Office

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

LONDON-Royal London Asset Management has sold Ames House at 6-7 Duke Street in St James's, London SW1 to Standford Properties for pounds 8.45 million ($13.5 million) reflecting a net initial yield of 5.7%.

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.

CEDAR KNOLLS, NJ-Greenwich Home Mortgage has grown its presence to more than 18,600 sf at Geometry Realty's Cedar Knolls Corporate Center after a lease transaction arranged by GVA Williams.

CHICAGO-Trizec Properties Inc. president and CEO Timothy H. Callahan says the company is not ready to put the 110-story building on the market after it assumes ownership this quarter. "That doesn't mean we won't do so at some point in time," he adds.

DALLAS-Bob Bradshaw joins the team as vice president of business development. The veterans in town know his history: four decades of Dallas-Fort Worth deals, mostly spent developing the Great Southwest and Las Colinas.

WASHINGTON, DC-After having joined forces to survey disclosure practices in mortgage-backed securities markets, the US Department of the Treasury, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight release a study with suggestions for improvements.