An aggressive leasing and marketing campaign caught the attention of four new tenants, all signing leases in the last 60 days to fill about 160,000 sf in the 25th Street office park."By having 270,000 sf walk out, they really got aggressive on rental rates" Insignia/ESG associate director James Bayless tells GlobeSt.com. Bayless should know. He recently inked a six-year lease for the Houston-basedcollection and teleservices agency, GC Services, in 10,875 sf at the park's 9630 N. 25th Ave. building.

The 65-year-old firm, which has two other call centers in Mesa and Phoenix, liked the location because it is near the company's Metro Center site at 8125 N. 23 Ave., Bayless said. Rental rates ranging from $16 per sf to $19 per sfalso grabbed the company's interest.

"Their rates and market conditions at Metro Center are such that a tenant is able to capitalize on low rates and aggressive landlords," Bayless noted, adding that the Transwestern site also offers many amenities within walking distance for company employees.That was the same appeal that brought Ottawa University, Horace Mann Insurance and Ice Gallery, a travel agent call center, into the Transwestern center in the last few months. All three firms grabbed a total of about 90,000 sf of office space in those long-term lease deals.