C.V. Starr has signed a 19,204-sf foot lease to occupy the topfull floor of the 22-story building and is targeted to move intothe space in May in a 10-year deal, according to Jones Lang LaSallemanaging director John McAniff and leasing director Tim Miller, whorepresented building owner Beacon Capital Partners on the twotransactions. CH2M Hill has taken the entire 21st floor of 19,204sf, having relocated from City National Plaza in a five-yeartransaction valued at $2.9 million.

The 1000 Wilshire building was built in 1987 as the firstpost-modern high-rise in Los Angeles, at the gateway to theFinancial District. Its tenants include Wedbush Morgan Securities,Buchalter Nemer, Hana Financial, Grant Thornton, and First StandardBank. In the two recent leases, C. V. Starr was represented by ClayHammerstein of CB Richard Ellis and CH2M Hill was represented byBrian Davies and Dan Gallup of CRESA Partners.

The 1000 Wilshire property has reached full occupancy in aDowntown Los Angeles office market where the direct vacancy ratestood at about 12% and the overall availability at about 13% at theend of the year, according to market reports. The Downtownsubmarket totals about 35 million sf to 37 million sf, with nearly30 million of it in the Central Business District.