Riverfront Towers is the new corporate headquarters for LeClair Ryan in Richmond.

LeClair Ryan Leases 68,550 S.F. in Richmond’s Riverfront Towers

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA -- In one of the largest office deals in metropolitan Richmond in late 2004, DRE's Brett Womack and Debbie Wake represented the law firm of LeClair Ryan in negotiating its new headquarters location in Riverfront Towers located at 951 East Byrd Street. The law firm will occupy 68,550 square feet on three floors of the Class A office tower that overlooks the James River in downtown Richmond.  The landlord of the property is Boston Properties/Riverfront Towers.  Other tenants in the building include: Hunton & Williams; UBS Financial Services; Morgan Keegan; Hazel Thomas; and The Downtown Club.

      LeClair Ryan, is moving its corporate headquarters from the Eighth & Main Building where its headquarters have been located since 1993.  “We made an exhaustive review of the real estate market in Richmond and found that Riverfront, with its excellent amenities and location, offered us the best choice as the firm grows and moves forward,” said Dennis Ryan, chief operating officer of LeClair Ryan.

      “We currently have 81 attorneys and 86 support personnel in the firm’s downtown Richmond office.   We will have three full floors at Riverfront which will be divided among our various legal teams, with one of the floors also being our reception and conference center,” adds Ryan.

      The fifth largest law firm in Virginia, LeClair Ryan has been in business since 1988.  It operates offices in Alexandria, Blacksburg, Charlottesville, Glen Allen, Norfolk, Roanoke and Washington, D.C.   Gary D. LeClair is chairman and Ryan is chief operating officer.

      The interior architect for the project is The Planning Partnership, located in Richmond.  The design team has been collaborating with LeClair Ryan for several months in order to develop and create space that reflects the values and style of the firm.

         According to The Planning Partnership’s president, Rosemarie Bundy, “LeClair Ryan has chosen a plan which incorporates private offices around the perimeter of the building, with workstations placed within the central interior areas.  Some exciting features of their space will include a conference center, a client hospitality area, and an employee lounge.  The firm has chosen to implement a sophisticated, transitional style for it’s interior design.  Overall the new offices for LeClair Ryan will give their employees and clients a feeling of a comfortable, yet very professional environment in which to do business.”