Westway Services Group to Develop Office Building in Cortex District
Date Posted: September 30, 2021
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From St. Louis Business Journal: Westway Services Group LLC, a Virginia-based developer of secure facilities for government and industry, plans to build an office building in the Cortex Innovation Community.
The company will break ground “soon” on the 120,000-square-foot development at the corner of Forest Park Avenue and South Sarah Street, Cortex officials said Tuesday. The project, which is being built to support St. Louis’ growing geospatial and cybersecurity communities, is expected to be open to tenants in late 2023, officials said. A cost estimate wasn’t provided.
Westway develops so-called SCIF (sensitive compartmented information facilities) and secret collateral office space, building turnkey high security facilities and offices for government agencies, government contractors and corporations.
In addition to secure office space at its new Cortex facility, Westway expects to build and operate a secure event space that will allow both large and small gatherings of government contractors and officials, according to a release. The space would be unique to St. Louis and a draw for national conferences and meetings, Cortex officials said.
Westway CEO Jack Pryor said in a statement that the developer is “excited to enter the St. Louis community to provide secure office space that meets the growing needs of organizations in the region.”