Colliers is trading up in downtown D.C., moving its Washington team into roughly 18,000 square feet at 1919 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, a recently renovated office building a stone's throw from Farragut Square. The relocation plants the global brokerage firmly in the city's central business district and, by the firm's own telling, serves as a long-term recommitment to the local market.
As reported by CoStar, Colliers is taking about 18,000 square feet at 1919 Pennsylvania Ave. NW and framed the move as "a reinforcement of its long-term commitment to the market." The item, by Jonathan Lehrfeld and published July 9, notes that the Washington team has now settled into the building's upgraded space downtown.
About 1919 Pennsylvania Avenue
The building at 1919 Pennsylvania Ave. NW is an eight-story, Class A office property with roughly 336,000 total square feet and typical floor plates in the mid 30,000s. It features a rooftop terrace, a tenant conference center and an on-site coffee shop, according to the property listing on LoopNet. The listing also points out that the building sits one block from Farragut West and offers direct Metro access, a combination that helps make smaller, amenitized footprints more appealing to office users.
Why the Move Matters
Industry watchers see Colliers' relocation as part of a cautious reset in downtown office demand, with firms trading older, larger footprints for high quality, transit served space. A recent Colliers Washington office report notes that vacancy has stayed elevated even as recent leasing deals and targeted conversions have produced what the report describes as "green shoots" for the market.
Local commercial real estate outlets also took notice. Connect CRE reported that the new D.C. region headquarters is laid out to bring teams together with flexible collaboration areas and convenient access to major commercial corridors. For downtown landlords, landing a prominent brokerage like Colliers counts as a meaningful vote of confidence in recently renovated Penn Avenue space.
Colliers' arrival at 1919 Pennsylvania adds a notable tenant to a building that has been actively marketed since its renovation, and it slots into a broader shuffle of professional services firms that is quietly redrawing the city's office map this summer. Observers will be watching to see whether other brokerages follow Colliers' lead as landlords try to turn vacant square footage into smaller, higher quality tenancies.
