Tower Oaks is a 192-acre
planned community
A planned community, planned city, planned town, or planned settlement is any community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed on previously undeveloped land. This contrasts with settlements that evolve ...
in
Rockville, Maryland
Rockville is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, and is part of the Washington metropolitan area. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census tabulated Rockville's population at 67,117, making it the fourth ...
.
History
In 1987, the city council of Rockville approved plans for the development of the site into an office park. In 1998,
Boston Properties
BXP, Inc. (formerly Boston Properties, Inc.) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust which invests in premier workplaces in Boston, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. As of December 31, 2023, the c ...
, which purchased 84 acres of the site, submitted plans for the construction of the first office building.
In January 2002, Anteon Corporation leased 17,000 square feet at 2600 Tower Oaks Blvd.
In November 2002,
Clyde's Restaurant Group
Clyde's Restaurant Group is an American company that owns and operates 13 restaurants in the Washington metropolitan area. Founded in 1963 to take advantage of a change in Washington, D.C.'s liquor laws, it pioneered a number of changes in the w ...
opened Tower Oaks Lodge. In 2013, it had more than 450,000 guests.
In 2008, Boston Properties developed One Preserve Parkway in Tower Oaks. The building, which was leased to
Booz Allen Hamilton
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and others, was sold in 2014 for $61.25 million to Federal Capital Partners.
In 2008,
Lerner Enterprises
Lerner Enterprises is a company owned by the Lerner family that develops and invests in real estate in the Washington metropolitan area. The company has developed more than 20 million square feet of real estate.
History
The company was founded i ...
and Tower Companies completed 2000 Tower Oaks Blvd and both companies moved their headquarters to the building. The companies had started construction of the building in 2005. The building was the first building in the
Washington metropolitan area
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to receive a platinum rating by
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
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. The building was selected as a