1999 YEAR-END MARKET REPORT

Suburban Maryland Office Report


Total Inventory:  
63,211,058
 
New Deliveries and Completed Renovations:
997,175
Net Absorption:
912,413
Projects Under Construction and Under Renovation:
2,828,798
Vacancy Rate (Excluding Sublet):
7.63%
Vacancy Rate (With Sublet):
8.68%
    
Office Space Available:   Square Feet  
Direct (New + Relet):
4,821,073
Sublet:
663,942
Total Office Space Available:
5,485,015
Space in Projects Under Construction and Under Renovation:
1,688,351
    
Under Construction (u/c) and Under Renovation (u/r)   Square Feet  
Montgomery County

7501 Wisconsin Avenue

692,000
u/c

The Tower Building, Tower Oaks Boulevard @ Wootton Parkway

276,000
u/c

Chase Tower, Wisconsin Avenue @ Willard Avenue

247,142
u/c

7600 Wisconsin Avenue

197,017
u/c

2600 Tower Oaks Boulevard

177,794
u/c

702 King Farm Boulevard

160,000
u/c

400 Professional Drive

128,501
u/c

20358-20386 Goldenrod Lane

125,000
u/c

9401 Blackwell Road

120,999
u/c

7255 Woodmont Avenue

100,500
u/c

7300 Calhoun Place

63,594
u/c

7301 Calhoun Place

55,851
u/c

20450 Century Boulevard

52,500
u/c

20440 Century Boulevard

52,500
u/c

Bldg 1, Calhoun Place

41,867
u/c

7362 Calhoun Place

27,826
u/c

4416 East-West Highway

22,792
u/c
       
Prince George's County

1301 McCormick Drive (Aetna BTS)

165,000
u/c

14400 Sweitzer Lane

121,915
u/c
       
Total
2,828,798
    
1999 Buildings Taken Out of Inventory      
None
     
New Deliveries and Completed Renovations   Square Feet  
Montgomery County

2 Bethesda Metro Center

277,133

6001 Executive Boulevard

215,000

700 King Farm

154,214

2273 Research Boulevard

147,689

801 Thompson Avenue

48,000

15001 Shady Grove Road

55,000

4920 Elm Street

43,000
       
Prince George's County

9500 Arena Drive

57,139
       
Total
997,175
    
Largest Non-Renewal Lease Transactions Address Square Feet  
1) General Electric Information Services 200 Edison Park Drive*
341,692
2) Comcast, Inc. 11800 Tech Road
95,000
3) National Institutes of Health 6707 Democracy Boulevard
89,578
4) United Payors & United Providors** 2273 Research Boulevard
82,212
5) Wolpoff & Abramson** 702 King Farm Boulevard
71,808
6) Covance Health Economics & Outcome Services 9801 Washingtonian Boulevard
69,912
7) Salix Technologies** 20358-20386 Goldenrod Lane
65,223
8) CoStar Group, Inc.** 2 Bethesda Metro Center
65,185
9) Synergy E. Gude Drive @ Crabbs Branch Way
55,000
10) Icy Ice Productions, Inc. 3100 Branch Avenue
53,000
*Address formerly known as 11555 Darnestown Road
**Prelease
    
Largest Office Sales Transactions      
Address Purchaser
RBA
Price
1) 4330, 4340 & 4350 East-West Highway* Quadrangle Development/Rockwood Capital
546,249
$78,600,000
2) 3 Bethesda Metro Center** Blackstone Real Estate Advisors
377,369
$62,000,000
3) 200 Edison Park Drive*** Deligenti GMBH, Inc.
341,692
$55,500,000
4) 15-45 W. Gude Drive**** Perkin-Elmer
220,306
$45,000,000
5) 1801 Rockville Pike State of Maryland Employee Pension System
178,397
$34,125,000
6) 7101 Wisconsin Avenue Prentiss Properties
232,971
$33,750,000
7) 600 Jefferson Plaza & 1700 Research Boulevard***** Washington Real Estate Investment Trust
218,155
$27,025,549
8) 7735 Old Georgetown Road Prentiss Properties
124,480
$21,100,000
8) 15800 & 15850 Crabbs Branch Way/20271 Goldenrod Lane****** The Bernstein Companies/Castleton Holdings, Inc.
188,781
$21,000,000
9) 401 N Washington Street Wellsford Commercial Property Trust
256,912
$19,500,000
10) 1701 Research Boulevard Moore & Associates, Inc.
80,000
$17,535,000
*Three building sale
**Sale price provided is an estimate of only the office building portion of the sale. Total purchase price of $118,000,000 includes 3 Bethesda Metro Center, 12-story Hyatt Hotel, and attached underground parking garage
***Address formerly known as 11555 Darnestown Road. Sale price includes 204,000 SF of warehouse space and additional land
****Two building sale
*****Both buildings were sold as a package for a total of $27,000,000. The actual purchase price for 600 Jefferson Plaza was $14,256,000 and actual purchase price for 1700 Research Boulevard was $12,744,000
******Purchase included Franklin Office Park 1, 2 & 3 (two existing buildings and 2.93 acres of land) along with 20271 Goldenrod Lane



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