FDA staff will move into a 1960's era office and warehouse buildingthat JBG has renovated and for which it recently received LEED Goldcertification. Called Element 12420, it is located on Parklawn Drivenear the Twinbrook Metro. FDA plans to move in by the end of 2010 orearly 2011.
Green elements to the renovation include new energy-efficient systemsand windows. JBG has eight LEED-registered projects near the TwinbrookMetro, including a mixed-use development that is LEED-NeighborhoodDevelopment Gold certified. JBG did not return a call to GlobeSt.comin time for publication.
The FDA lease is the latest of what is estimated to be a five million-square-foot pipeline of leases largely intended for the DC area market. Last month, the General Services Administration took 40,996 square feet at One Constitution Square in the District to temporarily house workers as renovations on its headquarters areunderway. At the end of the year, the Health & Human Services Administration reneweda 187,000-square-foot lease at the at the Aerospace Building in SW foranother five years.
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