JBG switches at Central Place
By Jonathan O'Connell
June 29, 2012
Washington Post
A rendering of JBG’s planned Central Place office tower planned atop the Rosslyn Metro station. (Image courtesy of the Washington Post)
"The rivalry between two towering Rosslyn office projects may subside as the JBG Cos. has delayed construction of its planned Central Place office tower and will instead first start work on an apartment building next door.
Chevy Chase-based JBG’s 533,000-square-foot office project atop the Rosslyn Metro station is envisioned as a direct competitor to 1812 N. Moore, a nearby building by Monday Properties currently under construction.
Both projects are expected to reach 390 feet, both have been asking for perhaps the highest rents ever in Northern Virginia and neither — to this point — has inked a deal with a tenant or a financing package from a bank..."
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