With an expected completion date of 2003, One Metro Center has been in the works since 2001, when Tishman acquired the air rights, a nearby vacant parcel and the Hecht's property to erect the Class A structure. One Metro Center will offer 12 stories, with office space on the top six floors and a parking lot and two lobbies below. A sky lobby will connect the two separate, hovering office areas. There will also be a central atrium and a fitness center. Individual floors of office space will offer as little as 15,600 sf on the 6th floor, to as much as 67,000 sf on the 9th through 12th floors.

Back in 2001, Tishman's managing director James A. Evans said the project "is one of the largest remaining developments in downtown Washington." This still holds true. He continued, "It is located just three blocks from the White House with more than a third of the city's top law firms located within a three-block radius of the site." There are currently no leases signed for the building, but Tishman officials are optimistic that One Metro Center will attract the necessary attention.