Chipmaker Nvidia Leases Office Space In Downtown D.C.
Artificial intelligence chip behemoth Nvidia is opening a new office in the center of the nation’s capital.
Nvidia has inked a 27,600 SF sublease at the Woodies Building at Metro Center, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s second-quarter report.
The Santa Clara, California-based company had been in the market for a D.C. office totaling around 30K SF since at least September, the Washington Business Journal reported, citing unnamed sources. At the time, it had narrowed its search down to two or three options, according to the WBJ.
Nvidia and the building's landlord, Douglas Development Corp., didn’t respond to Bisnow's requests for comment. Nvidia has an office location in Herndon, Virginia, according to its website.
The lease is one of several recent high-profile tenants to land at the half-million-square-foot Woodies Building. Netflix is taking 19K SF for an office and entertainment hub across the first two floors, while Barnes & Noble opened in 16K SF on the ground floor in January.
The building, which sits at 1025 F St. NW, is losing a major tenant in the FBI, which occupied 200K SF known as the agency’s unofficial second headquarters. It is unclear if the FBI has already vacated, but that lease reportedly expired in November.
Douglas Development has owned the property since the early 2000s, when it transformed the 1880s-era building — formerly a Woodward & Lothrop flagship department store — into an office and retail icon in the center of the city.
Nvidia's lease is part of a slate of tech companies that have taken new office space in downtown D.C. Neocloud giant CoreWeave expanded by 79% during the third quarter of 2025, taking 22,590 SF at Nuveen's 1001 Pennsylvania Ave. NW.
Also during Q3 2025, Elon Musk’s SpaceX signed for 24,100 SF at 1155 F St. NW, another Douglas Development building downtown.
Meanwhile, Google is poised to lease BXP’s entire 231K SF building at 500 North Capitol St. NW near Union Station, the WBJ reported.
The tech sector accounted for 10% of leasing in the first half of 2026, according to CBRE’s second-quarter report. The sector followed law firms, which accounted for 33%, and financial services, which made up 17%. The brokerage said those three sectors are expected to “continue to drive overall demand” in the second half.
