Marketing Associates, owned by Edsel Ford II, is taking 51,400sf on the fourth and fifth floors. The firm's lease will runthrough March 31, 2016, says Jeff Bell, first vice president withCB Richard Ellis. The company is subletting the space from Visteon,which cut back on plans to lease a large portion of the 240,000-sfoffice building, citing cut-back pressures on automotive suppliers.Bell and Mark Collins represented Visteon and the landlord in theleases. Marketing Associates will reportedly move in on Oct.29.

Bell says the healthcare management firm is leasing 45,000 sf,taking part of the sixth floor and all of the seventh floor,directly from Redico LLC, the landlord. Health Plan's lease is for10 years, and will start at the end of this year, Bell tellsGlobeSt.com. Both companies reportedly cited expansion as reasonsfor the move.

He says he can't divulge the lease rate at the building, whichopened in April 2006, but that the property has an average rate of$20 per sf, triple net. The leases will leave only 2,500 sfavailable on the eighth floor, and some retail restaurant spaceopen on the first floor.

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