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New Retail Space Available 14Th & U Street NEW RETAIL SPACE AVAILABLE 14TH & U STREET 1 288 5,770 SF 3,215 SF NEW LUXURY APARTMENTS RESTAURANT SPACE RESTAURANT/RETAIL SPACE WITH DEDICATED “URBAN OASIS” UNIQUE CUSTOM BUILDING 14th & U COURTYARD OUTDOOR SEATING AREA MURAL/SIGNAGE OPPORTUNTIY DC’S MOST VIBRANT RETAIL SUBMARKET 2 NOTABLE NEIGHBORS 3 CENTRAL LOCATION 0.5 MILES MASSACHUSETTES AVENUE SHAW U STREET 0.5 MILES Population 20,088 14TH STREET Daytime Population 19,777 CORRIDOR/ WISCONSIN AVENUE Average Household Income $138,824 LOGAN CIRCLE Population 30,807 Daytime Population 26,106 Average Household Income $158,765 FLORIDA AVENUE DUPONT CIRCLE 7TH STREET Population 22,460 Daytime Population 88,154 9TH STREET NEW YORK AVENUE Average Household Income $154,343 0.5 MILES M STREET MT VERNON TRIANGLE Population 26,785 14TH STREET WEST END/ 16TH STREET Daytime Population 77,546 FOGGY BOTTOM K STREET K STREET Average Household Income $126,496 Population 20,254 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVENUE Daytime Population 114,994 DOWNTOWN DC/EAST END H STREET Average Household Income $127,335 Population 8,002 Daytime Population 168,195 17TH STREET UNIION Average Household Income $154,276 STATION THE WHITE NEW JERSEY AVENUE 0.5 MILES HOUSE 0.5 MILES WASHINGTON,INTERSTATE 270 DC REGION VIRGINIA AVENUE MARYLAND PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE CONSTITUTION AVENUE 0.5 MILES THE CAPITOL GW PARKWAY WASHINGTON NATIONAL MALL BUILDING MONUMENT WASHINGTON, DC INDEPENDENCE AVE INTERSTATE 66 INTERSTATE 395 VIRGINIA INTERSTATE 295 INTERSTATE 495 14TH STREET 4 TRADE AREA $153,337 CONNECTICUT AVE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME WITHIN A HALF MILE RADIUS DRIVE MASSACHUSETTS AVE $288M BIKE FOOD AND BEVERAGE SALES WITHIN A HALF MILE RADIUS TRANSIT WALK RHODE ISLAND AVE 14TH/U STREET DC’S MILLENNIAL RESTAURANT U STREET NEW YORK AVE & NIGHTLIFE CORRIDOR 16th STREET 14th STREET NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE 15 MINUTES 30 MINUTES DEMOGRAPHICS WALK TRANSIT BIKE DRIVE WALK TRANSIT BIKE DRIVE Population 56,928 234,035 212,746 442,288 158,751 332,687 579,698 2,033,129 % Growth 10% 10% 10% 9% 10% 9% 9% 8% Daytime Population 52,102 627,424 572,650 992,942 387,325 728,046 1,151,375 2,596,585 Average Household Income $141,230 $131,573 $129,721 $126,586 $131,756 $132,715 $134,324 $123,141 5 DC’S TRENDIEST NEIGHBORHOOD BELMONT STREET COLUMBIA FLORIDA AVENUE NW HEIGHTS 305 Fitness La Colombe Ride DC Ivywild Beauty BELMONT STREET MERIDIAN Pica Taco Skate Shop HILL PARK Sakerum Piola FLORIDA AVENUE NW YMCA W STREET CVS ADAMS Smuckers Farms MORGAN 8TH STREET 9TH STREET 10TH STREET 12TH STREET 11TH STREET 288 Apartments 13TH STREET Izakaya Seki Mint Healthclub V STREET 15,552 SF Retail V STREET Red White & Basil Pleasant Pops CALIFORNIA STREET Haikan Jack Rose FRANK D. REEVES Politics & Prose V STREET CENTER The Gibson Marvin Hazel U Street 14TH STREET | 21,100 VPD Farmer’s Market Lost Society Dahlak El Tamarindo Velvet Lounge Velvet Alero Bank of Georgetown Music Hall U Street Ben’s Next Door Ben’s Saloon Corte Salon Lincoln Theatre Sala Thai Chix & Parlour Tap Dodge City Pizza Boli’s The Mediterranean Spot Signature Image Salon Signature U STREET NW | 22,000 VPD U STREET NW | 22,000 VPD McDonald’s Wells Fargo CVS FLORIDA AVENUE NW Indulj Exiles Selam Solly’s Aesop Dukem Sunoco Cava Rite Aid Junction Vinoteca Le Lobo Alphonse Sudhouse Starbucks Starbucks Bread Bite Bread Boutique U Codmother DC Noodles Bonobos Merlot’s Art Merlot’s Jimmy Johns The Prospect Parlour Salon WILLARD STREET WALLACH PLACE Fainting Goat JOJO Restaurant Shangrila Day Spa Lee’s Flower Shop Lee’s Blush Kyirisan Lettie Gooch 12TH STREET 17TH STREET NW Policy Frank & Oak Georgetown Optician Compass Coffee LUPO VERDE T STREET T STREET NEW HAMPSHIRE AVENUE Compass Rose SHAW U STREET AFRICAN-AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL / CARDOZO 6,608 Riders per day Amsterdam Falafelshop Cork Market & Tasting Room SWAN STREET SWANN STREET Black Cat Current Boutique U STREET CORRIDOR Little Leaf Garden District S STREET S STREET S STREET Chicken & Whiskey Logan Hardware Batch 13 Crossfit DC RIGGS STREET 8TH STREET 9TH STREET 13TH STREET 11TH STREET 10TH STREET Peregrine Espresso 14TH STREET | 21,100 VPD 15TH STREET 16TH STREET 18TH STREET NW 17TH STREET NW R STREET NW R STREET NW Sette Osteria 305 Fitness Miss Pixie’s VERMONT AVENUE CORCORAN STREET CORCORAN STREET Black Jack Sotto Rice Q STREET Q STREET Q STREET DUPONT CIRCLE RHODE ISLAND AVENUE 17,519 Riders per day Drafting Table Cork & Fork Timothy Paul Home LOGAN CIRCLE DUPONT CHURCH STREET 8TH STREET 9TH STREET Chipotle 10TH STREET Zengo Studio Theatre KINGMAN PLACE Blue Bottle Commissary DC Number Nine Lounge Stoney’s Logan Tavern Starbucks Chaplins P STREET WHOLE CVS FOODS Showroom 1412 Black Whiskey Street Carts Street Sun Cleaners Phillips Seafood Jinya Ramen 6 RETAIL PLANS 383 SF “Urban Oasis” Outdoor Seating GROUND LEVEL LEASE PENDING 3,215 SF 5,770 SF Vented Vented 12’11” Ceilng height 2,045 SF Residential Divisible to bottom of slab Lobby 13’8.3” Ceilng height to bottom of slab Vestibule 316 SF (Exclusive Retail Elevator) U STREET LOWER LEVEL Residential Parking 4,536 SF Vestibule 316 SF (Exclusive Retail Elevator) U STREET 7 FOR RETAIL LEASING INFORMATION +1 202 783 8200 LISA STODDARD CASEY BENSON +1 202 585 5519 +1 202 585 5669 [email protected] [email protected] © 2020 CBRE, Inc. 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