The following article was published by the Washington Business Journal on 7/24/2008

http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2008/07/21/daily56.html

"Metro’s Office of Customer Service and MetroAccess Services will relocate to Hyattsville from Silver Spring next year.

The transit agency’s board of directors authorized the agency to negotiate and execute a lease agreement with Prince George Center I Inc. for 40,000 square feet of office space at 6505 Belcrest Road. The 10-year, $10 million lease would begin April 1, 2009.

The property sits across from the Prince George’s Plaza Metro station at University Town Center, a mixed-use development.

It is expected to save the transit agency nearly $6 million over 10 years, compared with the renewal rate for the existing office space in Silver Spring.

“This is a wonderful fit for our site, which is a transit oriented development, and a smart growth project,” said Tim Taylor, vice president of leasing at University Town Center.

Metro would receive three months free rent and have $1.64 million to make improvements under the lease agreement."

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