The site is located along Equity Drive in Westway Park's phaseII. Michael Caliel, president of Invensys Americas, says "the easeof communication and transportation along the Beltway at WestwayPark was a major factor in locating our area headquarters inWestway Park."

The Simpkins Group, a Houston-based investment builder, willdevelop the 115,500-sf, two-story office building for Invensys.Veret Architects will design the building. "Invensys chose wisely,"says Don Dennis, Simpkins principal. "Westway Park is right by theEnergy Corridor and many high-end residential communities." Theheadquarters site, he adds, will deliver a high number of high-techengineering jobs and serve as a demonstration center forhigh-profile clients.

Invensys provides software and electronics solutions to theautomation and controls industry. The company reported firstquarter global sales in excess of $11 billion. Invensys Americasworks specifically in general industry process automation and hadfirst quarter sales of $1 billion.