"The name on the door might be in trouble, but that doesn't meanthe unit inside is. Will there be some consolidations? Verypossibly," Michael Lewis, managing director for Crescent RealEstate Equities LP, says about the powerhouse tenant mix at 100,200 and 300 Crescent Court in Uptown. "The units here are stillmaintaining a good vibrant presence."

The trophy asset's tenant roster includes Merrill Lynch & Co.Inc., Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Goldman Sachs GroupInc., BearStearns Cos. and naturally its owner, Morgan Stanley RealEstate Funds. Bank of America's stake in the Crescent is a retaillocation.

To put the roster into perspective, New York Gov. DavidPaterson, intossing a lifesaver, to American International Group,pointed out two days ago Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley were theonly two left standing out of Wall Street's top five independentinvestment banks. In Dallas, AIG leases 175,000 sf in thePlaza of theAmericas at 600 N. Pearl St. in the CBD and the Centre at 4100Alpha Rd. in North Dallas.

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