WASHINGTON – Transwestern announces its Mid-Atlantic Agency Leasing team has negotiated a 10-year, 11,215-square-foot lease for Compass Real Estate at 1401 Massachusetts Avenue NW (1401 Mass Ave), a new 52,000-square-foot Class A office building on Washington’s Thomas Circle. Transwestern’s Scott Fetterolf and Tom Hilley represented the property owner in the transaction.
“1401 Mass Ave offers the placemaking experience today’s tenants expect: exceptional accessibility, intentional design, and thoughtful amenities,” said Fetterolf, a Senior Vice President at Transwestern Services. “We are pleased to partner with ownership to bring the building to 80% leased in just over a year with another recognized national tenant.”
Completed in 2024, 1401 Mass Ave is the 5-story restoration and trophy conversion of a 1950s-era annex behind National City Christian Church. The strategic redevelopment preserved the building’s historic exterior and added two floors to incorporate collaboration-focused amenities, including rooftop terraces, multiple meeting spaces, and a 3,190-square-foot premium fitness center. Additional design enhancements include six-foot operable windows, a new DOAS system, and 12-foot ceiling heights. The property is on track to receive LEED Platinum and WELL Silver certifications.
Situated on Thomas Circle, 1401 Mass. Ave is ideally positioned at the intersection of 14th Street and Massachusetts Avenue, a few blocks from K Street and near DC’s most dynamic neighborhood, which is home to some of the area’s most popular restaurants and shops.
An image of the property is available for download here.
About Transwestern
Transwestern is a preeminent, vertically integrated commercial real estate firm dedicated to serving investors, partners and clients through expertise in investment, development, brokerage and property management. We own, lease and operate $57 billion1 in assets and have completed or commenced development on more than $9 billion of real estate projects since 2012. Our experience spans diverse property types, including logistics, multifamily, retail, mixed-use, healthcare, office, data centers, hotel, and life sciences. Across 33 offices nationwide, our team is united by a culture that cultivates agility, mutual trust and high performance. Learn more at transwestern.com.
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