WorldSpy has been a shining example of the explosive growth suchfirms can undergo in a short time. The company opened at theArdsley Park Science and Technology Center (the former Ciba-Geigyheadquarters) in early 1998 in approximately 4,000 sf. Iteventually expanded to 8,000 sf, according to Glenn P. Walsh,senior managing director/Connecticut/Westchester office for Newmark& Co. Real Estate Inc. In October 1999, it signed one of thelargest lease deal of the year when it relocated to 30,000 sf ofspace at 120 Bloomingdale Rd. here.

Chairman Alan Clingman told Globest.com that a company he wasinvolved with, icentennial Ventures, would take his space at the157,000-sf building owned by RPW Group of Mount Vernon. "We arestill occupying the space," he stresses. Clingman gave littleinformation about the type of business icentennial is engaged in orwhat prompted the shutdown.

Officials with Newmark & Co., the exclusive leasing agent atthe building, say the company told then that a new firm would beoperating out of the space. The property, which is 90% leased, alsois home to another dot.com, I-Click, which has 35,000 sf.