Bowen Building Trades For $139M

Bowen Building. Photo by JBG Smith

WASHINGTON, DC–JBG Smith has sold the 231,000-square foot Bowen Building, located at 875 15th St., NW, for approximately $139 million or $602 per square foot, according to a source. The buyer is JP Morgan.

One of the assets JBG Smith inherited from Vornado, the Bowen Building is about 86% occupied with such tenants as Rogers Joseph O’Donnell and the Treasury’s Office of Inspector General, which moved into the building last year, occupying 58,400 square feet. It also houses Paul Hastings at the moment, however the law firm will be moving out when Tishman Speyer’s 11-story, 364,000-square foot trophy office building at 2050 M St., NW delivers. The law firm is taking 97,000-square feet there in a 16-year lease.