Ultimately the park will be comprised of four office buildings and four single-story office/retail buildings, as well as a hotel, restaurant, putting green, nature walk and fitness center. Citing BRAC as a factor, developers Manekin and Alex Brown Realty report that they have inked 67,628 square feet in their remaining mid-rise building and single-story building.

Three new tenants, totaling 57,629 square feet, have signed onto the third mid-rise office building located at 4694 Millennium Dr. They are Joint Research and Development, which will occupy 2,157 square feet of space on the first floor; Computer Sciences Corp., which will occupy 20,346 square feet on the fourth floor; and Booz Allen Hamilton, which will occupy the entire third floor and a portion of the second floor for a combined total of 35,124 square feet. The lease expands Booz Allen's presence to 65,124 square feet at Water's Edge.

Manekin also signed two leases at the third single-story office/retail building, 103 Bata Blvd. Telcordia Technologies is taking 5,200 square feet and Bowhead Technical & Professional Services will take 4,800 square feet. Johns Hopkins Community Physicians is the building's lead tenant with 14,000 square feet. The asking rental rates for the building were not disclosed.

"These new leases are a positive sign that BRAC really is happening and that Water's Edge is a premier location for defense contractors serving Aberdeen Proving Ground," according to Bradley.