In the State Farm lease, KW Commercial Investment Group, a division of Beverly Hills-based Kennedy Wilson, reports that the insurance company signed for a five-year term at One Baxter Way at the Oaks at Westlake. The Oaks is a 355,000-square-foot class A office project that Kennedy Wilson bought for $131 million in September 2007, according to a GlobeSt.com report at the time.

State Farm was represented by Dennis Richardson of Cushman & Wakefield; the landlord, One Baxter Way LP, was represented by David Solomon, Matt Heyn and Troy Pollet of CB Richard Ellis, and in-house by John Prabhu and Mickey Isen of Kennedy Wilson. According to Barry Schlesinger, Co-CEO, KW Commercial Investment Group, State Farm will be taking occupancy of its new space in January of 2010.


150 S. Rodeo Dr.

10880 Wilshire Blvd.

The GSA Military Entertainment Public Relations division acts as a liaison between the government and the Hollywood entertainment business. Its lease was originally negotiated in 2008 but was just recently executed after governmental approvals.

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