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Article: Boom at Fort Meade Ripples Into County; Anne Arundel Firms Lacking Ties to NSA Move to Columbia
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- September 16, 2004
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Within the past 18 months, companies rushed to set up shop at the
doorstep of the National Security Agency at Fort Meade when the
secretive intelligence gathering organization started dangling cash
in front of government contractors selling cutting-edge
technologies.
The stampede to Fort Meade created an office space crunch in that
area of Anne Arundel County and an unexpected opportunity for
neighboring Howard County.
To make room for companies doing business with the NSA, landlords
nudged tenants without ties to the agency to relocate to Columbia.
Corporate Office Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust,
recently helped five firms, including Ameritrade, move out of an
office ...