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HH Group acquires Varsity on K near George Washington University, surpassing $1B in AUM and expanding its Washington, D.C. student housing presence.

Zuckerman Gravely has secured $50.75 million to refinance Potomac Place Shopping Center, an 80,000-square-foot, Class-A grocery anchored retail center in Potomac, Md., a suburb just outside of Washington, D.C., Commercial Observer can first report. Nationwide Life Insurance Company provided the debt, structured as…

Nuveen placed a NoMa mixed-use property featuring apartments and a ground-floor Harris Teeter supermarket on the market.

CoreWeave, an AI infrastructure firm, expanded its Washington D.C. office footprint by 79%.

The River School, a private school based in Washington, D.C., has purchased Under Oak, a two-lot estate in Tenleytown, with plans to build a new campus on the 2.27-acre property. Located at 4220 Nebraska Ave. NW, a block south of American University’s Tenleytown campus, the property sold for $8.75 million, reported…

PRP Real Assets, a Washington, D.C.–based real estate investment management firm, has acquired 900 19th Street NW, a 116,385-square-foot office tower in the heart of the city’s Central Business District. Positioned at the corner of 19th and Eye Streets, between K Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, the corner building…

Washington D.C.-based law firm Dunn Isaacson Rhee is establishing a new office in New York City. The firm, which specializes in high stakes trials, investigations and crisis management, has inked an 11,167-square-foot lease on the 34th floor of 7 World Trade Center, developer and landlord Silverstein Properties…

Cushman & Wakefield has represented Hotel Harrington, Inc. in its sale of the former Hotel Harrington, a redevelopment opportunity located at 436 11th Street NW in the heart of downtown Washington, D.C. The transaction marks the first sale of the property in approximately 110 years. Cushman & Wakefield’s Marc…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Total nonfarm employment in the United States decreased by 23,000 jobs in July, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Not only did July show an unexpected decline from the 83,000-figure forecasted by Dow Jones economists as reported by CNBC, but the BLS also revised both May and…
RUDDY Management has been awarded operation of Huntwood Courts, a 212-unit affordable housing community in Washington, D.C.'s Deanwood neighborhood.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — PRP Real Assets has acquired 900 19th Street NW, a 116,385-square-foot office tower located in Washington D.C’s Central Business District, roughly three blocks west of the White House. According to the Washington Business Journal, the property sold for $30 million. The previous owner, Tishman…

Linden Property Group, a multifamily real estate investment firm headquartered in Arlington, has acquired Tysons Crossing, a 217-unit apartment community in Virginia, in partnership with Akridge, a Washington, D.C.-based commercial real estate investment and development firm. The deal marks the largest acquisition…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Columbia Property Trust has signed a mix of six office and restaurant leases at 1800 M Street, a recently repositioned, 565,000-square-foot office tower located in Washington, D.C.’s Central Business District. Totaling approximately 72,000 square feet, the deals include new arrivals, extensions,…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A partnership between Garfield Investments and Broad Creek Capital has purchased 1667 K Street NW, a nearly 200,000-square-foot office building overlooking Farragut Square in Washington, D.C. The undisclosed seller sold the property to the partnership for $26.2 million. Andrew Weir of JLL…

The one developer building new office in Washington, D.C., is going for a triple. BXP is nearing its third deal in two years to build a trophy office project in the city, executives disclosed on the company’s second-quarter earnings call Wednesday....

Columbia Property Trust, Inc. has finalized more than 72,000 square feet of office and retail leasing at 1800 M Street, its recently repositioned 565,000-square-foot office tower in the heart of Washington, D.C.’s Central Business District. Over the past two years, Columbia has secured more than 242,000 square feet…
Economic Strain Meets Development Momentum Washington, D.C.’s average advertised asking rents recorded a 0.3% increase, on a trailing three-month basis through May, reaching $2,227, according to the latest Yardi Matrix Washington D.C., multifamily market report. The growth rate was on par with the national average.…

Law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett appears poised to sign one of Washington, D.C.’s largest office leases of the year, but the deal may have been disclosed ahead of schedule. The company was said to be “at lease” for 200,000 square feet at Amancio Ortega’s 1445 New York Avenue, Bisnow reported. The deal was…

Ocean West Capital Partners executed an eight-year lease extension with the District of Columbia, through its Department of General Services, at Sentinel Square II, located at 1050 First Street NE in Washington, D.C.’s NoMa submarket. The District has been a valued tenant at Sentinel Square II for nearly a decade.…

MANASSAS, VA. — Berkadia has arranged the sale of Masons Keepe, a 270-unit multifamily community located in Manassas, roughly 31 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. The sales price was not disclosed, but CoStar Group tracked the sales price as $85 million. Brian Crivella, Bill Gribbin, Yalda Ghamarian, Jack Canepa…

Summary and analysis of Washington DC’s current economic and office real estate market conditions.

