McDonough negotiated the sublease on behalf of Marketplace Rewards. Adobe was represented by Mark Cote of T3 Realty Advisors, a commercial real estate services firm that specializes in assisting technology companies. Waltham-based T3 Realty and Cote are quite familiar with Riverside Center, having helped one tenant sublease the bulk of 330,000 sf the firm's predecessor had committed to for 10 years just prior to the office market's collapse that began in mid-2001.

T3 Realty ultimately brought seven tenants to Riverside Center to consume 260,000 sf of the lease, with the parent firm, Macromedia, retaining the remainder. In the latest instance, however, Cote was on the building side of the equation in the role of sub-landlord agent. In any case, many of the same reasons cited for attracting other tenants were listed as factors in the Marketplace Rewards decision, including a location just off Route 128 and also one that abuts a major transit line into Boston. Amenities include an on-site fitness center, full-service cafeteria and covered parking.

Riverside Center was substantially pre-leased prior to its opening by Equity Office Properties in 2000. Once a warehouse for Jordan Marsh, the site at 275 Grove St. was converted into first-class office space on a speculative basis. The renovation yielded 500,000 sf in three buildings that are connected by a dramatic four-story, glass-enclosed atrium.