The firm's 250-person San Diego office will occupy the top sixfloors of the project, dubbed, Broadway 655. The office previouslysigned a letter of intent in June for the city-approved, $150million development. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

"This is the right project, in the right location, and withstrong sponsorship," says John Stoia, a managing partner of MilbergWeiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach. "This is a very gratifying stepof the process and will enable the personnel of the San Diegooffice of Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach to occupystate-of-the-art office space enjoying some of the most commandingviewsavailable in downtown San Diego."

The agreement to take about 30% of the leasable square footage"reinforces our expectation to break ground for the project asscheduled in spring 2002, with completion anticipated in 2004,"says Rob Lankford, president of San Diego-headquartered Lankford& Associates.