April 2, 2003 -- MCI's Internet data center in Bridgeton, Mo. has been sold to DST Systems Inc. for $15.7 million.
The sale of the 108,336 square foot facility took place at a bankruptcy court auction May 14 and closed on May 23. DST Systems is based in Kansas City and provides computer software solutions and services to the financial services industry. It currently operates an advanced data center in Kansas City.
The Bridgeton site is one of four surplus WorldCom data centers placed for sale through the company's bankruptcy proceeding. MCI's Internet data center in Somerset, NJ has been leased in its entirety to the Bank of New York, and is now being prepared for a July 16 auction for sale as an investment property.
Additional data centers are available in suburban Dallas and Atlanta markets.
Each site includes a 108,336 square foot stand-alone building, and features a state-of-the-art Internet data center with 73,932 square feet of raised-floor technical space. Features common to the buildings include multiple 2,000kw generators, 40-foot column spacing, 26.5 foot ceilings (16 foot clear height) and 200 pounds/sf floor loading in the data center space.
MCI is also selling a 42,916 square foot data center in Southfield, Mich.
The partnership restructuring WorldCom's real estate assets includes Hilco Real Estate, Node Com Inc. and NAI. Node Com is a business affiliate of Carrier Hotels Inc., and the CarrierHotels.com web site assisted in the marketing of the Bridgeton property.
The partnership previously leased WorldCom's entire 541,000 square foot Pentagon City office property to the General Services Administration for use by the Transportation Security Administration, and is in the process of seeking bids for the sale of that property with the government tenant in place.
Investors interested in learning more about the Somerset, Dallas and Atlanta properties can obtain additional information from the WorldCom Real Estate web site or contact Node Com's Joe Suppers.