Jerry Jacobs and Larry Downey, both senior vice presidents withGrubb & Ellis Co.'s Phoenix office, represented the buildingowner, Crescent Real Estate Funding II LP of Ft. Worth. JulieSchuelke of Julien J. Studley was the tenant's representative.

The signing puts the class A office building at 98.5% leased.Its amenities include retail shops, restaurants and athletic club.The 28-story, 456,373-sf building is located at 40 N. CentralAve.

The law firm also leases space in a Crescent-owned building inMiami. The firm, founded in 1890, employs 750 attorneys worldwide.It also has offices in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Houston,Jacksonville, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Palo Alto, Phoenix, SanFrancisco, Tampa, Tysons Corner in Northern VA and Washington, D C.Its European offices are located in Bratislava, Brussels, Budapest,Kyiv, London, Madrid, Milan, Moscow and Prague and Asian offices inAlmaty, Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei, and Tokyo. The firm also has anassociation with a legal firm in Dublin.