"They want everyone under one roof," a source tells GlobeSt.comin explaining that Jacobs would relocate its Carter Burgess teamfrom Charlestown and another group presently at 2 Center Plaza inBoston's Government Center. Carter Burgess was acquired byPasadena, CA-based Jacobs Engineering last autumn, while Jacobs hadpreviously taken over Edwards & Kelsey and a company that heldthe Center Plaza lease. All of the groups are involved in thearchitectural, engineering and design sectors, with Jacobs todayemploying nearly 50,000 people and generating revenues last year inexcess of $8 billion.

According to sources, the lease could be completed in the nextweek or two. Jacobs is supposedly looking to extend its Edwards& Kelsey lease that has that entity occupying about 25,000 sfon the second floor, while the relocated operations would be on thefourth and fifth floors. In an unrelated deal, tenant Ember Corp.will move from 343 Congress St. into 17,000 sf at a nearby FortPoint Channel building as part of a sublease with Thomson FinancialCorp.

"It's a big win" for Berkeley, says one broker familiar with theJacobs situation. Cushman & Wakefield executive director JayDriscoll is orchestrating negotiations between the two parties, butdeclined comment when contacted by GlobeSt.com. Sources could notprovide details on length and rental rate, although most report thespace is being marketed above $40 per sf, possibly into themid-$40-per-sf range. Calls to Berkeley principal Young Park werenot returned by press deadline, while a Jacobs official refused todiscuss the transaction.