{"id":1004776568,"date":"2026-02-12T04:05:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T12:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004776568"},"modified":"2026-02-27T06:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:51:17","slug":"washington-dc-office-market-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/washington-dc-office-market-update\/","title":{"rendered":"DC Office Sales Kept Their Edge in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Washington, D.C.\u2019s office sector posted solid investment volume in 2025, according to Yardi Matrix, ranking third nationally for total sales even as pricing trailed the national average. Construction activity, however, remained muted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, Washington, D.C., doubled down on adaptive reuse as its primary downtown office strategy. The city rolled out Office to Anything, a tax-abatement program structured around a 15-year property tax freeze to push owners to reposition underused office buildings into housing, hotels, education or other uses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The city also enacted a midyear tax adjustment allowing eligible office-to-residential projects to shift to residential tax classification at or near permit issuance, reducing carrying costs during the construction phase.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe title=\"Top 10 Markets for Office Transactions\" aria-label=\"Table\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-R9Ei3\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/R9Ei3\/2\/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"547\" data-external=\"1\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">window.addEventListener(\"message\",function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r,i=0;r=e[i];i++)if(r.contentWindow===a.source){var d=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";r.style.height=d}}});<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-district-s-high-ranking-sales\">The District\u2019s high-ranking sales<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington, D.C.\u2019s office investment volume in 2025 clocked in at roughly $3.8 billion, ranking third nationally. Only Manhattan ($7.8 billion) and the Bay Area ($4.8 billion) surpassed the market. Miami ($771 million) and Seattle ($779 million) registered the slowest sales activity among gateway metros.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a0f43c382f7c&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"alignright size-full is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1868\" height=\"1401\" data-attachment-id=\"1004754891\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/701-w-ninth-st-nw-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/04\/701-W.-Ninth-St.-NW-edited.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1868,1401\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D700&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1319668734&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"701 W. Ninth St. NW\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The office building at 701 Ninth St. NW is also known as Edison Place. Image courtesy of Pepco Holdings&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/04\/701-W.-Ninth-St.-NW-edited.jpg?w=1024\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/04\/701-W.-Ninth-St.-NW-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Exterior shot of the entryway at 701 Ninth St. NW in Washington, D.C.\" class=\"wp-image-1004754891\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/04\/701-W.-Ninth-St.-NW-edited.jpg 1868w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/04\/701-W.-Ninth-St.-NW-edited.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/04\/701-W.-Ninth-St.-NW-edited.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/04\/701-W.-Ninth-St.-NW-edited.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/04\/701-W.-Ninth-St.-NW-edited.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1868px) 100vw, 1868px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The office building at 701 Ninth St. NW traded for the first time since 2004.&nbsp;<em>Image courtesy of Pepco Holdings<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>D.C. assets traded for $172 per square foot on average, $20 below the national figure. Manhattan ($498 per square foot) remained the priciest market in the U.S., while Chicago ($65 per square foot) was the cheapest gateway metro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brookfield Properties was one of the most active investors in the metro last year, recording some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/top-5-office-transactions-in-washington-dc\/\">largest deals of 2025 in D.C.<\/a> In April, the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/brookfield-sells-dc-office-asset-for-175m\/\">sold 701 Ninth St. NW<\/a> to Exelon Corp. for $175 million. The 364,000-square-foot building is the headquarters of its Pepco Holdings subsidiary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A month earlier, Brookfield Properties <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/brookfield-sells-another-office-building\/\">received $153 million<\/a> for another Washington, D.C., office property. This time, the firm sold 750 Ninth St. NW, a 316,000-square-foot building, to Rockwood Capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-d-c-s-construction-footprint-drops\">D.C.\u2019s construction footprint drops<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of 2025, Washington, D.C., had only 687,967 square feet of office space under construction, trailing behind most of the gateway markets. Only Seattle (252,963 square feet) and Chicago (571,576 square feet) fared worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boston (4.4 million square feet) remained in the spotlight, followed by Miami (1.2 million square feet). Washington, D.C.\u2019s under-construction pipeline accounted for just 0.2 percent of its total office inventory, half the national threshold. When also taking into consideration projects in planning stages, this figure rose to (1.1 percent), but was still below the 1.7 percent U.S. average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the beginning of last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/hitt-breaks-ground-on-dc-area-hq\/\">HITT Contracting started construction<\/a> on a new headquarters building spanning 270,000 square feet in Falls Church, Va. Rushmark Properties owns the six-story development set to come online early next year.