J Street Development
ORBCOMM, Inc.

Project
We were retained to assist ORBCOMM, Inc. in the relocation of their operations center to new facilities within a six (6) month window. ORBCOMM had renewed their lease several times at 21700 Atlantic Boulevard in Dulles, Virginia. However, they were forced to relocate when their Landlord leased their space to another tenant.

Challenges
Timing – ORBCOMM had to identify a new location, design new space and relocate its operations center all within 6 months and with no down time.

Cost – ORBCOMM was under very tight budget parameters for the move.

Operations – ORBCOMM’s operations center is the life blood of the company.  They could not afford any outages of service and had to run the new center in parallel with the existing center for several weeks. In addition, ORBCOMM’s management team was involved in launching new satellites requiring extensive travel and time commitments.

Infrastructure – ORBCOMM needed to move to a building that could handle both their power and communications requirements. They also wanted a building within 2-3 miles of their current location.

Solutions
J Street assembled a team consisting of our brokers and project management and space planners. ORBCOMM toured 10 locations, ultimately focusing on a full floor of 30,000 square feet at 22265 Pacific Corporate Park. We then assisted them in building out a new operations center and relocating 80 employees within the 6 month timeframe. Our team assisted ORBCOMM as they found value in their new space in the following ways:

  • Taking 29% more space to accommodate growth yet paying only 4% more in monthly rent.
  • Received a $583,000 allowance from the Landlord to complete modifications to their space as well as a 6 months rental abatement – a total allowance package valued at nearly $1,000,000.
  • Moved from a 20 year old building with an aging, unreliable infrastructure with frequent power outages to a 6 year old building with the most modern engineering available.
  • The new space was fully furnished, built on 6 inch raised floor saving    ORBCOMM significant dollars.