HP's C-suite team is expected to discuss, but not dwell on thepending real estate decisions in the Sept. 15 conference call aboutthe integration of Plano, TX-based EDS, which has been pruning itsbricks and mortar since 2005. Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP'spre-merger portfolio is roughly 61.9 million sf, spanning more than170 manufacturing locations and including its largest office,warehouse, data center and distribution sites, according to itswebsite.

Exactly much HP leases and owns worldwide is anybody's guess,with its PR team unwilling to discuss the portfolio size and theinformation noticeably absent from SEC filings. But, it does havean active acquisitions and dispositions team standing guard overthe plans in the hopper.

In contrast, EDS and its consolidated subsidiaries occupy 218locations in 42 US states and 408 locations in 45 countries outsidethe US. The SEC filing shows 2.7 million sf are owned and 22.6million sf are leased. In October 2005, EDSsold 2.75 million sf in the US and Europe to Dallas-based KollDevelopment Co., which has redeveloped the firm's fabled "fortress"into the Campus ofLegacy.