HOUSTON-After more than a year of negotiations, twolocally-headquartered companies have committed to lease renewalstotaling 97,698 square feet at The Esperson Buildings in downtown.Horizon Wind Energy LLC inked a medium-term lease for 58,515 squarefeet, while law firm Martin Disiere Jefferson and Wisdom L.P.signed a long-term lease for 39,183 square feet.

Both tenants had leases rolling in March 2011, according to PaulWittorf of Transwestern’s local office. He represented thelandlord, San Francisco-based Seligman Western Enterprises LTD, inboth lease negotiations. Horizon Wind Energy was represented byLouie Crapitto of Jones Lang LaSalle, and Martin Disiere Jeffersonand Wisdom was represented by Reggie Jackson and Joshua Brown ofJackson & Cooksey.

“Seligmans’ long-term plans for the project helped us retain andexpand these two tenants,” Wittorf says. He tells GlobeSt. bothtenants looked at other submarkets and buildings before committingto new leases at The Esperson Buildings, a 600,000-square-footcomplex that includes two class B buildings that are connected on.