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For Immediate Release: February 2007
PR Contact:
Robert Engle
(703)356-8230

Scheer Partners Inc.
(301) 770-1430
groberson@scheerpartners.com

Scheer partners COMPLETES LEASE TRANSACTIONS TOTALING 88,000 square feet in MARYLAND’S BIotech CORRIDOR

Transactions Include 51,000-Square-Foot Sub-lease to Novavax

MONTGOMERY, COUNTY, MD --- Scheer Partners, a regional full service commercial real estate firm, announced the recent completion of lease transactions totaling 88,000 square feet in Montgomery County’s Biotech corridor.

The transactions include:

· Novavax sub-leased 51,000 square feet from Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (HGSI) at

9920 Belward Campus Dr., Rockville, Md.

Ken Berkman with Scheer Partners represented the sub-landlord, HGSI, in the transaction. Stearn Realty represented the tenant.

· Advanced Vision Therapies leased 19,000 square feet at

9 West Watkins Mill Rd., Gaithersburg, Md.

from AREE. Ken Berkman with Scheer Partners represented the tenant and landlord in the transaction.

· Cato Research leased 12,000 square feet at the Johns Hopkins University Campus,

9605 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Md.

from New Boston. Ken Berkman represented the tenant.

· CoGenesys, an HGSI spin-off company, leased 6,000 square feet at

9430 Key West Ave, Rockville, Md.

from Danac. Ken Berkman represented the tenant.

Mr. Berkman is a leading specialist in providing real estate services for the Biotech/Life Sciences industry in Suburban Maryland. Since joining Scheer Partners in 1994, he has completed commercial real estate transactions totaling over five million square feet with an aggregate value of $1 billion.

About Scheer Partners

Founded in 1991, Scheer Partners is a fully integrated commercial real estate services company with offices in Rockville, Greenbelt, and McLean. Scheer Partners provides a seamless array of client services: landlord and tenant representation, facilities and property management, construction management, investment sales, and development.