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CHICAGO — Chicago-based design agency VSA Partners has signed a long-term lease within the 600 West Chicago building in the city’s River North submarket. The company’s headquarters will occupy approximately 40,000 square feet of space on the building’s second floor. VSA Partners has plans to move into the new space by the middle of 2009. The eight-story, 1.5 million-square-foot office building includes a river walk, shuttle service to train stations, a restaurant and a gym. Jones Lang LaSalle serves as the leasing agent for the property, which is 90 percent leased. Brad Despot of Jones Lang LaSalle represented the undisclosed landlord; Tom Volini in the Tenant Advisory Group of Grubb & Ellis represented VSA Partners in the transaction.