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One Thomas Circle
One Thomas Circle is a high-quality, amenity-rich office building located at the base of the vibrant 14th Street Corridor, offering direct access to some of D.C.’s most sought-after restaurants, retail and neighborhood amenities. The building features a large central atrium that provides abundant natural light with sweeping views of Thomas Circle, as well as a new third-floor amenity center with an indoor-outdoor tenant lounge and conference rooms and will deliver new, elevated top-floor spec suites with an anticipated completion in late-2026.
Speakers and Panels
Oliver Carr, III
CEO
Carr Properties
Pete Otteni
Co-Head of the Washington Region
Boston Properties (BXP)
Andrew McGeorge
Senior Managing Director
Hines
Jordan Brainard
Managing Director & Vice Chairman
Stream Realty
Mindy Saffer
Managing Principal
Cresa
D'Juan O'Donald
Executive Director, Commercial & Investment Bank
J.P. Morgan
Philippe Lanier
CEO
EastBanc
Jon McAvoy
CIO
PRP
Eric Posner
COO
Tower Companies
Ryan Riel
SEVP
EagleBank
Why You Can't Miss This Year's DMV State of Office Summit
What You’ll Learn:
Where institutional capital is returning in the DMV and where caution still dominates.
Which submarkets are winning the leasing race and which are still searching for demand.
How defense contractors, law firms, and universities are reshaping tenant mix across the region.
What the federal government's shrinking footprint means for vacancy, investment, and deal flow.
How opportunistic buyers are sourcing, financing, and positioning distressed acquisitions.
Whether office-to-residential conversions, repositioning, and low-basis buys are actually penciling.
Why This Matters:
The DMV office market is moving, but not in one direction. Trophy rents are climbing, institutional capital is cautiously returning, and a new wave of opportunistic buyers is quietly accumulating distressed assets at fractions of their former value. At the same time, the region's unique exposure to federal workforce disruption is creating a layer of uncertainty that no other major market faces, and the gap between winning buildings and struggling ones has never been wider. For owners, investors, lenders, and leasing teams, the decisions made in the next 12–18 months will define portfolio performance for years to come. Join us as we explore where capital is flowing, which tenants are signing, which deals are getting done, and how the DMV's most active investors and dealmakers are positioning for the next cycle.
For questions, recommendations, comments, press inquiries, or if you are interested in sponsoring, please email Ian Wheeler at ian.wheeler@bisnow.com. To request disability-related accommodations, please contact janet.fernandez@bisnow.com no later than seven business days prior to the event.
Venue
One Thomas Circle
1 Thomas Circle NW
Washington, DC 20005
Floor: 9th Floor
Parking garage entrance is: 1427 M St NW.
Agenda
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8:00 AM
9:00 AM
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Registration, Breakfast, and Networking
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9:00 AM
9:45 AM
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The DMV Office Forecast: Examining Capital Market Activity, Investment Sentiment, and the Road Ahead
The DMV office market is at an inflection point. Institutional capital is selectively returning to office and lending volume is recovering after years of near-paralysis. At the same time, office remains the most contested asset class in commercial real estate, and the DMV's unique exposure to federal workforce disruption adds a layer of uncertainty that no other major market faces. This panel will examine how investors are thinking about DMV office right now, where the conviction is building, where caution still dominates, how lenders are approaching new deals, and what needs to happen for capital to flow more broadly back into the market. |
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9:45 AM
10:00 AM
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Networking Break
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10:00 AM
10:45 AM
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The DMV Leasing Outlook: Navigating Tenant Demand, Submarket Momentum, and the Flight to Quality
The DMV leasing market is improving, but it's not evenly distributed. Defense contractors are absorbing Northern Virginia's best spaces. Suburban Maryland is still recovering from the downturn in life sciences and government-adjacent services, while D.C.'s recovery is being led by universities, law firms and institutions looking for record deals or willing to pay record rents. However, everywhere, tenants are being selective and gravitating toward buildings that offer something beyond square footage. This panel will explore where leasing demand is real, which submarkets are gaining ground, and what it actually takes to attract and close a tenant in today's market. |
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10:45 AM
11:30 AM
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The Deals Driving the DMV Market: How to Capitalize on Distressed Office, Repositioning, Conversions, and Federal Opportunity
The most interesting office stories in the DMV right now are the deal stories. Buildings are trading at fractions of their previous values, the federal government is offloading properties, and opportunistic buyers are active. Whether the play is office-to-residential or anything conversion, repositioning, or demolition, well-timed acquisitions at the right price are driving the market. This panel will break down this wave of opportunity and how to source, finance and position acquisitions for future success. |
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11:30 AM
12:00 PM
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Closing Networking
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