Brickman would not return calls to comment on the sale. Thebroker, Eastdil Secured senior managing director Douglas Harmon,did confirm that his shop is handling the assignment but would nottalk about the projected financial outcome. He did call thedisposition strategy, "a rare opportunity to purchase anextraordinary critical mass of institutional-quality properties."He stated that the assets provide stable and predictable cash flows"as well as value-enhancement opportunities."

But beyond that Harmon was mum. Sources close to the dealexplain that the class A assets are sprinkled throughout thecountry: Some 1.3 million sf (net rentable) is located in theNortheast, 870,000 feet is in the Mid-Atlantic, and 690,000 sf ison the West Coast. The largest in the pack is 915 Wilshire Blvd inL.A., with 400,000 sf of rentable space. In Bellevue, WA, the teamis pushing the 200,000-sf Civica Office Commons. A pack of assetsis being moved in Boston, including 230 Congress St., 51 SleeperSt., One Bowdoin Sq., 55 Summer St., 40 Court St., Harbor CorporateCenter and 313 and 330 Congress. All run around 150,000 of netrentable.

In the past 15 years, Brickman, according to its website, hasinvested more than $2.5 billion in real estate throughout the US.Those plays have cut across the gamut of propertytypes--encompassing office, residential, hotels and land. TheBrickman Real Estate Fund II is structured as a private REIT.