"They were looking to build their new corporate headquarterswithin reasonable distance of their employee base," says BobHarbour, president of Morgan/Harbour, who acted as projectexecutive for the new office building. "Being at a majorintersection with exposure was also important to them. They werelooking to be located in a corporate area that will be developed inthe future with similar buildings, and they felt comfortable thatthis land will do that."

American Technical Publishers bought the land about ayear-and-a-half ago, and construction took more than a year. Thebuilding is pursuing gold LEED certification, constructed withsustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency,materials selection, and indoor environmental quality in mind,Harbour says. The building is located in the south suburbansubmarket. Harbour says the suburbs are hanging in there, but "Idon't think any suburban market is really active right now," hesays.

"The quality of the building is one of the reasons they wereable to get a lease with a good tenant so early," Harbour tellsGlobeSt.com. "It's a very pleasing building architecturally."American Technical president Bob Deisinger did not return calls forcomment on the deal.