Comcast Signs Build-to-Suit Agreement for New Call Center

GlobeSt.com - August 17, 2006

Opus Northwest LLC has inked a 10-year lease with publicly held Comcast for a custom-designed customer service center in Lynnwood, WA. The 87,385-sf building will be located in the 92-acre Opus Northpointe Corporate Campus near the intersection of I-5 and 164th Street Southwest. Occupancy is scheduled for July 2007.

Tom Bohman from Cushman & Wakefield and Garth Olsen from GVA Kidder Matthews represented Comcast and Tom Bohman and Gary Bullington from C&W represented Opus Northwest. Although the negotiated lease rate is not being disclosed by the parties involved, local sources tell GlobeSt.com that the lease rate for this type of product should range between $15- and $18 per sf per year.

The customer service center will be Comcast’s third in the Puget Sound region. The others are in Fife and Everett. Comcast officials say all three centers will operate as one virtual call center with full back-up capability. In the coming year, Comcast plans to build nine new call centers and expand 12 existing locations. Sphere: Related Content