Bethesda office building lines up tenants — Gazette.Net

The owners of the recently refurbished office building on Wisconsin Avenue just north of the Bethesda Metro station have signed six long-term leases.

Akridge, which now owns the 1960s-era building with Rockwood Capital, acquired it through a General Services Administration auction in 2010. The building had housed National Institutes of Health offices for many years, but had been vacant since 2002, according to a company news release.

The building, at 7550 Wisconsin Ave., is the first new office building in the Bethesda submarket since 2001.

The new tenants are an unidentified local lodging real estate investment trust, Carnemark Systems and Design, KVS Title, LSoft International, Sandy Spring Bank and SunEdison.

The leases bring the 110,000-square-foot buildings occupancy to more than 65 percent. The building meets standards for gold certification for new construction by the U.S. Green Building Council. It has full-service rooftop entertainment space and a private fitness facility.

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