1100 Vermont Avenue - Vlastimil Koubek no more - 2012-04-13 - 0001
There goes the neighborhood!
This is 1100 Vermont Avenue NW, a 12-story Modernist office building designed by Vlastimil Koubek and built in late 1979.
BET Investments purchased it in 2004 from Principal Global Investors for $16 million. BET turned around and solid it to "1100 Vermont Owner LLC" (a New York City-based coalition of investors) in 2007. The building contains retail on the ground floor (a liquor store and a cell phone store), but otherwise was completely rented out by the U.S. Department of Justice.
In early 2012, the owner began a complete makeover of the building. Donovan Construction and the Bennett Group removed Koubek's ugly, concrete exterior skin and all interior non-load bearing walls. A portio of the two upper floors was removed on the southeast corner of the building -- probably so that a new two-story glass room could be built there.
A chilled beam HVAC system is being installed, along with a new glass curtain wall facade with sunscreens. The renovation should expand the interior space from the current 64,846 sq. ft. to 82,850 sq. ft.
1100 Vermont Avenue - Vlastimil Koubek no more - 2012-04-13 - 0001
There goes the neighborhood!
This is 1100 Vermont Avenue NW, a 12-story Modernist office building designed by Vlastimil Koubek and built in late 1979.
BET Investments purchased it in 2004 from Principal Global Investors for $16 million. BET turned around and solid it to "1100 Vermont Owner LLC" (a New York City-based coalition of investors) in 2007. The building contains retail on the ground floor (a liquor store and a cell phone store), but otherwise was completely rented out by the U.S. Department of Justice.
In early 2012, the owner began a complete makeover of the building. Donovan Construction and the Bennett Group removed Koubek's ugly, concrete exterior skin and all interior non-load bearing walls. A portio of the two upper floors was removed on the southeast corner of the building -- probably so that a new two-story glass room could be built there.
A chilled beam HVAC system is being installed, along with a new glass curtain wall facade with sunscreens. The renovation should expand the interior space from the current 64,846 sq. ft. to 82,850 sq. ft.