MIAMI — Swire Properties Inc. has announced that Akerman LLP, a leading transactions and trial law firm, will be the lead office tenant of Brickell City Centre, a $1.05 billion, 5 million-square-foot mixed-use development underway in Miami. Akerman will occupy approximately 108,000 square feet once construction is complete in 2015. The law firm will occupy 80 percent of the Class A office space at Brickell City Centre Green, which is one of two office buildings under construction at the development. Brickell City Centre Green will be located at 98 S.E. Seventh St. Akerman’s Miami office employs 160 lawyers, making it the largest law office in Florida. The law firm has played a significant legal role in the development of Brickell City Centre as real estate and land use counsel to Swire Properties. Tere Blanca of Blanca Commercial Real Estate represented Akerman in the lease transaction. Alexander Cahlin and David Valdez of Blanca Commercial Real Estate assisted in the deal.
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