Jet startup Boom Supersonic leases massive Centennial office

Editor’s note: This report first appeared at BusinessDen, a BizWest news partner.

Supersonic jet startup Boom Supersonic has leased an entire office building in Centennial.

The company, whose official name is Boom Technology, signed a lease for the 287,000-square-foot structure at 6801-6803 S. Tucson Way at the end of December, according to sources familiar with the deal.

That’s equivalent to about 12 floors of the Wells Fargo Center in downtown Denver.

Boom did not respond to multiple requests for comment. Cushman & Wakefield broker Steve Billigmeier, who represents the company, declined to comment on the deal when reached by phone Friday.

Boom operates out of a smaller building right next to Centennial Airport, about a two-mile drive from the Tucson Way building, which was previously occupied by investment management firm Invesco.

Boom, founded in 2014, is developing a supersonic jet it calls the Boom Overture. In a May press release, the company said it plans to break ground on a manufacturing facility in 2022, begin production in 2023 and roll out a completed aircraft in 2025. The goal is to have the jets ready to carry passengers by 2029.

In June, United Airlines said it had agreed to buy 15 of the jets, provided they ultimately meet the company’s standards, and that the company had an option to buy an additional 35. 

Boom — which is led by founder and CEO Blake Scholl — has said the jet will be able to fly at Mach 1.7, about twice as fast as conventional airliners. That would translate into 3.5 hour flights from Newark to London, and six hour flights from San Francisco to Tokyo, according to United.

The company has raised $270 million from investors, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The last commercial supersonic flight took place in 2003.

This is a breaking news alert, and will be updated. Check back Monday for additional details.

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