Bradley Mindlin, principal of the Los Angeles-based company,says upgrades to Woodview Tower at 1349 Empire Central will swinginto full force shortly after 2008 begins. "This building shouldlook like a brand-new building by March or April," he says. Builtin 1982 and renovated in 1997, the building's upgrades will includea new chiller, roof and several floors of spec suites. The team istargeting tenants in 2,000-sf to 5,000-sf range, with the class A'sspec floors being built out with a full-service common breakroom.

"The view is this market is still a big-tenant market, but thereare more small-tenant deals there," Mindlin tells GlobeSt.com.There are 17 tenants now in place, with the largest being the USPostal Services' legal division.

Mindlin subsidiary, Darby Real Estate Services, will lease andmanage the asset just like it does for the firm's other one millionsf in Dallas. And for the first time in years, there will be anon-site office, Mindlin says. Darby employees Beall Carothers andDawn Williamson have been assigned to the building.Mindlin says helikes to own buildings 30 to 60 days to "find the personality"before embarking on a retooling plan. With that done, talks havebegun with Clinton Climate Group to devise an energy-efficiencyprogram for the tower. "It won't be a LEED building, but it canbecome a greener building," he says.