Upon completion, the $16.3 million Innovation Business Center will offer the first speculative flex/office space within the sprawling business park off I-66 and will be marketed through Norman Realty Inc. Labeled as Building A, B and C, the center will carry the address of 9371 Innovation Dr., and will encompass 32,900 sf, 46,300 sf and 46,300 sf, respectively.

Architectural firm Morgan Gick McBeath & Associates is behind the design of the single-story facilities, which integrate several eco-friendly attributes. "Our buildings will provide space for smaller firms that want to locate near the FBI, Eli Lilly, Lockheed Martin, and George Mason University's Center for Biotechnology, Bioscience, and Bioinformation," Buchanan principal Brian Benninghoff notes. The US General Services Administration recently committed to acquiring a 15-acre parcel at Innovation@Prince William for a new FBI building, and pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly is planning a 300,000-sf insulin manufacturing plant on 120 acres.