The Shidler Group's partner Matt Root was unavailable forcomment about the hand-off of the 171,877-sf 800 Brazos and148,629-sf Capitol Towers at 206 E. 9th St. The San Diego-basedinvestment group and its New York City JV partner bought thebuildings in January 2001 along with two others for $56.5 million.The other portfolio pieces were sold about two years ago. A CBRichard Ellis team started marketing the rest of the portfolio inOctober 2005.

The buyers of record for the 14-story 800 Brazos and twoconnected four- and five-story structures were Brazos Investment LPand Brazos Residential LP, which judging from the name is likely tostage a residential redo of an eight-acre property assessed at$13.93 million by Travis County. Formerly called One CommodorePlaza, the complex's major tenants include the Consulado de Mexico,Capitol Services Inc. and Anthony-Nak Jewelers. Its office space,last renovated in 2002, has a rental quote of $18 per sf.

Capital Towers, previously Two Commodore Plaza, is a 20-storyoffice building with a rental quote of $20 per sf. Assessed at$26.95 million, the building not too long ago presented the largestopen block of contiguous space in the Downtown. According toShidler's press release, the building's major tenants now includeComerica Bank and GTE Mobilnet. The 0.68-acre tract includes a12-story parking garage. Its buyer of record is Capitol TowerInvestment LP.