TAMPA, FL. July 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PwC US, the Big Four assurance, tax and advisory firm, has signed a long-term lease with MetLife for an approximately 250,000 square foot build-to-suit office building at MetWest International (top left photo), the two organizations announced today.
In signing a long-term deal to build a state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly facility in the area, PwC is recommitting to its future - and signaling its confidence - in the greater Tampa community.
Approximately 2000 PwC partners and staff from the firm's Tampa practice office and Tampa Enterprise Solutions Center (ESC) will move to MetWest Two during the second quarter of 2013. Currently, these operations are in separate locations at 4221 W. Boy Scout Boulevard and 3109 and 3111 W. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, respectively.
The new building will be home to PwC's Tampa based client service professionals, an Assurance Delivery Center and a number of the firm's key internal functions, such as information technology; finance; human resources operations and systems; and learning and development. Taylor & Mathis, the development manager of the project, said construction of the new building will begin this week.
"MetLife is extremely pleased to welcome such a high caliber firm as PwC to MetWest International. The addition of PwC makes a definitive statement of support for MetWest as one of the top mixed-use developments in Florida. The central location in the Westshore area as well as the many high-quality amenities the development offers are strategic factors contributing to the success of this project," stated Chuck Davis (lower right photo), regional director of MetLife's Tampa real estate investment office.
PwC was represented by Timothy J. Dempsey and Bill Obregon of CB Richard Ellis and Robert Reichman, Esq. of Wilk Auslander LLP. MetLife was represented by Hank Brenner and Angela Odell of Taylor & Mathis.
CONTACT: Elliott Frieder, PwC US, +1-646-471-3108, elliott.frieder@us.pwc.com or Emily Phillips, MetLife, +1-212-578-7217, ephillips@metlife.com
Web Site: http://www.pwc.com
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