In late March, Equity retained Carpenter and Thomas Benezille,also in JLL's New York office, to market the entire portfolio.Transwestern paid $172.2 million for its stake in 1601 and 1700Market St., while Equity, also based in Chicago, retains anunspecified minority interest in the towers.(For more on EOP'stransactions, clickhere.)

Joe Concepcion, Transwestern's VP of owner representation, namedthe local office of Grubb & Ellis exclusive leasing agent forthe two properties. Wayne Fisher, SVP and director, and CraigScheuerle, SVP, head the G&E leasing team. Both of theproperties are class A buildings, and Fisher says available suitesrange from 1,000 sf to 20,000 sf.

The 36-story, 681,000-sf building at 1601 Market St. iscurrently 95% leased, according to G&E. Among its tenants areKMPG, Swartz Campbell LLC, and Radian Guaranty Inc. It wascompleted in 1970.