1625 Eye Street is a
high-rise building located in
Washington, D.C.
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, United States. Its construction began in 2001 and was completed in 2003. The building rises to , featuring 12 floors and 10 elevators to serve those 12 floors. The construction of this building replaced the
Cafritz Building, which also used the same address as this building. The original architect of the building was
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
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(Washington), who designed the
postmodern
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concept of the building. Gensler repositioned the design and ultimately completed the documentation, permitting and construction administration of the building. The material of the postmodern design includes steel and glass. The building serves as an office use building and as a parking garage. The building is operated by
American Real Estate Partners
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. The building was originally operated and developed by Union Labor Life Insurance Company, though in late 2003, Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill (Washington) bought the operations to the building for
$157 million.
The building's tenants include
CQ Roll Call
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,
Colliers International
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The firm provides services to commercial real ...
, the
Consumer Healthcare Products Association
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, and
O'Melveny & Myers
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.
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Washington, D.C.
This list of tallest buildings in Washington, D.C. ranks high-rises in the U.S. capital of Washington, D.C. The tallest structure in the city, excluding radio towers, is the Washington Monument, which rises and was completed in 1884. The st ...
References
Office buildings completed in 2003
Skyscraper office buildings in Washington, D.C.
Brookfield Properties buildings
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill buildings
2003 establishments in Washington, D.C.
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