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Law firm turns to East Loop
Baker & McKenzie seeks to lease 300,000 square feet, dousing plan for new West Loop high-rise
August 26, 2009
DAVID ROEDER
The law firm Baker & McKenzie LLP is negotiating to lease about 300,000 square feet in the East Loop, according to a source familiar with the negotiations. If the deal is completed, it would snuff out plans for a new office high-rise in the West Loop where Baker was slated to be an anchor tenant.
The source said Baker will move from the old Prudential Building, 130 E. Randolph, just up the street to the Blue Cross Blue Shield Building at 300 E. Randolph. Blue Cross parent Health Care Service Corp. is building 24 stories atop what had been a 33-story building. Baker's space requirement would translate into about nine floors of the addition, which could command premium rents because of the commanding view of Millennium Park.