Mid-Wilshire Moves.

Architecture firm Daniel, Mann, Johnson, & Mendenhall, is expected to make its long-planned move east to downtown L.A. by this time next year. L.A.'s largest architecture firm DMJM is expected to ink a deal in the coming weeks to move 500 employees into larger quarters at Arco Plaza in downtown L.A., according to various sources. It's just the latest in a string of moves by architecture firms into downtown L.A., including Altoon + Porter Architects, which is moving from its offices in the Miracle Mile to 444 S. Flower St.

DMJM is expected to sign a 10- to 15-year deal for 135,000 square feet by the end of the year. Officials at DMJM said they expect to occupy their new downtown offices by. fall 2001, once the company's 100,000-square-foot lease in Mid-Wilshire is up.

Brian Ulf of Cushman Realty Corp., who is representing DMJM in the deal, declined to comment on the transaction.

In the meantime, two deals have recently been inked at 3250 Wilshire Blvd., where DMJM now resides.

Hostpro Inc., a subsidiary of Micron Technology Corp., has signed a deal for 20,000 square feet on the third floor, where the company will locate a Web-hosting and data center. The five-year lease is worth just under $2 million. Hostpro was represented by Steve Cramer of Colliers Seeley International Inc.

And relocating from nearby Chateau Place, United Title has signed a five-year lease valued at $1.5 million, taking about 17,000 square feet on the 18th and 20th floors for the company headquarters. United Title was represented by Phil Lindholm of Cushman & Wakefield.

"They wanted a Wilshire address, and the distinctive look of the high-rise," said Franck Morineau, principal at WilshireWest, which represented owner Realtech Leasing and Management in both deals. The building was built in 1973 and rehabilitated in 1998.