Summary and analysis of Washington DC’s current economic and industrial real estate market conditions.

Summary and analysis of Northern Virginia’s current economic and office real estate market conditions.

Summary and analysis of Maryland’s suburban current economic and office real estate market conditions.

Clear Investment Group, a Chicago-based real estate investment firm, has acquired Woodland Estates, a 300-unit multifamily community in Southeast Washington, D.C. The acquisition marks the firm’s second investment in the Washington metropolitan area, bringing its regional portfolio to nearly 1,000 apartment units.…

Colliers announced that Working America has signed a 14,354-square-foot lease at 1725 Eye Street, NW in Washington, D.C. The transaction was led by Colliers Executive Vice President Mark Sullivan, Senior Vice President Matt Venos and Client Services Coordinator Cassidy May on behalf of the landlord, Cafritz.…

Western Governors University (WGU) officially opened its Washington, D.C., office, located in a 7,211-square-foot office near Capitol Hill at 80 M St. SE in the city’s Navy Yard neighborhood. The new space will serve as a central location for collaboration on the workforce challenges and educational needs, while…

CHANTILLY, VA. — Finmarc Management Inc. has sold an 83,300-square-foot office/flex building and an adjacent 6.4-acre parcel within Park East Corporate Center in Chantilly, about 28 miles west of Washington, D.C. The Bethesda, Md.-based investment company sold the parcels, which total 14 acres, to Pulte Homes for…

Analysis of Boston's office development activity relative to Northeast peers and national construction trends.

Working America to lease 14,000sf at 1725 Eye Street, NW Steven Sharp Wed, 07/15/2026 - 07:02 Working America has signed a lease for office near Farragut Square, Colliers announced this week. The organization, billed as the county 's largest organization representing working people without a union, will occupy more…

Construction underway for 90 homes at Barry Farm redevelopment Steven Sharp Mon, 06/08/2026 - 18:46 Construction commenced last week for Hillsdale Flats Phase I, the third component of the Barry Farm redevelopment at 1200 Sumner Road SE in the Anacostia neighborhood. “This first phase of Hillsdale Flats marks a…

Commanders reveal design for $3.7-billion stadium Steven Sharp Fri, 01/16/2026 - 07:24 The Washington Commanders and architecture firm HKS have unveiled conceptual renderings for a new roofed stadium. Conceptual rendering of the Washington Commanders stadium HKS The $3.7-billion project, which would rise on the RFK…

World Bank Exits DC Ground Lease With $165M Deal Steven Sharp Thu, 09/25/2025 - 11:07 The World Bank Group, parent of the World Bank and its affiliates, has paid about $165 million to extricate itself from the ground lease at one of its multiple buildings in downtown Washington, D.C., according to the Washington…

JBG Smith Picks Up DC-Area Campus at Steep Discount Steven Sharp Tue, 06/24/2025 - 11:15 In a deal that intersects with two current trends in the office sector—the active market in distressed properties and conversions to residential—JBG Smith has acquired Tysons Dulles Plaza, a three-building, approximately…

Brookfield Sells DC Office Asset for $175M Steven Sharp Fri, 04/18/2025 - 06:00 Exelon Corp. has acquired 701 Ninth St. NW in Washington, D.C., the headquarters of its Pepco Holdings subsidiary. Brookfield Properties sold the Class A asset for $175 million. “The strategic sale of 701 Ninth St. NW underscores Pepco…

Brookfield Sells DC Office Building Steven Sharp Thu, 04/03/2025 - 08:45 Rockwood Capital has acquired a 1909-vintage, 316,000-square-foot Class A office building in Washington, D.C., from Brookfield Properties for $153 million, according to CommercialEdge information. In pursuit of this acquisition, Rockwood…

