TD Waterhouse Investor Services has signed a five-year lease tooccupy commercial office space in the 9100 Wilshire building. Thedeal is valued at $1.6 million.

Doug Fine and Hunt Barnett of Insignia/ESG spoke for TDWaterhouse Investor Services. The landlord, Arden Realty Inc., wasrepresented by in-house senior portfolio leasing manager GayleLandes, along with Mike Geller of First Property.

The deal comes as recent research shows that West Los Angeles'overall vacancy rate stood at 13.1% in the end of the thirdquarter. More than 5 million sf of office space is currentlyavailable for lease, with an average rental rate of $2.98/sf,according to a third quarter report by Cushman & Wakefield.West Los Angeles' office vacancy rate was the lowest in the county,standing well below areas such as Central Los Angeles, which had athird quarter vacancy level of 18.8%.