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PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WI-Sonopress, a provider of digital contentproduction and delivery solutions for the music, entertainment,video game and software industries, has signed a long-term leasefor 535,000 sf at 11500 80th Ave. The company is a division ofavarto AG, which bought and renamed the former company in thebuilding, Deluxe Media, as Sonopress.

Marat Safir, associate vice president with UGL Equis, says thefirm was able to renegotiate the lease as part of the purchase ofDeluxe Media. He represented the firm in the lease, along with VPKane Kiernan. Safir wouldn't divulge the specific lease rate forthis deal, but tells GlobeSt.com that "the average lease rate inthe area is between $3.50 and $4.25." He says the lease allows thecompany to stay strategically located in the center of the countryfor its distribution, and joins the firm's manufacturing andpackaging sites in Weaverville, NC and Louisville, KY.