SANTA MONICA, CA-The Houston-based investor, made up of former Hines Interests execs, appears intent on buying up as much Westside creative space as it can find.

HOUSTON-The deal at Shell One and Shell Two Plazas concludes a three-city leasing project for the gigantic oil company, launched before the 2008 economic downturn. Also involved: Calgary and New Orleans.

OAKLAND, CA-The famous 19th Century tower near the Bay Bridge will soon be filled with 2,300 call center employees in this week's wrap up of deals.

CHICAGO-PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an accounting and consulting firm, has renewed its lease for nearly 279,000 square feet of space at the UBS Tower, a 1.4-million-square-foot office building at 1 N. Wacker Drive.