Whitman Walker Plans Major Expansion at Furioso’s 1525 14th St. NW
Health Clinic Signs Longterm Lease for 42,023 SF In Redevelopment Near Logan Circle
Washington, DC-based Whitman-Walker Health signed a 10-year lease for 42,023 square feet at 1525 14th St., NW, securing space for a major expansion of the community-based healthcare provider, and also providing a lead tenant for the six-story office development planned by Giorgio Furioso’s Furioso Development Corp.
The development, one of the few new buildings north of Thomas Circle on 14th Street to offer office space, is under construction and expected to be completed in spring 2014. The new facility will enable the 35-year-old healthcare provider to more than double its medical space while remaining close to its longtime location in the Shaw/Logan Circle community.
“Whitman-Walker has nearly doubled our patient base over the past six years and we expect growth to continue as more residents access care through the new health reform law,” said Don Blanchon, executive director of Whitman Walker Health. “This option allows us to secure new space in less than two years, lets us expand existing services and add new ones, is affordable, enables us to remain in our current neighborhood, and does not negatively impact our current operations at Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center,” or the Max Robinson Center in Anacostia.
Whitman Walker Health was represented in lease negotiations by Larry Walker of The Walker Group. John Duffy and Paul DeFilippes, managing principals of Summit Commercial Real Estate, represented the building owner, Giorgio Furioso.