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Speakeasy, a Best Buy Company, Establishes First Virginia Office at 1945 Old Gallows Road in Vienna

Company Opts for Tysons Corner-adjacent Property Owned by KBS Realty Advisors

VIENNA, VA - November 17, 2008: Speakeasy, a Best Buy company (NYSE:BBY), has leased close to 10,000 square feet of space at 1945 Old Gallows Road, a Class-A office building in Vienna, Va., 15 miles west of Washington, D.C.  The company, one of the nation’s leading broadband voice (VoIP), data and IT service providers, will establish its first Virginia office in the seven-story property, which is owned by KBS Realty Advisors of Newport Beach, Calif.

Built in 1981 and renovated in 1998, 1945 Old Gallows Road offers 163,451 square feet of space in the Tysons Corner submarket, just off the Capital Beltway.  The lease totaled 9,957 square feet.

Dan Shapiro and Rick Meadows of CresaPartners represented Speakeasy in lease negotiations, while James Hunter and Marty Almquist of Cassidy & PInkard Colliers represented KBS.  The lease was executed in October 2008.

About Speakeasy
Speakeasy is one of the nation's leading broadband voice (VoIP), data and IT service providers. Speakeasy helps small businesses succeed by offering simplified voice and data solutions that improve the customer experience, increase employee productivity and help cut costs.  Based in Seattle, Speakeasy has provided award-winning customer service since 1994 and joined the Best Buy family of companies in April 2007, working with Best Buy For Business to champion technology for small businesses throughout the U.S.  Visit Speakeasy at www.speakeasy.net or call 800.556.5829.

About KBS Realty Advisors
Founded by Peter Bren and Chuck Schreiber in 1992 as a private equity real estate company, KBS Realty Advisors is a SEC-registered investment advisor. KBS Realty Advisors and its affiliate, KBS Capital Advisors, invests in, manages and sells high-quality U.S. commercial real estate assets for institutional, corporate and private investors. Since 1992, KBS has completed transactional activity of approximately $16 billion via 19 separate accounts, six commingled funds and two private equity REITs. For more information, visit www.kbsrealty.com.

Contact:
Bob Ochsner
XPR for KBS Realty Advisors
(949) 748-7000 ext. 100
BOchsner@xpublicrelations.com