Bresler & Reiner Inc., of Rockville, MD has bought the classA office building at 15600 John F. Kennedy Blvd. Thomas' chiefchallenge was filling 120,000 sf and locking in an 81,765-sfrenewal for Intec Engineering, which inked its eight-year deal inApril 2006. Thomas' value-added capital improvements andrepositioning efforts, with help from Houston-based Colvill OfficeProperties, brought its aggregate investment in the building tonearly $17 million.

"Thomas Properties has made significant investments in Houstonover the past few years and we continue to believe in the long-termstrength and desirability of this dynamic market," James A. Thomas,chairman and CEO of Thomas Properties Group, says in a pressrelease about the sale. He added that Intercontinental Center is agood example of the company's MO of buying, repositioning,stabilizing and exiting properties in core target markets. ThomasProperties could not be reached by press time.