HOUSTON-Andrews Kurth, a mainstay CBD law firm, adds 23,000 sf of class A space to a 200,000-sf lease at JPMorgan Chase Tower. The new lease will run co-terminus with a long-term pact signed three years ago.

SEATTLE-Equity Office Properties' 76-story Downtown landmark comprises 1.5 million sf of rentable office and retail space. Vacancy, which was 30% one year ago, now stands at 24%. A local executive tells GlobeSt.com he expects to see vacancy at 21% by the end of the year.

CHICAGO-World Book, Inc. signs a restructured deal on its 34,500 sf at Jackson, MS-based Parkway Properties, Inc.'s lone asset in the market, keeping occupancy at the one-million-sf East Loop building at 93.5%.