From The Caroline Progress
M.C. Dean, one of Caroline County's largest employers, has purchased adjoining land at its facilities near Carmel Church that more than doubles the company's land holdings.
The electrical engineering firm has operations in two buildings on about 70 acres off Colemans Mill Road about one mile south of Rogers Clark Boulevard. It recently purchased 102 acres of adjacent land. The company did not divulge any specific plans for using the land. Mike McHenry, vice president of marketing for M.C. Dean, told another media outlet the land acquisition was a "strategic investment."
M.C. Dean paid Thornsberry LLC $1.02 million for the land or $10,000 per acre, according to county property records.
The company's existing facilities, located about three miles east of Carmel Church, encompass 370,000 square feet and employ about 200 people. They are involved in assembling, testing, warehousing, and distributing electronic, security, and telecommunications equipment.
M.C. Dean, which is headquartered in Dulles, has expanded steadily since opening operations in Caroline. It built a 100,000-square-foot building in 2004 and added a second, 270,000-square foot building in 2006. The company chose the Caroline site in 2004 because of its proximity to Interstate 95 and U.S. 301, lower real estate costs, quality workforce, and the ability to expand.
On its company website, M.C. Dean calls itself "the nation's premier electrical design-build and systems integration firm for complex, mission-critical organizations." Its capabilities include electrical, electronic security, telecommunications, life-safety, instrumentation and control, and command and control systems, according to the company.
The company's customers include Fortune 1000 corporations, universities, high tech and biotech firms, government, and other organizations "with large scale, complex, and mission-critical infrastructure needs."
Founded in 1949, M.C. Dean has more than 3,500 employees in the Eastern U.S., Europe, and the Middle East.