Time Square is located near the SW 41st St. exit from Highway 167. Built in 1986, the 22.6-acre campus is comprised of four 60,000-sf buildings and one 90,000-sf building. Bedford acquired the complex in July 1997 for $33 million. At the time of acquisition, Boeing leased the entire complex. At the beginning of last year, Boeing vacated the complex, at which point Bedford transferred the property to its development portfolio and has so far spent more than $2.2 million turning the buildings into a multi-tenant campus.

In April, the locally based collections company ER Solutions leased all of the 60,000-sf 800 building. In December, Ticor Title and the City of Seattle took down a combined 20,000 sf in the 60,000-sf 600 Building. The national education company will be taking a portion of the 500 Building, which is the building closest to Lind Avenue.

The negotiated lease rates on the deals have not been revealed. The asking rate is $20 per sf per year, including $6 per sf in annual operating expenses.

In one of its recent SEC filings, Bedford officials say they "believe that the Puget Sound area is still experiencing the effects of significant job loss resulting from the technology and telecommunication industry slowdowns," resulting in "excess space ... and weaker deal terms."

Time Square is one of four operating properties Bedford owns in the Northwest. In November, Bedford sold a 297,228-sf, two-building office complex in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood for $65.7 million.

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