Last November we let you know that Sodexo committed its U.S. headquarters to 915 Meeting Street, a new 276,000-square-foot trophy office building that recently opened in North Bethesda’s Pike & Rose development. Sodexo’s headquarters are currently located at 9801 Washingtonian Blvd in Gaithersburg (next to Rio Lakefront). The firm pulled a permit toward a $5.59 million fitout of 51,907 square feet at the North Bethesda building, and now Prime US REIT has signed the first tenant that will take part of the space vacated by Sodexo
According to Maryland Newsletters, Prime US REIT has signed Immunocore, a biotech firm, to 19,242 square feet at 9801 Washingtonian Boulevard. The company will be adding office space on the waterfront in the Rio complex in Gaithersburg for its administrative offices that will be relocating from 2273 Research Boulevard in Rockville.
Per the report, “The deal is the first completed at the building since Sodexo exited about 180,000 square feet for new offices in Pike & Rose. The foodservices company downsized in taking 52,000 feet in the White Flint building, where it is now relocating from the Washingtonian Blvd. building. With other vacancies, 9801 Washingtonian’s landlord is looking to fill roughly 215,000 square feet in all.”
Sodexo will be taking 52,000 square feet, along with Choice Hotels, which recently moved into the space after signing a long-term lease to occupy 105,000 square feet. Sodexo is a leading global provider of catering, facilities management, employee benefits and personal home services to 100 million daily consumers in 56 countries. It will be moving from its current location in Gaithersburg to Pike & Rose in Spring 2024.