Townsend Capital, owners of the Summit Technology Campus in Lee's Summit, recently announced it signed a lease with American Century Investments for 30, 000 square feet of space inside the campus. The lease agreement includes an option for an adjoining 10, 000 square feet of space.
This space will be configured and equipped as a backup business location with a small data center for American Century Investments to remain operational in the case of any temporary business disruption. The Summit Technology Campus location was selected after an exhaustive survey of the market within a 40-mile radius of Kansas City.
Fred Wells, director of construction and property management for American Century Investments, said the Lee's Summit Campus meets the firm's requirements for infrastructure redundancy, security and accessibility.
American Century Investments joins a number of major companies that have leased data center and call center facilities at the Summit Technology Campus.
The American Century Investments agreement was announced as Townsend Capital nears completion of a major redevelopment effort involving demolition of space and reconfiguration of the campus.
American Century Investments is a leading investment manager with more than 45 years of experience helping investors achieve their financial goals. Serving institutions, corporations, investment, professionals and nearly 1.8 million individual investors, American Century offers a broad array of products across a variety of investment disciplines.
Based in Kansas City, the company manages approximately $90 billion in assets through separate accounts, commingled trusts, sub-advisory accounts and mutual funds. For the past five years, American Century, which employs approximately 1,800 people, has been selected as one of Fortune Magazine's 100 "Best companies to work for" in America.
Townsend Capital is a privately held real estate investment firm specializing in sophisticated financial structuring and project development for large corporate and institutional clients nationwide. For nearly 30 years, Townsend Capital has earned the trust of Fortune 500 companies and institutions by providing timely, innovative solutions in the commercial real estate market.
Townsend Capital's headquarters is located in Townson, Md., with regional offices located in Denver, Kansas City, and Edison, N. J.
The Lee's Summit Journal, July 30, 2004.
