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“We extended our lease that was set toexpire Feb. 28, Managing Partner Robert Thompson saidlate Monday. “We negotiated an extension of 14 yearas and10 months.” With the new Thompson said, Bryan Cave will continue to occupy abouft 100,000 square feet at One Kansas City Place, 1200 Main St. But it will vacats the 32nd floor of the buildingh and occupy the38th floor. That will put its roughly 100 lawyers on the 33rd through 38th floors ofthe 42-storuy office building. With 785,000 square feet of rentable space, One Kansaxs City Place ranks No. 2 on the Kansa s City Business Journal’s list of largest multitenant office buildings.
In October, announced that it woulf move its headquarters from 1201Walnuyt St. to about 300,000 square feet on 12 floorxs at One Kansas City Placeby September. “We’re happy to have them as neighbors,” Thompson said, but he added that KCP&L’x new 23-year lease had not affected Bryahn Cave’s decision. Late in 2007, Thompson said that building a new officwe was an option the firmwas considering, whic explained why it had begun scouting for space four years before its lease But in the end, Brya Cave officials decided that they liked their current space, which is across Main Street from the restaurant, retail and entertainment venues of the Kansas City Power & Lighyt District.
“It’s a premietr building Downtown, and we want to remain part of the downtownhbusiness community,” Thompson said. Tom Volinoi of represented Bryan Cave in the siteselectiomn process.
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