Office to Residential Conversion
This eight-story, 536,000-square-foot office building is being converted into an 11-story, 658,000-square-foot modern apartment building with 428 contemporary rental residences, 53,000 square feet of supporting retail and commercial space and 493 parking spaces. The conversion work includes the addition of three floors totaling 122,000 square feet to be seamlessly incorporated into the building design, with setbacks to create large patios on the 9th and 11th floors. A new façade will give the building a more contemporary appearance, while respecting the underlying form of the existing building and the Portals complex.
One of the many benefits of converting office buildings to residences is the ability to take advantage of the large existing office floorplates to offer generously sized units and abundant amenities. The residences at 1250 Maryland will average over 1,000 square feet, ranging from studios to three-bedroom apartments. Most will have large balconies or terraces that span the width of the unit, also made possible by the deep existing office floorplates.
The units all will feature modern, top-of-market finishes and floor-to-ceiling windows offering exceptional views of the Washington Monument, U.S. Capitol, Jefferson Memorial and Potomac River. Plentiful community amenity spaces will include a rooftop resort-style terrace and pool with sweeping views, resident lounge and co-working spaces, two-level fitness center, and dining and personal services offered in the ground floor spaces.
Sustainability and wellness feature prominently in the development program. The adaptive reuse/conversion process will substantially reduce carbon emissions. The redeveloped building has been designed to meet or exceed LEED Gold specifications.