Cozen O'Connor is acquiring a real estate boutique in Santa Monica, California, the firm announced Monday, adding a new office to the growing Philadelphia-based firm.

All 10 lawyers from Santa Monica's Gilchrist & Rutter are set to join Cozen O'Connor effective Oct. 1, including eight partners, one of counsel and one associate. Gilchrist & Rutter managing partner Jonathan Gross will manage the office, and will co-chair the firm's real estate practice group.

The lawyers will soon move to an office in Century City, Cozen O'Connor CEO Michael Heller said. And in several years, the downtown Los Angeles office will likely be consolidated into Century City as well.