Halff, a specialty temporary staffing agency, is occupying 9,708sf in the 21-story, 400,000-sf San Jacinto Center. Halff had beenofficing in 2,755 sf right across the street at One Congress Plaza,a 30-story, 517,849-sf structure.

Mark Miller, Equity's leasing director, says Halff had plans toexpand its Austin operations, but had been unable to secure extraspace at One Congress Plaza. "And there was no room for theirgrowth. We were fortunate that we were able to help out one of ourclients in a really, really tight market," Miller tellsGlobeSt.com.

Equity owns three class-A office buildings in Austin's CentralBusiness District, which currently has a 1.8% vacancy rate.Practically all of Equity's 1.44 million sf is taken--including the2,755 sf vacated by Halff. Signing for Halff's vacated space isArthur Andersen financial services and the Hance Scarbrough lawfirm, says Miller.