BB&T Inks 140,000 SF at Riverfront Plaza

RICHMOND, VA-The Washington, DC-area office of Hines scored a coup with the recent 140,000-square-foot lease in its Riverfront Plaza office complex in here. Branch Banking and Trust Co. is taking the space in a long-term lease at the 951,616-square-foot Downtown office. The 21-story, two-building complex is located at 901 and 951 East Byrd St. on the banks of the James River.

BB&T is relocating and consolidating their local regional headquarters office, their brokerage operation Scott & Stringfellow, and BB&T Capital Markets from nearby Richmond locations. The bank plans to move in more than 500 employees when the lease begins in 2010. Stevens Gentil and Chuck Ellsworth of Grubb & Ellis