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$33-Mil Chase Tower Up and Running

CHEVY CHASE, MD-Clark Construction completes the $33-million Chase Tower on behalf of owners Chase Tower Associates, a joint venture of the JBG Companies and JER Partners. The 250,000-sf Class A structure offers office space over ground-level retail.

By Barbra Murray | Updated on January 22, 2002

CHEVY CHASE, MD-Bethesda, MD-based contractors the Clark Construction Group, Inc. has completed the $33 million Chase Tower, the 250,000sf Class A office and retail project located in the very heart of Chevy Chase. Chase Tower Associates, a partnership of The JBG Companies and JER Partners, is behind the complex’s development.

Construction on the mixed-use facility–which offers 230,000 sf of office space, 10,000 sf of retail space and a 20,000-sf retail pavilion–began in January of 2000. The 12-story building is surrounded by landscaped grounds and is located on Willard Avenue, just off the very well traveled Wisconsin Boulevard. In addition, the two-level parking garage accommodates both the offices–two parking spaces are allotted per every 1,000s f of office space–and the retailers. “It’s a very special project for us,” Clark project executive Lincoln Lawrence tells GlobeSt.com. “It beautifies the skyline for the area.”

Lawrence concedes that while all involved are pleased with the outcome, the road to completing the endeavor was not entirely paved. “It was somewhat of a difficult project, but we were able to complete it in a timely manor,” Lawrence explains. “The site itself was constrained by a commercial building on one side and a residential building on the other, so all construction had to be coordinated with the Mayor’s office and [other local groups].” For example, he says, “there is a community noise ordinance, so we couldn’t start [daily work] at our usual time.”

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