WASHINGTON, DC—After recently completing the successful repositioning of the Wonder Bread Factory in Shaw, Douglas Development is planning to move forward with renovations at the historic Manhattan Laundry site here.
Recently, Douglas Development signed iStrategy Labs to the last 16,000 square feet of unoccupied space at the 98,000-square-foot former Wonder Bread property at 641 S Street NW. Now, the firm is looking to renovate and attract tech tenants to the Manhattan Laundry property at 1336 Florida Ave. NW, according to the Washington Business Journal.
"Wonder Bread is great space, but this space (Manhattan Laundry) is even better," Douglas Development Principal Norman Jemal says.
Douglas Development was recently awarded permits to demolish most of the Manhattan Laundry's interior spaces. The site is a series of three adjacent buildings that combine for approximately 81,000 square feet. Jemal says the finished renovations will have give the complex the same feeling as Wonder Bread, complete with an open layout, exposed brick, high ceilings and a skylight. See story in the Washington Business Journal.
JLL repped Douglas in the transaction.
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