Prime Real Estate for Biometrics Vendors Opens Up in Virginia

Looking for a new office? Virginia-based RLI Solutions Company, which has specialized in solutions for the industrial, energy, and construction industries, is going bankrupt, and has some prime real estate for sale.

In a press release, Hilco Real Estate explains that a 380-acre site in Clarksburg, West Virginia, is situated near bases for the FBI and the Department of Defense, and that the area tends to “attract biometric contractor companies”. Indeed, Clarksburg is home to the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) division, which manages the Next Generation Identification system.

The NGI system includes a comprehensive database of biometrics used for law enforcement across the United States.

A number of prominent biometrics vendors have done work involving the CJIS, including IDEMIA, NEC, Thales, and Leidos, as well as the integrator SAIC (Science Applications International Corporation).

Zooming out, the State of Virginia hosts the headquarters for a number of other companies, thanks in part to its easy access to government institutions. These include IDEMIA NSS in Reston, Global Identity Solutions in Herndon, Securiport in Arlington, InCadence Strategic Solutions in Manassas, and SICPA Securink Corporation in Springfield.

Hilco Real Estate says that the Clarksburg site includes over 180 acres of developable land, with 77 already levelled and “shovel ready”. It also happens to be close to malls featuring Walmart, Sams Club, and Starbucks.

The land’s sale is being conducted by Order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh) Petition No. 22-21375-TPA, and bids must be accepted by 5pm Eastern on June 19.

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May 1, 2024 – by Alex Perala