The building is in an area of the city that had been known as NOMA--North of Massachusetts Avenue. A part of the grand vision of developing this area was converting old warehouse buildings, like 1500 Eckington, into new uses, particularly uses attractive for tech tenants.
XM Satellite occupies 120,000 sf in the building, while Qwest Communications operates a telecom switching station in 101,000 sf on the lower floor of 1500 Eckington.
But as the XM acquisition nears completion, it is not clear that the tech vision is still seen today.
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