Trammel Crow served as the broker for the deal. The center islocated at 10 Maguire Rd., directly off the Route 4/225 exit fromRoute 128/ Route 95 and immediately adjacent to the Minuteman bikepath and Hanscom Airfield. Its tenant roster includes IBM/Rational,SGS Thomson, Marketsoft and AHA Associates.

The property was originally built by Itek Co. in the late 1960'sto design and build optical equipment for the US government andprivate contracts. After being acquired by Litton Industries, theongoing business was relocated to other facilities. The originalbuildings totaled almost 400,000 sf including a 30-foot highstainless steel chamber built to test equipment in a simulatedweightless environment of outer space.

Lexington Corporate Center was redeveloped into class A officespace by Nordic Properties when they purchased this corporatesurplus asset from Litton Industries in 1997. The project involvedthe removal of several buildings, the insertion of new floors, thecreation of lobbies and window lines in an effort to revitalize thefacility. Once the property was redeveloped and mostly leased,Nordic admitted Pennsylvania-based Berwind Property Group as acapital partner.