Cookson will use its new space for a combination of headquartersoffices, laboratory and R&D space. "The company was looking fora centrally located office property that could satisfy both theirmanagement and research requirements," says Brian Sekel, managingdirector of office and industrial properties for the owner of thebuilding and the park, National Realty & Development Corp. ofPurchase, NY. "The building fit their needs.

"Middlesex Business Center has a good mix of tenants, many ofwhich are industry leaders," Sekel says. Among the other tenants inthe park, a multi-building complex totaling 429,000 sf, are GeneralElectric, PTC Therapeutics and Enzon Pharmaceuticals.

The deal was orchestrated in-house for NRDC by Sekel and RichardKaufman, the firm's executive vice president and general counsel.Cookson Electronics was represented by Bob Sticht and Tom Kirczowof Grubb & Ellis' Edison office. Terms of the signing were notreleased.