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HISTORY Founded in 1988, the company was based in . Following the merger, COPT focused aggressively on property in Howard County, Maryland . http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/1998/11/02/story1.html COPT FOCUS ON WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE AREA In 2005, the Washington Post named this company one of the "Top 125 Companies" in the Washington DC area http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/post200/2005/OFC.html. COPT buys land in suburban areas and then develop and manage office properties. Many tenants are defense contractors. According to the Washington Post, the company said it has leased much of the almost 2 million square feet (180,000 m&2) of space at its huge complex, the National Business Park in Anne Arundel County , to government contractors such as General Dynamics Corporation , Northrop Grumman Corporation. and Lockheed Martin Corporation RECENT EXPANSION OUTSIDE WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE COPT owns property primarily in to include Chesterfield County, Virginia , Colorado Springs, Colorado , and parts of New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. In December 2006 COPT acquired a real estate portfolio from Towson -based Nottingham Properties for $362.5 millionhttp://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2007/07/30/daily20.html. OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES According to the company's SEC filinghttp://sec.edgar-online.com/2003/03/31/0001047469-03-011303/Section4.asp, There are 8 members of the board of trustees. The officers, who are not members of the board, are as follows:
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