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Saturday, May 29, 2010

Defense Intelligence Agency seeking half million square feet, Washington Business Journal, May 28, 2010

by Tierney Plumb

The Defense Intelligence Agency is on the prowl for a 523,000-square-foot space in Northern Virginia, a prize expected to go to one of four sites in Reston, Alexandria and Falls Church.

The Defense Department agency, which provides the Pentagon with intelligence on foreign threats, will remain headquartered at Bolling Air Force Base in D.C., but the new lease will consolidate the DIA’s other office space in the region, which includes a sizable amount at 3100 Clarendon Blvd. in Arlington, the Pentagon and classified locations.

The agency is seeking 250,000 to 310,000 square feet to be ready by February 2012, likely knocking out any build-to-suit options, sources say. The DIA wants to occupy the rest of the space by May 2013. It is working with the General Services Administration on the 20-year lease.

The site must be in Northern Virginia within four miles’ driving distance of an existing Metrorail station or one scheduled to be operational by 2013. That’s an unusual requirement: It allows areas near the incoming Silver Line Metro stops to compete (emphasis added). . . .


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