St. John Properties said Tuesday that it will break ground in the second quarter on The Village Center at The GATE, a 78,000-square-foot shopping complex at Aberdeen Proving Ground.

The center will be part of The Government and Technology Enterprise development at the military base in Harford County.

St. John is also building 135,00 square feet of office space as part of the development, which will be in addition to the 110,000 square feet of office space it has already built.