The company will take 9,418 sf at the Equity Office project, according to the terms of the $1.2-million agreement. It will occupy suite 2360 in the facility, which is located at 1100 Town & Country Rd. The new tenant plans to move from its current site in Santa Ana to the Orange location in July.

Cory Napora of Resource Commercial Real Estate Inc. acted on behalf of First American Lending Corp. Jim Harper represented Equity Office.

The transaction comes as new research on Orange County says the region is suffering from an excess of office product. This surplus of office space is expected to cause deterioration in market conditions in the months ahead, according to a recently published report by Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Brokerage Co. Researchers here say the average vacancy rate is expected to increase to 19% over the next 12 months, while the average rent is expect to decline by 5% during 2002.

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