Georgetown & West End is a established-tier Class A submarket of Washington DC with average asking rent around $58/sqft/yr.

  • Boutique HQ market on the river.
  • Established tier — ~$58/sqft/yr.
  • Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks.

Georgetown & West End, Washington DC — Class A submarket

Boutique HQ market on the river. · Tier: established · Avg rent: $58/sqft/yr

TL;DR

  • Boutique HQ market on the river.
  • Established tier — ~$58/sqft/yr.
  • Active Class A leasing market with deal flow across major broker desks.

Overview

Georgetown and the West End host DC's most boutique HQ tenants — investment management, legacy law, and consulting firms in low-rise Class A and converted historic stock.

Tenant profile

Investment management, boutique law, consulting, family offices.

Typical specification

15–40,000 sqft floor plates available across newer Class A stock; 9'+ slab-to-slab and modern MEP common.

Transit

Foggy Bottom-GWU (Orange, Silver, Blue).

Multi-modal transit captures the metro's principal professional catchment.

Amenities

Georgetown waterfront, M Street retail, Kennedy Center.

Comparable buildings

  • 1000 Wisconsin Avenue
  • 2401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Where Georgetown & West End sits in Washington DC

Georgetown & West End is one of 6 Class A submarkets we cover in Washington DC, classified as established tier with an average asking rent around $58/sqft/yr. Compared with the broader Washington DC Class A stock, Georgetown & West End typically attracts Investment management, boutique law, consulting, family offices and competes most directly with the city's other established submarkets on building specification, transit access, and amenitisation.

Adjacent submarkets to study alongside Georgetown & West End: East End, Central Business District, NoMa, Southwest Waterfront. The full Washington DC submarket atlas is at /cities/washington-dc.

Topic deep-dives for Georgetown & West End

For an institutional Class A occupier evaluating Georgetown & West End, the highest-leverage analyses to commission next are the rent benchmark, the concession-package comparable, and the ESG performance baseline. Class A Atlas covers each as a dedicated topic page for this submarket:

Related glossary

Terminology specific to Washington DC Class A leasing and to the established tier: Class A, Trophy asset, Effective rent, Concession package, TI allowance, Submarket tier.

Editorial provenance

Reviewed by Miriam Hollander — Lead market analyst. Last updated 2026-04-15. See our methodology and editorial standards.

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