Chris Crooks, with Cresa Partners Boston, tells GlobeSt.com thefirm, which provides integration solutions for mission-critical ITenvironments, will stay in 30,000 sf of office space in the248,048-sf, four-story building. The company originally leased60,000 sf when it moved into the property in 1999 but is nowdownsizing.

Crooks says the Dublin-based firm renewed its lease one yearahead of schedule in order to take advantage of favorable marketconditions and lock into a five-year lease extension. "They likedthe building and wanted to stay there." Crooks notes that IONAmoved into the building shortly after construction on the class Astructure was completed.

Terms of the lease were not disclosed, but Crooks says propertyof a similar caliber here leases in the low $30-per-sf range.Crooks and colleagues Dan Sullivan, and Shawn McDonough handledlease negotiations for the tenant. Owner Boston Properties wasself-represented by Stacey Baker and David Provost.