Jack Hagel's N&O piece puts confirmation to the rumor we reported here back in December: a tenant has, indeed, leased up most of the remaining space in the Durham Centre in downtown Durham. And, as a commenter here at BCR suggested, the new tenant is in fact the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI).
Duke is leasing 72,000 sq. ft. in the Durham Centre, which absorbs almost all of the 80,000 sq. ft. of vacant space in the building. This deal is especially good news for neighboring businesses, which will have the chance to absorb lunchtime food and retail traffic.
No word on lease terms or a timeline for the DCRI relocation.
Wow the Durham Centre will have the world's largest clinical database working within its walls (yes,the world's largest, http://www.dcri.duke.edu/. I think that is quite impressive, kinda surprised they were able to land that.
Posted by: mike | January 26, 2008 at 01:02 AM