Silver Spring Metro Center
1325 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910
CATEGORY: Office Buildings
Size: 1.8 million square feet of office/retail space
Cost: $125 million
Date: Completed in 2004
Client: Silver Spring Metro Center Partnership/Foulger-Pratt Development
Architect: AR Meyers + Associates Architects
Silver Spring Metro Center is home to one of the Washington region’s largest single tenants, the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The development includes a mix of office, retail, and residential development, completed in five phases. The property is located along East-West Highway and next to the Silver Spring Metro station. The first four phases of development, Metro Center I-IV, included a mix of offices, a public parking garage, and street-level retail. The final phase, Metro Center V, is a 223-unit apartment complex known as The Bennington. Metro Center I-IV, which includes the NOAA headquarters, encompasses nearly 1.8 million square feet. Foulger-Pratt developed the phased project and served as general contractor.

Nearby Restaurants & Dining:
- Caribou Coffee (330 feet NW)
- Crisp & Juicy (365 feet W)
- Mamma Lucia (387 feet W)
- Oriental East (416 feet W)
- Sun Spot Cafe & Del. (459 feet SE)
- Einstein Bros. Bagels (613 feet NW)
Nearby Arts & Entertainment:
- The Hand (60 feet S)
- Coastline (546 feet SE)
- Michael A. Hairston Fine Art & Custom Framing (679 feet NW)
Nearby Parking:
- NOAA Building Garage (Garage 58) (67 feet SE)
- Bonifant-Dixon (Garage 5/55) (787 feet NE)
Nearby VanGo Stops:
- VanGo: East West Hwy @ NOAA [METRO] (429 feet NW)
- VanGo: East West Hwy @ Blair East Apts (529 feet SE)






