120-attorney law firm extends downtown Tampa lease for 12 years

Tampa Law firm Hill Ward Henderson has extended its lease in the Bank of America Plaza in downtown Tampa for 12 more years — through 2037. 

At that point the firm, which also has an office in Clearwater, will have been in the landmark Tampa building, at 101 E. Kennedy Blvd. for 51 years: It opened an office there in 1986, the same year the building opened, according to a statement. The firm has since grown from seven attorneys to more than 120 and is staffed by nearly 250 total employees. 

The firm will continue to occupy the 35th through the 38th floors of the building, with a total footprint of some 83,000 square feet, the release states.