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Alertus Technologies moving HQ to Baltimore
Listen to this articleAlertus Technologies, a University of Maryland spinoff in the emergency mass notification solutions field, Wednesday announced plans to bring its Beltsville corporate headquarters to 10 N. Charles St. in downtown Baltimore.
Alertus acquired the approximately 40,000-square-foot building, formerly the home to the Johns Hopkins University Business School and widely recognized for its ticker facade, to develop its state-of-the-art Alertus Center for Intelligent Buildings.
Alertus’ Center for Intelligent Buildings will feature the industry’s leading systems for security and life-safety, building technologies, and enterprise IT and network communications, all unified by the Alertus Mass Notification and Internet of Things (IoT) platform in a real-life showcase setting.
The building will be designed as an immersive destination for safety and business continuity professionals to experience the convergence of smart building technologies, which include mass notification, surveillance, access control, intrusion detection, gunshot detection, fire systems, building controls and sensors, AV, and digital signage — all interconnected for critical incident automation.
Alertus’ new building, scheduled to open in Winter 2022, will also house technology labs, corporate executive and employee offices. It will also have extensive meeting and auditorium space, which will be available for regional and national industry training programs as well as community usage.
Positioned near the inner harbor at the intersection of Charles and Fayette streets, the AIA Award-winning 10 N. Charles St. was designed by Ziger/Snead, prominent Baltimore-based architects. Johns Hopkins University constructed the facility in 2001 as a high-tech educational facility and the Alertus Center for Intelligent Buildings will deliver its next chapter as a technology-driven hub for educating global safety and emergency management professionals.
Founded in 2002 out of the University of Maryland, Alertus engineers innovative emergency communications systems for colleges and universities, K-12 schools, corporations, medical centers, military bases and government organizations.
