The lease rate is $12.75 per sf net with a 3% escalation eachyear, Mitidiero tells GlobeSt.com. Joel Friedland, Ron Goldsmithand John Schwarze, all with Epic/Savage Realty Partners,represented Cook Financial. Comcast was represented by Dave Berrywith Staubach Co.

The facility will be used by Comcast for its western suburbantechnical operations and for training, Mitidiero says. Comcast isconsolidating locations in Elmhurst and possibly other westernsuburban locations, he adds.

"They wanted a larger central location for the technicaloperations to service the entire western suburbs," Mitidiero says.The facility is also near Interstate 290, Interstate 294 andInterstate 90. "This location is unique in that it has excellentaccess to all of the major highways," he says. The property hasparking for more than 500 vehicles which was also one of thereasons Comcast chose the site.