FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    
Contact: Danielle Miller
February 9, 2007
(410) 494-4834     
dmiller@mackenziecommercial.com

MACKENZIE REPRESENTS KCI TECHNOLOGIES IN A TO-BE-BUILT 120,000 SQUARE FOOT ”GREEN BUILDING” IN SPARKS, MARYLAND

Baltimore – MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Services has successfully represented KCI Technologies, Inc, in the leasing of 120,000 square feet of office space in Sparks, Maryland.

KCI, the largest employee-owned, multi-disciplined consulting engineering firm in Maryland, will be moving to 936 Ridgebrook Road after 15 years in their current location at 10 North Park Drive.  936 Ridgebrook Drive is located in the new business development of The Highlands Corporate Center located off York Road, just north of Loveton Farms in Sparks, Maryland. 

This building will be a LEED certified silver-rated building which means the building will be designed and constructed in “environmentally-friendly” ways.  This project will be a five-story building; 100,000 square feet will be used for office space and 20,000 square feet will be used for storage.  Cignal Development Corporation will be the developer and construction manager for this 120,000 square foot build-to-suit.

KCI currently occupies 75,000 square feet in their Hunt Valley location.  The company is slated to move into this new 120,000 square foot building in December 2008. 
 
Terry Neimeyer, President & CEO of KCI, stated, “We are excited about this opportunity to construct a building to our requirements and that it also allows us to be an environmentally responsible member of Baltimore County.”

William W. Whitty, Jr. SIOR, Senior Vice President and Principal, and Mark M. Deering, Senior Vice President and Principal with MacKenzie represented KCI. 

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With sales of $104.7 million in 2005, KCI Technologies is ranked 85 on the Engineering News-Record's list of the top 500 engineering firms in the country. KCI employs over 900 people operating out of 22 offices in 10 states—Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia—and the District of Columbia. It is the largest employee-owned engineering firm based in Maryland. For more information, visit www.kci.com.

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Lutherville-based MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Services, LLC is the sales and leasing arm of The MacKenzie Companies.   The MacKenzie Companies provide a full range of commercial real estate services, including tenant and landlord advisory services, development, market research, property management, debt and equity capital placement, and general construction.  With four offices strategically located throughout the State of Maryland and 120 employees, MacKenzie is one of the largest commercial real estate services firms in Maryland.  Please visit www.mackenziecommercial.com for more information about each of The MacKenzie Companies

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