https://www.bisnow.com/sitemap Bisnow Washington, D.C. News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-US Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/office/coworking-market-turning-the-corner-in-dc-after-slow-pandemic-recovery-134073 https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/office/coworking-market-turning-the-corner-in-dc-after-slow-pandemic-recovery-134073 When Industrious opened a full-floor coworking space on the top level of the Homer Building in 2023, the timing wasn’t exactly optimal. D.C. was just peeking its head out from the pandemic years, a period in which office usage plummeted and downtown... emily.wishingrad@bisnow.com Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:21:13 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/construction-development/construction-underway-12b-lakeforest-mall-redevelopment-134101 https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/construction-development/construction-underway-12b-lakeforest-mall-redevelopment-134101 Work is underway on a mixed-use development set to bring 1,600 residential units and nearly half a million square feet of retail to the site of a shuttered mall in Gaithersburg. emily.wishingrad@bisnow.com Mon, 13 Apr 2026 15:50:39 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/commercial-real-estate/600-fifth-penn-quarter-class-a-stonebridge-studiob-133514 https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/commercial-real-estate/600-fifth-penn-quarter-class-a-stonebridge-studiob-133514 Welcome to 600 Fifth St. NW, a 400K SF, Class-A, full-city-block office redevelopment in the heart of Washington, D.C.’s Penn Quarter and Judiciary Square. The former Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority headquarters is being transformed into... john.knowles@bisnow.com Wed, 04 Mar 2026 17:07:38 -0500 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/deal-sheet/affordable-building-breaks-ground-at-benning-road-metro-the-dc-deal-sheet-134076 https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/deal-sheet/affordable-building-breaks-ground-at-benning-road-metro-the-dc-deal-sheet-134076 A 109-unit affordable housing development one block from the Benning Road Metro station has obtained financing and started construction.  emily.wishingrad@bisnow.com Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:11:01 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-community-relations/digital-gateway-plans-may-close-for-good-134038 https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-community-relations/digital-gateway-plans-may-close-for-good-134038 A Virginia appeals court has put one of the world’s largest data center development efforts on life support. Now, opponents of the project are calling on local lawmakers to pull the plug. dan.rabb@bisnow.com Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:56:08 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/economic-development/kevin-durant-company-buys-six-flags-maryland-134041 https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/economic-development/kevin-durant-company-buys-six-flags-maryland-134041 NBA superstar Kevin Durant is leading a team of investors to buy and redevelop the shuttered Six Flags amusement park in the county where he grew up.  jon.banister@bisnow.com Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:46:33 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/construction-development/dc-construction-starts-down-for-third-year-in-a-row-133995 https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/construction-development/dc-construction-starts-down-for-third-year-in-a-row-133995 Shovels went into the ground for just 3.6M SF of new construction in the District of Columbia during 2025, marking the slowest period in at least a decade and a half.  emily.wishingrad@bisnow.com Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:04:59 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/hotel/reit-sells-alexandria-hilton-just-over-half-2018-price-133978 https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/hotel/reit-sells-alexandria-hilton-just-over-half-2018-price-133978 Ashford Hospitality Trust offloaded a 252-room hotel in the heart of Old Town Alexandria at a sharp discount from the price it paid eight years ago. emily.wishingrad@bisnow.com Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:06:57 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/office/trophy-rents-spike-9-percent-second-straight-year-133957 https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/office/trophy-rents-spike-9-percent-second-straight-year-133957 As availability in D.C.'s top-tier office market tightens down to a pinpoint, there is a high price to pay for tenants that want the little premium product that remains. emily.wishingrad@bisnow.com Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:12:53 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/office/federal-agency-move-hq-utah-shutter-regional-offices-133938 https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/office/federal-agency-move-hq-utah-shutter-regional-offices-133938 The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service is uprooting its headquarters from Washington, D.C., and moving to Salt Lake City, relocating a majority of its workforce and closing all of its regional offices in the process. ryan.wangman@bisnow.com Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:08:17 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/office/new-data-shows-nearly-10000-government-spaces-fall-below-60-utilization-133935 https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/office/new-data-shows-nearly-10000-government-spaces-fall-below-60-utilization-133935 The federal government for the first time has released a trove of data showing how much of its footprint is being used — or not used — in close to real time.  As mandated by a 2024 law, the 23 largest agencies measured the utilization rates of their... emily.wishingrad@bisnow.com Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:16:46 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/multifamily/avalonbay-sells-another-dc-apartment-building-to-local-owner-133915 https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/multifamily/avalonbay-sells-another-dc-apartment-building-to-local-owner-133915 AvalonBay has offloaded a fifth D.C. apartment building in under a year.  emily.wishingrad@bisnow.com Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:53:35 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow 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https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/office/zombie-buildings-on-ventilators-property-management-in-the-era-of-office-distress-133879 The office market has long been defined by the haves and have nots: those that can offer what tenants want, and those that can't. The dynamic has only further solidified in the post-pandemic years, with tenants time and again opting for higher-quality... emily.wishingrad@bisnow.com Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:16:55 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/deal-sheet/the-dc-deal-sheet-133857 https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/deal-sheet/the-dc-deal-sheet-133857 The federal government has sold the first of what is expected to be a long slate of office buildings in the Southwest D.C. federal corridor. emily.wishingrad@bisnow.com Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:31:49 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/office/department-of-energy-moving-into-department-of-ed-hq-vacating-forrestal-133853 https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/office/department-of-energy-moving-into-department-of-ed-hq-vacating-forrestal-133853 The Trump administration is commencing another federal headquarters swap, clearing the way to offload a massive complex in Southwest D.C. that has long been eyed for disposition. emily.wishingrad@bisnow.com Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:43:25 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/retail/prices-spiking-dc-dmv-retail-competition-ramps-up-133847 https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/retail/prices-spiking-dc-dmv-retail-competition-ramps-up-133847 Investors looking to buy shopping centers in the D.C. area are facing fierce competition and soaring costs.  