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Commonwealth Tower. Image courtesy of Rubenstein<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

Microsoft has signed a new lease at the Commonwealth Tower, a 359,840-square-foot office property in Arlington, Va. The company will occupy eight floors in the 15-story building, or approximately 150,000 square feet, according to a Microsoft spokesperson. Tishman Speyer owns and manages the high-rise.<\/p>\n

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The new space will serve as the Microsoft Sales Headquarters Office for the Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia area and house the firm\u2019s Global Sales and Marketing Organization departments.<\/p>\n

Tenant improvements will start in the summer and are slated for completion in the second quarter of 2022, according to a prepared statement from Toni Townes-Whitley, president of US Regulated Industries at Microsoft. The new office will have a Microsoft Technology Center, modern customer facilities and collaborative workspaces.<\/p>\n

Located on 2 acres at 1300 Wilson Blvd., the property was originally built in 1968 and completely redeveloped in 1996, CommercialEdge data shows. The LEED Gold-certified building has seven passenger elevators, a fitness center and 3,600 square feet of retail, including a full-service restaurant and a coffee\/sundry shop.<\/p>\n

Last May, Microsoft leased 523,000 square feet<\/a> of office space in Hines\u2019 Atlantic Yards project in Atlanta\u2019s West Midtown submarket. The development of the two buildings is expected to finalize in time for Microsoft\u2019s move-in this summer. The lease has an estimated value of $75 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The company will take up eight floors at Tishman Speyer\u2019s Commonwealth Tower in Arlington, Va.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":867,"featured_media":1004502538,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21784,21743,11,21742,21747,1615],"tags":[32779,33865,33224],"class_list":["post-1004502526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brokerage","category-deals","category-midatlantic","category-latest","category-office","category-washington-dc","tag-leed","tag-microsoft","tag-tishman-speyer"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMicrosoft Signs 150 KSF Metro DC Lease - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/microsoft-signs-150-ksf-washington-dc-lease\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Microsoft Signs 150 KSF Metro DC Lease\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The company will take up eight floors at Tishman Speyer\u2019s Commonwealth Tower in Arlington, Va.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/microsoft-signs-150-ksf-washington-dc-lease\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-06T11:50:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-01-06T14:17:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/01\/Commonwealth-Tower-featured.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Pavel Cazacu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/microsoft-signs-150-ksf-washington-dc-lease\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/microsoft-signs-150-ksf-washington-dc-lease\/\",\"name\":\"Microsoft Signs 150 KSF Metro DC Lease - 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