Kirk Syme, along with other private partners, purchased 1149 Chess Drive nearly 30 years ago as a sale-lease-back with Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories. In 1999, it was leased to Applied BioSystems/ThermoFisher Scientific. In 2016, when Thermo Fisher moved out, Woodstock Development worked with its partners to help coordinate the exterior design, landscaping and entitlements for a full building renovation.