JV Snaps Up Trophy Building for $156M

WASHINGTON, DC-The class A office property at 1111 Pennsylvania Ave. found a new owner in a recent deal purportedly valued at $156 million. A partnership involving Shorenstein Co. and real estate investor David Warner bought the 330,000-sf building from the estate of philanthropist Dr. Laszlo N. Tauber.

The 14-story tower features ground-level retail space and is almost entirely occupied by law firm Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, which relocated from offices at 18th and M streets to its 305,000-sf digs at 1111 Pennsylvania in 2002. Eastdil Realty was the sole broker on the deal. As per District records, the property is assessed at a proposed FY 2005 value of just over $126 million.

Located halfway between the Washington Monument and the MCI Center, 1111 Pennsylvania carries the distinction of being one of only a handful of privately owned office properties on the well-traveled stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue between the US Capitol and 14th Street. It is considered one of the premier buildings Downtown, having undergone a $40-million renovation spearheaded by Studios Architecture two years ago.