Salesforce plans to open a meeting, events and interactive tech hub across a full floor in downtown D.C.
The customer relations tracking giant has inked a long-term lease at Carr Properties' 1401 New York Ave. NW, the landlord announced this week.
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Salesforce already has a D.C. office at 1801 K St. NW, which a spokesperson for the company said it will keep. It also has an office in McLean. The company has more than 2,000 employees across D.C. and surrounding Maryland and Virginia suburbs.
In its own release, Salesforce said the new location is part of a “broader, sustained investment across Salesforce’s public sector and government affairs organizations.” The company provides services to all 15 Cabinet agencies, 60 federal agencies, all 50 states and all branches of the U.S. military.
“This new space strengthens our presence in the capital, giving us a dedicated place to convene leaders across government and industry to deepen and forge new relationships, advance shared priorities, and invest in the D.C. community,” Salesforce Senior Vice President of Government and Global Public Affairs Wendy Anderson said in the release.
Construction on the new innovation center is slated to begin in late 2026 and is expected to open in early 2028.
The deal takes Carr’s 211K SF building to 95% leased, the landlord said. Carr purchased the property in a joint venture at the beginning of the year and is planning a slate of upgrades, including revamping the rooftop and penthouse and upgrading the lobby, fitness center and conference facilities.
CBRE's Greg Scheipers and Ben Plaisted represented Salesforce. CBRE’s Amy Bowser, Brooks Brown and Will Donohue, as well as Carr Properties' Ryan Lopez, represented the landlord.
LEASES
National security and aerospace defense company Auria is establishing an East Coast headquarters in Reston, Virginia, Gov. Abigail Spanberger announced this week. The company, which was formed in 2024 out of a series of mergers, is taking 18,500 SF at 2000 Edmund Halley Drive, which is also known as Summit I, a spokesperson told Bisnow. The 148K SF property, adjacent to the Reston Metro station, is owned by Bernstein Management Corp., Fairfax property records show. Auria’s move is expected to create 78 new jobs in Virginia. The spokesperson said the move is expected to be completed in mid-2027.
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Grassroots Analytics inked a lease to fill the entire office portion of a historic Chinatown office building directly in front of the neighborhood’s iconic archway. The company is moving into 25K SF at AFIAA Investment Foundation for International Real Estate Investments’ Arch Square, according to Avison Young, which represented the landlord. The property at 803 Seventh St. NW is a redevelopment of multiple historic buildings dating back to the late 1800s. The ground floor houses a 30K SF Walgreens. Avison Young’s Greg Tomasso and Macy Parana represented the landlord, and Clarity TR’s Jake Payne and Whitney Huang represented the tenant. The company expects to occupy the space by June, Tomasso told Bisnow.
MILESTONES
Howard University and its development partners broke ground on a 504-unit apartment building coming to the university’s Duke District redevelopment region in Shaw. Hazel, which is being constructed on the former East Towers parking lot at Eighth, Ninth and W streets northwest, is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2028. In addition to the units, it is set to include 15K SF of retail, 246 underground parking spaces and a 25-foot-wide public plaza. Residential amenities include a clubroom, fitness center and rooftop patio featuring a partial-glass-bottomed suspended pool.
The development secured $214.1M in construction financing, including $90M in commercial property assessed clean energy funds. The developers, Lowe, Affinius Capital, FLGA and Davenport Group, are executing the project through a ground lease with Howard for the 1.9-acre site. HKS is the architect, and Whiting-Turner is the general contractor.
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Trammell Crow Co. and Clarion Partners broke ground on the third and final phase of a Manassas industrial park. Manassas Logistics Center, which sits at Golf Academy Drive, will total 1.2M SF at completion. The third phase is set to deliver 561K SF across four spec warehouses in the winter of 2027. The buildings, which range from 69K SF to 205K SF, are being marketed by CBRE. Phase 2, which totals 320K SF across two buildings, delivered last month and is 75% leased. Phase 1, 334K SF across two buildings, delivered in 2023 and is fully leased.
FINANCING
Sphere Entertainment Co. secured approval for up to $130M in tax increment financing bonds for its planned 6,000-person entertainment venue at the National Harbor. The Prince George’s County Council unanimously approved the bonds on Tuesday, part of a nearly $200M state, local and private financing incentive package. A county presentation outlined that Sphere’s expected debt service payments would be between $11M and $15M annually over 30 years. The venue, set to be about a third of the Las Vegas original, would be the second such location in the U.S. Another in Abu Dhabi is underway. Site work is expected to begin next quarter, and the Sphere is slated to open in the second quarter of 2030.
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