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Law Practice

Aug. 11, 2009

A New Lease on Life?

The status of Heller Ehrman's former headquarters mandates rethinking of the approach that building owners apply to making lease deals with big firms, writes Edwin B. Reeser.

By Edwin B. Reeser

The owner of the premier office tower where Heller Ehrman LLP formerly had its headquarters is throwing the keys to the lender.

Beautifully designed, engineered and constructed, 333 S. Bush is one of the finest office towers in the United States; a fitting, proper abode for one of its oldest and finest law firms. Until the firm imploded, seemingly overnight, last September.

The collateral damage of a single B...

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