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Discussion related to DC area passenger rail services from Northern Virginia to Baltimore, MD. Includes Light Rail and Baltimore Subway.

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 #1590637  by Sand Box John
 
RandallW
They are advertising 3 floors of their building at 300 7th St as available for lease (https://www.wmata.com/business/real-est ... Street.pdf). Is being a landlord a new activity for WMATA then?


This would be a first and it is about time they started doing this. This will be a small source of revenue for the agency. WMATA acquired a hell of a lot of real-estate prior to construction. Frankly I think they should have leased it based on the square footage developed on that real-estate instead selling it out right with an easement. The only development using that schema that WMATA did is the one at the Rhode Island Avenue station.

Many transit systems elsewhere in the world profit on the real-estate they own through development, Hong Kong MTR is but one example.
 #1591323  by davinp
 
Here is the building at L'Enfant Plaza nearing completion. They added an additional floor to the top of the building

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