2200 Pennsylvania Ave Washington, D.C.

PROJECT COST: $95 million

Rising from the former George Washington University Hospital site in the District of Columbia, Square 54 at 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, promises to be a world-class, mixed-use town center.

Clark Foundations of Bethesda, Md., began the project in spring 2008 and completed a $4-million sheeting and shoring contract. Its excavation work included drilling soldier beams around the perimeter of the site.

Clark Construction Group of Bethesda began building the $95-million, 972,000-sq-ft office building and garage in January, with completion scheduled for March 2011.

A spread-footer foundation supports the concrete structure, which will be clad in a glass and aluminum curtain-wall system.

Ultimately, the project will include the office space and 84,000 sq ft of retail space. It will include a full-service grocery store, pedestrian plaza and 333 rental units.

Property owner George Washington University considers the project a “key source of nonenrollment-driven revenue to fund the core academic mission of the university.”

Boston Properties of Boston is developing the 2.6-acre, transit-oriented project, located adjacent to the Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro.

Key Players

Developer: Boston Properties, Boston
Contractor: Clark Construction Group, Bethesda, Md.
Design Architect: Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, New Haven, Conn.
Executive Architect: Hickok Cole Architects, Washington, D.C.