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a0f43c383e06&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"620\" data-attachment-id=\"1004750466\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/skanska-delivers-85m-metro-dc-life-science-building\/george-mason-university-life-sciences-and-engineering-building\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/03\/George-Mason-University-Life-Sciences-and-Engineering-Building.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"George Mason University Life Sciences and Engineering Building\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;George Mason University Life Sciences and Engineering Building. Image courtesy of Skanska &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/03\/George-Mason-University-Life-Sciences-and-Engineering-Building.jpg?w=800\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/03\/George-Mason-University-Life-Sciences-and-Engineering-Building.jpg\" alt=\"George Mason University Life Sciences and Engineering Building\" class=\"wp-image-1004750466\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/03\/George-Mason-University-Life-Sciences-and-Engineering-Building.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/03\/George-Mason-University-Life-Sciences-and-Engineering-Building.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/03\/George-Mason-University-Life-Sciences-and-Engineering-Building.jpg?resize=768,595 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">George Mason University Life Sciences and Engineering Building came online in the first quarter of last year. <em>Image courtesy of Skanska <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>In terms of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/top-markets-for-office-deliveries\/\">office completions<\/a>, only four properties totaling 734,538 square feet came online, accounting for 0.2 percent of the metro\u2019s stock. Deliveries dropped more than 73 percent year-over-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first quarter of 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/skanska-delivers-85m-metro-dc-life-science-building\/\">Skanska delivered<\/a> the George Mason University Life Sciences and Engineering Building on the Prince William County Science and Technology Campus. The 132,000-square-foot, four-story life science building is close to&nbsp;GMU\u2019s Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-d-c-office-vacancy-rises-despite-national-average-decline\">D.C. office vacancy rises, despite national average decline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington, D.C.\u2019s office vacancy rate at the end of 2025 clocked in at 19.7 percent, increasing 120 basis points year-over-year. This figure was above the 18.4 percent national average, which dropped 140 basis points from December 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, The Federal Bureau of Investigation decided to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/fbi-hq-to-remain-in-downtown-dc\/\">keep its headquarters<\/a> in Washington, D.C. The agency will move a few blocks away, from J. Edgar Hoover Building to the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. The 3.1 million-square-foot property was built in 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6a0f43c384b54&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"alignright size-full is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-attachment-id=\"1004763818\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/the-ronald-reagan-building-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/07\/The-Ronald-Reagan-Building-edited.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Ronald Reagan Building\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center encompasses 3.1 million square feet across five stories. Image courtesy of Yardi &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/07\/The-Ronald-Reagan-Building-edited.jpg?w=640\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/07\/The-Ronald-Reagan-Building-edited.jpg\" alt=\"Exterior shot of The Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C.\" class=\"wp-image-1004763818\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/07\/The-Ronald-Reagan-Building-edited.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2025\/07\/The-Ronald-Reagan-Building-edited.jpg?resize=300,225 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center encompasses 3.1 million square feet across five stories. <em>Image courtesy of Yardi Matrix<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Other major leases include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/law-firm-moves-to-new-dc-offices\/\">Milbank\u2019s move<\/a> to more than 64,000 square feet at 1101 New York Ave. NW, a 379,329-square-foot building. Oxford Properties and Norges Bank Investment Management own the LEED Platinum-certified mid-rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the metro\u2019s average listing rates at the end of December declined 2.8 percent year-over year to $40.27. Manhattan ($68.36), San Francisco ($63.15) and Miami ($55.39) posted the highest rates, while Chicago ($28.31) was once again at the opposite pole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-coworking-inventory-below-national-figures\">Coworking inventory below national figures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Washington, D.C.\u2019s shared space inventory at the end of 2025 almost reached 7.4 million square feet across 310 locations, according to CoworkingCafe. This mirrors national&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/coworking-industry-trends-to-keep-an-eye-on\/\">coworking industry trends<\/a>&nbsp;that show demand shifting toward flexible space models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The market\u2019s figures accounted for 1.9 percent of its total leasable office stock, 30 basis points below the national average. The District\u2019s share was also below all gateway metros. Miami (4.0 percent) ranked first in the U.S., followed by Chicago (2.7 percent) and Manhattan (2.5 percent).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/the-malin-to-open-1st-d-c-location\/\">The Malin opened its first Washington, D.C., location<\/a>, spanning 20,400 square feet. The space is the company\u2019s 10th U.S. coworking location. The two-floor space is at The Marshall B. Coyne building, at 1156 15th St. NW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Carr Workplaces opened another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/carr-workplaces-opens-dc-area-flex-office\/\">shared space location in Arlington, Va.<\/a> The location is part of Comstock Cos.\u2019 Hartford Building and spans 26,331 square feet. 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