CMS announces construction of $2.5 million California facility
By Leischen Stelter
Updated Thu November 1, 2007
CYPRESS, Calif.--CMS, the combined wholesale monitoring operations of CMS and Criticom International, announced on Oct. 24 the construction of a 14,000-square-foot facility here, replacing its current center in Irvine, Calif. The company invested $2.5 million in the Cypress facility, which is scheduled to be completed either by the end of this year or the beginning of next, said Tony Wilson, president of CMS.
Most of the 140 employees in the current Irvine location are expected to transfer to the new facility, about 19 miles north. "This location was chosen as a better location for the employees and where they live," said Wilson.
The Cypress facility will house a large open space monitoring center on the second floor of the building as well as a dedicated dealer support center and training rooms, said Wilson.
"The nice thing about being in business as long as we have," he said, "is that when you build one of these you get to learn from mistakes in the past and create a nice efficient new layout. It's better to have a large open rooms with modular furniture so as things change and grow you have the flexibility in the center and you're not taking walls down and putting walls back up."
The facility will be UL listed, offer dual generators and UPS backup, and have multiple telecommunication carriers. It will be CMSs only West coast facility in addition to its other monitoring facilities located in Longwood, Fla., Manasquan, N.J., and St. Paul, Minn.
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