MetLife to stay at Highwoods Preserve

Lease renewal represents one of the largest office commitments in Tampa since early 2018

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • | 6:00 a.m. September 20, 2019
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COURTESY PHOTO — MetLife's lease renewal in Highwoods Properties' Highwoods Preserve project represents one of the largest office commitments in the Tampa area in the past year.
COURTESY PHOTO — MetLife's lease renewal in Highwoods Properties' Highwoods Preserve project represents one of the largest office commitments in the Tampa area in the past year.
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In one of the largest office lease renewals in the Tampa area in the past year, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. has chosen to remain in its space in a pair of Highwoods Properties Inc.’s buildings north of downtown.

MetLife’s 176,000-square-foot lease in the Raleigh, N.C.-based company’s Highwoods Preserve VII and Highwoods Preserve V properties had been set to expire in 2021.

 

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