The sale puts the vacant 184,937-sf Exchange Place into thehands of Datamation Corp., which has offices in California andNevada. Patrick Ahern of Grubb & Ellis Martens Commercial Grouphandled both sides of the negotiations for Presidio's 110 N. Marketbuilding, once home to Fourth National Bank and then Nations Bank.The seven-story structure has been dark since 1974, according to apress release.

Presidio acquired the property about 3 1/2 years ago in a35-building portfolio buy from Nations Bank, which now operatesunder the Bank of America moniker.

Datamation, via talks with the city for an incentive package,will open a call center in the building and create an initial 200jobs. The game plan is to occupy the entire structure, a move thatis sure to bring additional jobs–possibly as many as 600–toWichita's depressed market, Ahern tells GlobeSt.com. Datamation isplanning a March 2002 move-in.