emily.wishingrad@bisnow.com Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:11:23 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/adaptive-reuse/office-resi-conversions-up-28-percent-from-last-year-record-levels-133841 https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/adaptive-reuse/office-resi-conversions-up-28-percent-from-last-year-record-levels-133841 At the start of 2026, 90,300 apartments were in the process of conversion from office space nationwide, a 28% increase from 70,600 at the same time last year. Office conversions now account for 47% of future adaptive reuse projects nationwide, according... bianca.barragan@bisnow.com Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:03:15 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/office/lou-christopher-team-sues-former-employer-cbre-alleging-unpaid-earnings-133802 https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/office/lou-christopher-team-sues-former-employer-cbre-alleging-unpaid-earnings-133802 One of D.C.’s top law firm tenant rep teams is suing its former employer, CBRE, alleging that the brokerage withheld commissions the members had earned for executing a large lease in the nation's capital.  Lou Christopher, Jordan Brainard and Asher... emily.wishingrad@bisnow.com Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:34:47 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-power/nuclear-startup-x-energy-files-for-ipo-citing-demand-from-data-centers-133798 https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-power/nuclear-startup-x-energy-files-for-ipo-citing-demand-from-data-centers-133798 An Amazon-backed developer of small modular nuclear reactors plans to go public, a sign of momentum for a technology long eyed as a critical part of the data center sector’s energy future. dan.rabb@bisnow.com Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:05:03 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/commercial-real-estate/heres-how-developers-are-trying-to-reduce-costs-of-office-conversion-projects-133795 https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/commercial-real-estate/heres-how-developers-are-trying-to-reduce-costs-of-office-conversion-projects-133795 Office-to-residential conversions have become one of the trendiest real estate plays across the D.C. area. While very few ground-up multifamily projects pencil in today’s capital markets and construction cost environment, buying office buildings for... emily.wishingrad@bisnow.com Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:07:29 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/capital-markets/simon-imi-line-up-465m-pentagon-city-mall-office-and-hotel-133784 https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/capital-markets/simon-imi-line-up-465m-pentagon-city-mall-office-and-hotel-133784 The owners of a trio of properties just south of the Pentagon are preparing to close on a $465M refinancing deal.  emily.wishingrad@bisnow.com Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:30:08 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/deal-sheet/debut-noma-purchase-dc-deal-sheet-133751 https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/deal-sheet/debut-noma-purchase-dc-deal-sheet-133751 A year after its founding, Turio Residential Co. has made its first D.C.-area acquisition. Philadelphia-based Turio Residential Co. paid $16M in cash for the 67-unit building at 1324 North Capitol St. NW in NoMa. The property had been operating as an... emily.wishingrad@bisnow.com Fri, 20 Mar 2026 11:30:46 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/construction-development/dc-offers-up-st-elizabeths-brightwood-parcels-for-redevelopment-133746 https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/construction-development/dc-offers-up-st-elizabeths-brightwood-parcels-for-redevelopment-133746 As NCAA basketball teams tipped off for March Madness on Thursday, so, too, did the Bowser administration — holding its 12th annual economic development event of the same name.  At the event, hosted by the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and... emily.wishingrad@bisnow.com Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:09:58 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/economy/peoples-bank-expanding-dmv-studiob-133559 https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/economy/peoples-bank-expanding-dmv-studiob-133559 The area of Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia, known as the DMV, has always been a major commercial real estate development hub. From massive megaprojects in D.C. to major mixed-use developments in Prince George’s County, Maryland, this year... julia.troy@bisnow.com Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:00:28 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/office/nuveen-selling-giant-noma-apartment-building-ground-floor-supermarket-133688 https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/office/nuveen-selling-giant-noma-apartment-building-ground-floor-supermarket-133688 A 643-unit apartment building in NoMa, a project that kicked off a wave of multifamily development in the neighborhood, is up for sale.  emily.wishingrad@bisnow.com Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:45:00 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/retail/grocery-store-closing-at-h-street-shopping-center-eyed-for-big-redevelopment-133666 https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/retail/grocery-store-closing-at-h-street-shopping-center-eyed-for-big-redevelopment-133666 The grocery anchor of Northeast D.C.'s vast Hechinger Mall property — a 45-year-old strip center long slated for redevelopment — is set to shutter later this spring. emily.wishingrad@bisnow.com Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:46:54 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/deal-sheet/the-dc-deal-sheet-133651 https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/deal-sheet/the-dc-deal-sheet-133651 Comstock Cos., known in the region for creating mixed-use districts along transit hubs in Northern Virginia, is getting into the data center business.  emily.wishingrad@bisnow.com Fri, 13 Mar 2026 12:18:54 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/multifamily/affordable-developer-plans-500-unit-project-on-foreclosed-tysons-site-133630 https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/multifamily/affordable-developer-plans-500-unit-project-on-foreclosed-tysons-site-133630 New plans have emerged to build about 525 units on a piece of land that was foreclosed on last year next to the Tysons Greensboro Metro station. emily.wishingrad@bisnow.com Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:52:35 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/data-center-community-relations/next-door-to-data-center-alley-a-community-wrestles-with-guardrails-as-the-asset-class-encroaches-133590 https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/data-center-community-relations/next-door-to-data-center-alley-a-community-wrestles-with-guardrails-as-the-asset-class-encroaches-133590 Northern Virginia has long held the title of the “data center capital of the world,” handling 70% of global internet traffic across just 30 square miles.  In recent years, the sector has pushed outward throughout the rest of Virginia and the country.... emily.wishingrad@bisnow.com Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:00:21 -0400