Comcast Inks 92,000-SF Lease

LANOVER, MD-Comcast will be retrofitting a call center formerly occupied by Aetna at 1301 McCormick Dr. here. The insurance company left the building in July. Comcast plans to build out a 92,000-sf 500-seat regional call center in its place.

Karen Glenn Hood of Maryland’s Department of Business and Economic Development tells GlobeSt.com that Comcast will be offsetting some $8 million in anticipated tenant improvements, equipment purchases and other construction costs with state incentives. This includes a $500,000 loan from the Maryland Economic Development Assistance Fund and an additional $50,000 from the county.

The space will include new technology as well as an exercise center, auditorium, break rooms, training and meeting facilities and on-site parking. The first wave of employees, primarily customer service agents who will provide technical support for Comcast’s high speed Internet, digital voice and advanced video products, will be moving in Q1 of next year. Jones Lang LaSalle represented Comcast in the transaction. John Myers of Cassidy & Pinkard Colliers represented the building’s owner, MGP Real Estate.