"Kronos looked at a number of 250,000- to 300,000-sfopportunities within the marketplace, but felt that the campus feelthat has developed for them in Chelmsford was not only attractiveand functional, but affordable as well," says John Boyle, principalof Trammell Crow.

The engineering firm will be expanding into, and leasing in itsentirety, Four Omni Way, which is an 82,000-sf building owned byKoll Bren Scheiber. In addition, Kronos will expand into the entire17,000-sf third floor of 285 Billerica Rd., which is owned by RayKerry and Associates. The transaction is a sublease throughIntegral Access. Kronos is also renewing its lease on a long-termbasis, at 300 Billerica Rd.--its current location--which was set toexpire in September 2005. Owned by New Boston Fund, 300 BillericaRd. is an 110,000-sf building.

The three-building campus transaction, coupled with thecompany's two other existing buildings here, brings theircommitment to the area to five buildings totaling 425,000 sf ofspace, with more than 1,500 employees. This makes Kronos one of thelargest employers in suburban Boston.