Leasing

RESTON, VA-Sunset Corporate Plaza welcomes new tenant IBM as the computer company leases the entire 100,000-sf office building. IBM committed to occupying the space, which is located in the Dulles Corridor near the Dulles International Airport, for a 10-year period.

KING OF PRUSSIA, PA-The entire industrial building at 250 Long Road will

AUSTIN-The San Antonio-based bank takes 52,000 sf in the 33-story CBD high-rise to boost the pre-leased space to 46%. Frost Bank becomes the largest space taker of the five leases signed to date. The building opens in January 2004.

KIRKLAND, WA-The marketer of cellular service tells GlobeSt.com it has "pretty much wrapped up" its search for some 36 new store locations in 31 states as it seeks to tap into the high end consumer market.

PORTLAND-The Portland Development Commission approved Wednesday a nearly three-fold increase in its lease commitment at Parkside Business Center, an office building located adjacent PDC's Downtown headquarters at the south end of Fourth Avenue.

SAN FRANCISCO-In the largest lease the CBD has seen in a couple of years, the locally based international law firm Orrick Herrington and Sutcliffe leases the top four floors of a new 10-story Downtown building developed by Wilson Meany Sullivan for Equity Office Properties.

PHILADELPHIA-Downtown office tenants, including representatives from Cigna

NEW YORK CITY-After five years of overseeing business development at the WTCA, Robert DiChiara has been promoted to executive vice president of the not-for-profit organization. He joined the organization in 1997.