SUBURBAN MARYLAND
OFFICE MARKET STATISTICS: 1998

Total Inventory:

63,415,540

New Deliveries and Completed Renovations:

769,743

Net Absorption:

771,756

Projects Under Construction and Under Renovation:

1,788,905

Vacancy Rate (Excluding Sublet):

7.97%

Vacancy Rate With Sublet:

9.10%

Office Space Available:
* New:

543,666

*Relet:

4,878,282

*Sublet:

639,877

*Total Office Space Available:

6,061,825

Space in Projects Under Construction and Under Renovation:

751,614

Under Construction (u/c) and Under Renovation (u/r) Square Feet

Montgomery County

2 Bethesda Metro Center(u/c)

277,133

4920 Elm Street

43,200

6001 Executive Boulevard

215,000

King Farm Blvd

154,214

14825 Physicians Lane

72,000

400 Professional Drive

129,202

2273 Research Boulevard(u/c)

151,000

15001 Shady Grove Road(u/c)

55,000

801 Thompson Avenue(u/r)

50,000

55 W Watkins Mill Road(u/c)

38,000

7600 Wisconsin Avenue(u/c)

197,017

Washington Boulevard(u/c)

350,000

Prince Georege's County

9500 Arena Drive(u/c)

57,139

Total Under Construction (u/c) and Under Renovation (u/r)

1,788,905

1998 Buildings Taken out of Inventory Square Feet
8485 Fenton Street 34,119

New Deliveries and Completed Renovations

Square Feet

Montgomery County

6010 Executive Blvd

121,580

5630 Fishers Lane

55,000

 

250 Hungerford Drive

137,800

1445 Research Blvd

104,748

1455 Research Blvd

114,869

2301 Research Blvd

93,746

16 S Summit Avenue

42,000

Prince George's County

5303 Chrysler Way

50,000

14999 Health Center Drive

50,000

Total 1998 New Deliveries and Completed Renovations

769,743


Largest Non-Renewal Lease Transactions

Address

Square Feet

1) Manugistics, Inc.*

Washingtonian Blvd

300,000

2) US Generating*

7600 Wisconsin Avenue

197,017

3) National Institutes of Health (NIH)

6700 Rockledge Drive

145,480

4) Celera Genomics

45 West Gude Drive

113,960

5) Manugistics, Inc.

101 Orchard Ridge Drive

101,142

6) Sodexho Marriott

9801 Washingtonian Boulevard

100,000

7) Discovery Communications

2 Bethesda Metro Center

81,084

8) NASD, Inc

9801 Washingtonian Boulevard

68,577

9) Manugistics, Inc.

9801 Washingtonian Boulevard

68,577

10) Discovery Channel

4430-4350 East-West Highway

64,000

* Prelease

Largest Office Sales Transactions

Address

Purchaser

Square Feet

Price

1) 8401, 8403 & 8405 Colesville Road

TrizecHahn Office Properties

691,000

$91,000,000

2) 12501, 12510, 12520 Prosperity Drive; 8737 Colesville Road, 110 N Washington Street

Atlantic Realty Companies

824,000

$72,000,000

3) 8100-8400 Corporate Drive; 8100, 8200-8240, 8300 Professional Drive; 5900 Centreville Road; 1390 Piccard Drive*

Bedminster Capital

584,616

$51,000,000

4) 2,3,4,5 Choke Cherry Road; 2092-2098 Gaither Road

TA Associates

497,000

$50,637,500

5) 11400 Rockville Pike

Glenborough Realty Trust

339,174

46,200,000

6) 9901 Business Parkway, 4601, 4640, 4850, 5001 Forbes Blvd; 5000, 5200, 9701 Philadelphia Way; 4819-4881 Walden Lane**

Westbrook Partners, LLC

566,112

42,200,000

6) 11200 Rockville Pike

Ohio State Teachers Pension Fund

184,000

$37,475,000

7) 11300 Rockville Pike

TA Associates

263,000

$36,500,000

8) 4800 Montgomery

American Realty Advisors

133,503

$34,133,000

9) 1401 Rockville Pike

HUB Woodmont LLC

190,000

$32,050,000

10) 15 & 45 W Gude Drive

The Meridian Group, Inc.

221,030

$24,000,000

* Includes 5900 Centreville Road (VA) in the purchase from Mulligan/Griffin Properties LLC

** Office/flex purchase from Allstate Insurance

This list does not include TrizecHahn's 2/98 ($560 million) portfolio purchase.

 


(*) Indicates CORRECTED figures for the February 26, 1998 release of the "1997 Consensus Report"