WASHINGTON, DC–The Georgetown Co., based in New York City, and international real estate investor Meadow Partners, have partnered for the first time to buy a property in the southwest submarket of the District: 370 L'Enfant Promenade. They paid $127 million for the 10-story, 405,000 square foot office, according to news accounts.
The building is currently 70% leased to tenants, including Accenture, Battelle, the Smithsonian Institution and the Federal Aviation Administration. Recently the Federal Bureau of Prisons signed a 113,000 square foot lease for the agency's administrative offices and is expected to move into their space in early 2018.
To stay competitive with newer buildings in the area, Georgetown Vice President Peter Armstrong tells GlobeSt.com that the company plans to aggressively lease the remaining space once planned renovations are made to the property. These include new HVAC systems, new elevators, and updated elevator lobbies and bathrooms and a revamped tenant-only gym. Armstrong declined to discuss asking rates with GlobeSt.com.
Georgetown Co. has been investing in Washington DC since 2013 and it owns two apartment buildings in Dupont Circle, a condominium and now an office. Armstrong says the company is always open for additional investment opportunities. “We are opportunity driven.”
The southwest area in particular is ripe for investment right now, he adds. “We bought a building that is the best located in the neighborhood” — among other facts it is across the street from L'Enfant Metro Station, he notes.
“We plan to attract tenants based on our location, competitive rental rates and the upgrades,” he says.
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