Amtrak to take control of Union Station with $505M payment Doug Clark Thu, 02/13/2025 - 04:00 A $505 million buyout to gain leasehold interest in Union Station is the latest update in a long-standing battle between Amtrak and the real estate firm Rexmark. Gaining control of the major D.C. train station allows the…

Nationals Reveal Plans for Year-Round Retail and Entertainment Hub at Nats Park Doug Clark Tue, 02/11/2025 - 04:00 The home of the Washington Nationals has been the heart of Navy Yard since its completion in 2008. Its draw has completely changed the area. The once quiet riverfront neighborhood now has countless…

HITT Breaks Ground on DC-Area HQ Steven Sharp Tue, 01/28/2025 - 05:00 Construction giant HITT Contracting has broken ground on a new headquarters building, a 270,000-square-foot structure in Falls Church, Va., which is part of metro Washington, DC. Completion is slated for early 2027. Designed by architectural firm…

Cortland completed a $1.6 billion acquisition of multifamily properties in the Atlanta and Washington DC markets.

ANAROCK's quarterly analysis of residential market conditions and trends in the National Capital Region.

This is a news report from Avison Young covering office leasing activity in Northern Virginia during the second quarter of 2026, with a focus on technology sector involvement in that market.

Class C-oriented submarkets are well-positioned, and private owners welcome advantageous new rules.

The corporate world continues to find value in workspaces within reach of the federal government.

Policy uncertainty continues to impact D.C. proper, but suburban submarkets are performing well.

Finmarc Management sold an 83,300-square-foot flex-office building and adjacent land parcel in Chantilly, Virginia to Pulte Homes for $26.36 million.

PCCP provided an $80 million loan secured by apartment properties in the suburban Washington, D.C. area.

This is a national self-storage market report published by Yardi Matrix in April 2025 covering multiple U.S. markets including Washington D.C., Chicago, San Francisco, New York, and Boston. The report presents data and figures on the self-storage sector.
This is a market report published by CBRE in April 2025 covering the life sciences sector in the Washington, DC-Baltimore market area.

DC-based mechanical contractor Pro-Air signed a 187,000 SF lease at a Prologis facility in Odenton, MD, consolidating operations in the Baltimore-Washington corridor.

Hansoh Bio leased the entire 2nd/3rd floors (32,000 SF) at Research Square, Rockville, in the DC-Baltimore life-sciences cluster.

PowerHouse signed a long-term lease with an undisclosed hyperscale tenant for its 37-acre, 615,000 SF, 120MW campus in Loudoun County (DC metro).

French fashion brand Sézane opened a permanent store at 1242 Wisconsin Ave NW, converting a two-year pop-up into a full retail location.

citizenM opened its 230-room third DC property at 3401 K Street in Georgetown, its first hotel under the Marriott Bonvoy umbrella.
Mayor Bowser broke ground on The Geneva, a 604,000 SF office-to-536-unit-residential conversion at 1875 Connecticut Ave NW, the largest such conversion in DC history.

The Puget Sound retail market entered 2026 with relatively stable fundamentals, supported by resilient consumer spending and improving foot traffic, according to a recent report by Kidder Mathews. While demand remains healthy overall, retailers have become more selective as slower job growth and ongoing cost…
Digital Realty agreed to purchase Blackstone-affiliated funds' blended 64% equity interest in three fully-leased Northern Virginia data centers (two in Manassas, one in Sterling; 288MW combined IT capacity) for $3.5 billion ($1.2B cash + $2.3B in Digital Realty shares) -- a $7.8 billion gross portfolio valuation. All three carry 15-year leases to investment-grade hyperscale tenants.

Cushman & Wakefield research examining industrial property construction and development activity across the Pacific Northwest region.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $56.6 million loan to refinance The Ellington, a 190-unit luxury multifamily property located at 1301 U St. in Washington, D.C. John Alascio, Alex Hernandez, Marshall Scallan, Meredith Crawford and Will Wohlgemuth of Cushman & Wakefield secured the financing…

Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $58.6 million refinancing for The Ellington, a 190-unit luxury multifamily property with more than 16,000 square feet of retail space at 1301 U Street NW in Washington, D.C. The Cushman & Wakefield Equity, Debt & Structured Finance team of John Alascio, Alex Hernandez, Marshall…