20 M Street, SE Opens Two New Dining Choices in the Capitol Riverfront District

Washington, D.C., December 23, 2014 - 20 M Street, SE, Lerner’s 190,000 square foot LEED® Gold certified 10-story office tower, opened two new dining choices to the many residents, Nationals fans and office workers in the fast growing Capitol Riverfront District of Washington, D.C.. The Big Stick – Brats & Brew, a new restaurant concept from Justin Ross on the corner of Half and M Streets, SE, and Subway Café, the #1 restaurant chain’s upscale business oriented concept located on M Street, SE, are the newest dining choices just two blocks from Nationals Park. The building and restaurants are directly across from a Navy Yard Metro Rail Station.

“We are pleased to add new amenities to our tenants at 20 M Street, SE and to the fast growing Capitol Riverfront District,” said Mark D. Lerner, a principal of Lerner, developer of 20 M. Street, SE. “With a location less than two blocks to Nationals Park, proximity to tens of thousands of residents and office workers, and situated directly across from the Navy Yard Metro Station, we expect The Big Stick and Subway Café to be well supported and both are a fine addition to the building,” he added.

Home to Booz | Allen| Hamilton, The Bureau of Land Management, Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc, and The Columbia Group, 20 M Street (20MStreetSE.com) is the first office building in Washington, D.C. to achieve LEED® Gold certification for Core and Shell. The state-of-the-art building is located at the intersection of M and Half Streets in the Capitol Riverfront District (CapitolRiverfront.org; JDLand.com) and is directly across from the Navy Yard Metro Station and two blocks from Nationals Park, home of the Washington Nationals Baseball Club (Nationals.com).

About Lerner Enterprises

Based in Rockville, Maryland, Lerner (Lerner.com) was founded by Theodore N. Lerner in 1952 and, is one of Washington, D.C.'s largest private real estate developers. The company is involved in all phases of commercial, residential, retail, hotel and mixed-use real estate including planning, development, construction, leasing and asset and property management. Lerner has developed and currently manages more than 20 million square feet of office buildings, retail centers and residential communities. Lerner's office portfolio is comprised of many well-known developments including: The Corporate Office Centre at Tysons II (Tysons2.com), Tysons, VA; 2000 Tower Oaks Boulevard (TowerOaks.com) with LEED® Platinum Certification, Rockville, MD; The Corporate Office Park at Dulles Town Center (DullesTownCenter.com), Dulles, VA; Washington Square (WashingtonSquareDC.com), Washington, D.C.; Fallsgrove Village Office Center (FallsgroveOffice.com), Rockville, MD; White Flint North, North Bethesda, MD; 20 M Street, SE (20MStreetSE.com) with LEED® Gold Certification, Washington, D.C.; 1133 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C.; Flint Hill Park (FlintHillPark.com), Fairfax, VA; and 7799 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA, among many others. 2000 Tower Oaks Boulevard, Lerner’s corporate headquarters, was internationally recognized in the World’s Greenest Book by Jerry Yudelson and Ulf Meyer.

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