Spaulding & Slye Colliers senior vice president William F.Collins and assistant vice president Jason R. Cameron representedproperty owner, 695 Atlantic Ave. Co. LLC. The company is asubsidiary of Plymouth Rock Assurance Corp. Richards Barry Joyce& Partners principals Michael J. Joyce and Jonathan Varholakrepresented ScanSoft. The company is leasing space on floors two,three and 10 for its headquarters office.

The 170,000-sf office building, which was formerly the EssexHotel, is located immediately across from the South StationIntermodal Transportation Center adjacent to One Financial Center.It includes ground- and basement-level retail space. Built in theBeaux Art style of architecture in 1899, the 11-story building wasrenovated in 1987.

The building has about 53,000 sf unoccupied. Among its officetenants are Bunker Hill Insurance Co., Exchange Applications, Grant& Partners, Pilgrim Insurance Co., Plymouth Rock AssuranceCorp. and Robert Thomas Securities. Lease rates for this deal werenot available, but space in the building goes for about $28 persf.