McLeodUSA Incorporated recently broke ground on a new facility to house its St. Louis operations. The new building will be located in the Missouri Research Park in St. Charles, MO., and will be home to approximately 300 McLeodUSA employees in the St. Louis area. Upon completion the building will total nearly 80,000 square feet of space, the new facility also will allow for future expansion, including room for up to 100 additional employees.

McLeodUSA, headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is a provider of integrated telecommunications services to business and residential customers. The Company’s telecommunications customers are located in ten Midwest and Rocky Mountain states. McLeodUSA is a facilities-oriented telecommunications provider with nine switches, 398,000 local lines, 5,300 employees, and 7,100 route miles of fiber optic network. In addition, the Company’s publishing subsidiaries will distribute nearly 21 million copies of competitive directories in 21 states, reaching 33 million people.

"The Pollina Corporate Team came through for us again. The Team’s wide range of expertise in location analysis, site selection, and build-to-suits was very important to the success of the project. Your knowledge of construction and negotiation skills were essential in structuring our land lease, building lease and agreement with our contractor. Your negotiating skills not only saved us money but also provided a rapidly growing company like McLeodUSA with the flexibility we require in our transactions. Again, thank you for another job well done."

Pollina Corporate Real Estate, Inc. has represented McLeodUSA in over 30 transactions in 8 states. When McLeodUSA acquired a St. Louis-area telecommunications provider, Pollina Corporate was asked to perform a location analysis, consulting and brokerage services.

Ann Kealy-Angel
Director of Facilities & Real Estate
McLeodUSA Incorporated