{"id":9947,"date":"2017-05-31T07:14:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T07:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/?p=9947"},"modified":"2025-07-22T15:29:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T12:29:31","slug":"meritage-sells-greaterdc-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/meritage-sells-greaterdc-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Meritage Sells Office Property in Booming DC Corridor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HFF announced it has brokered the sale of Meritage Properties&#8217; Shady Grove Plaza, located in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-real-estate\/us\/md\/rockville\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rockville, Md.<\/a>, a highly desirable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/office\/us\/md\/capital-maryland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington DC suburban office market<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The four-story, 184,290-square-foot office building at 15245 Shady Grove Road is located in the Interstate 270 corridor of Montgomery County. The corridor is at the heart of Greater Washington&#8217;s &#8220;DNA Alley&#8221;, a progressive and dynamic market that is one of the largest life sciences and biotech clusters in the U.S., known for its high concentration of government contractors and innovative biotech companies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/commercial-property\/us\/md\/rockville\/15245-shady-grove-road\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shady Grove Plaza<\/a> has immediate access on\/off the I-270 and is just a few minutes&#8217; drive from retail and dining amenities, as well as the National Cancer Institute&#8217;s recently completed headquarters and Shady Grove Hospital. The building offers flexible floorplates and a design that allows for both single- and multi-tenant configurations. Meritage Properties has recently finished upgrading the property on-site amenities, which include a fitness center, conference facilities, a tenant lounge, grab-n-go bistro and caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>Though the sale price and buyer were not disclosed, HFF stated that the property is currently leased to 30 tenants, including Hillcrest Laboratories, Children\u2019s Hospital and The Donaldson Group.<\/p>\n<div id=\"su_slider_6a13f4066197b\" class=\"su-slider su-slider-centered su-slider-pages-yes su-slider-responsive-yes\" style=\"width:100%\" data-autoplay=\"0\" data-speed=\"0\" data-mousewheel=\"true\"><div class=\"su-slider-slides\"><div class=\"su-slider-slide\"><a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/05\/YM_ShadyGrovePlaza01.jpg\" alt=\"YM_ShadyGrovePlaza01\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-slider-slide\"><a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/05\/YM_ShadyGrovePlaza02.jpg\" alt=\"YM_ShadyGrovePlaza02\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-slider-slide\"><a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/05\/YM_ShadyGrovePlaza03.jpg\" alt=\"YM_ShadyGrovePlaza03\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-slider-slide\"><a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2017\/05\/YM_ShadyGrovePlaza04.jpg\" alt=\"YM_ShadyGrovePlaza04\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-slider-nav\"><div class=\"su-slider-direction\"><span class=\"su-slider-prev\"><\/span><span class=\"su-slider-next\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-slider-pagination\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><em>Shady Grove Plaza, 15245 Shady Grove Road, Rockville, MD (images courtesy of Yardi Matrix)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Looking for the perfect space for your business? Head over to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CommercialCafe<\/a> and start your search!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HFF announced it has brokered the sale of Meritage Properties&#8217; Shady Grove Plaza, located in Rockville, Md., a highly desirable Washington DC suburban office market. The four-story, 184,290-square-foot office building at 15245 Shady Grove Road is located in the Interstate 270 corridor of Montgomery County. The corridor is at the heart of Greater Washington&#8217;s &#8220;DNA&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":9948,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[37,38,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commercial-real-estate-news","category-deals","category-office","wpautop"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Meritage Sells Office Property in Booming DC Corridor - 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