The firm, which is headquartered in Richardson, TX, reveals thatit has signed a lease with Glorious Sun Robert Martin, LLC to add53,000 sf of office space on the third floor of Two Blue Hill Plazain Pearl River.

Fujitsu currently has 200 engineers, technicians, and supportstaff that work at its $122 million fiber-optic research anddevelopment center. The facility has approximately 62,000 sf oflaboratory and office space, comprising the entire sixth floor ofTwo Blue Hill Plaza. Fujitsu will begin construction in June 2001,and expects to have its engineers working at the new office spaceby fall 2001.

Fujitsu Network Communications officials note that the companyis experiencing huge revenue growth for its digital fiber-opticssystems that are used in high-speed public networks. The company'srevenue has doubled, to more than $2 billion, in the last twoyears, as the growth of the Internet, data, and video services hasdriven public network providers to build additional capacity intotheir networks to keep up with demand.