn more about development opportunities and space available for your company, call (240) 777-2000.

Highlights of Germantown
  • Development opportunities in an upcounty location on I-270, including over 500 acres of available industrial land with excellent access and visibility.
  • A vibrant new city: over 1.2 million square feet of office space, 19,000 dwelling units, 7 neighborhood
    shopping centers, and eleven new and growing business parks.
  • Home to Cellmark Diagnostics* U.S. Department of Energy* Fairchild* Hughes Network Systems*
    Mobil Telesystems* Montgomery College* Orbital Sciences* Telecommunication Techniques.

To learn more about development opportunities and space available for your company, call (240) 777-2000.

Highlights of Gaithersburg
  • Maryland's fastest growing city with a "small town" atmosphere.
  • Over 8.6 million square feet of office and industrial space in low-rise and mid-rise buildings.
  • Easy access via I-270 and the Montgomery County Air Park.
  • Home to Bechtel Power* Genetic Therapy* Halliburton Nus* IBM* Life Technologies* Medimmune*
    National Institute of Standards and Technology* National Geographic Society* Oncor* Pioneer
    Technologies

To learn more about opportunities and space available for your company, call (240) 777-2000 or call
City of Gaithersburg Economic Development at (301) 258-6310

Check out Gaithersburg's home page.

R & D Village

With the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center at its core, Montgomery County's Research and Development Village is dedicated to supporting high tech industries, institutions, and their employees. Private developers are providing first class R&D and office space, housing, hotel and other support services within the 1,200 acre area.

The Shady Grove Life Sciences Center

To encourage the growth of its biotech industry, Montgomery County set aside 288 acres along the I-270 Technology Corridor to develop the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center, a biotechnology research and development park. The center is home to the Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), the University of Maryland, The Johns Hopkins University, Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc., Microbiological Associates and several health care delivery centers. NIH, Human Genome Sciences and Large Scale Biology have leased part of the newly constructed, 150,000 square-foot Key West Research Center, with another 80,000-feet to be completed.

Highlights of Rockville
  • Montgomery's high tech capital.
  • Over 13.6 million square feet of office and industrial space in low rise, mid-rise, and high rise buildings.
  • Over 1.8 million square feet of retail space and a full array of services, hotels and restaurants on Montgomery County's bustling "Main Street", Rockville Pike.
  • Home to Aspen Systems* CTA* Computer Data Systems* Computer Sciences Corporation* Food and
    Drug Administration (FDA)* Hewlett-Packard* Human Genome Sciences* BAE Systems* Celera
    Genomics* TPN Register* Artesia Technologies*

To learn more about development opportunities and space available for your company, call (240)777-2000 or call Greater Rockville Partnership at (301)-315-8096.

See Rockville's Homepage.

Highlights of North Bethesda
  • A rich blend of corporate business parks, retail, and diverse housing opportunities in an upscale suburban enviornment.
  • Over 10.5 million square feet of modern low rise and mid rise office and industrial space
  • Convenient to Montgomery Mall and White Flint Mall.
  • Home to the Defense Mapping Agency * Lockheed Martin * Naval Surface Warfare Center * Marriott Corporation * Marriott International * COMSAT * I-NET * Loral Federal Systems * NationsBank * Philips Publishing International * Sybase

To learn more about development opportunities and space available for your company, call (240) 777-2000.

Highlights of Bethesda
  • An upscale business and residential environment in the midst of Montgomery County's most affluent communities.
  • Topnotch "inside the beltway" location with over 7 million square feet of office space, 150 restaurants, hotels, and a complete array of retail opportunities in lively urban atmosphere.
  • Quick access to downtown Washington, D.C. on the METRO Red Line.
  • Home to National Institutes of Health (NIH) * National Naval Medical Center * Uniformed Services University * Consumer Product Safety Commission * Discovery Communications, Inc. * Federal Data Corporation * Oracle Corporation * Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Bethesda Urban Partnership

To learn more about development opportunities and space available for your company, call (240) 777-2000.

Highlights of Silver Spring
  • Central location inside the Beltway and minutes from National Airport, Union Station, Capitol Hill and downtown Washington on the Metro Red Line.
  • Outstanding business opportunities in a revitalizing and diverse urban setting, in the midst of comfortable suburban neighborhoods.
  • Over 6.3 million square feet of office, retail and industrial space and 3 million square feet planned; 100 restaurants with cuisines from around the world, hotels and retail opportunities.
  • Excellent fiber optics network for growing research and technology companies.
  • Home to Century Technologies* C&P Telephone* Arbroso* ISSI Consulting Group* Howard University* National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)* Technology Services* Walter Reed Army Research Institute, American Film Institute, and Discovery Communications
  • Central business district enterprise zone offering business advantages including property tax credit and employment tax credit.

To learn more about development opportunities and space available for your company,see the Downtown Silver Spring Development Newsletter, call (240) 777-2000, or contact the Silver Spring Redevelopment Office at (301) 565-7300.

Highlights of Eastern Montgomery County
  • Fast growing, suburban community in the U.S. 29 / I-95 Corridor.
  • Over 2,000,000 square feet of commercial space already built in lower density office and industrial park settings.
  • Less than 30 minutes from Baltimore Harbor and BWI airport. Over 100 high technology companies.
  • Future home to FDA's new consolidated campus, and close to the University of Maryland and USDA's Agricultural Research Center.
  • Home to Bell Atlantic * Digene Diagnostics * Kaiser Permanente * NIR Systems * Seventh Day Adventist World Headquarters * Silicon Graphics * USA Today/Ganett.

To learn more about development opportunities and space available for your company, call (240) 777-2000.