{"id":67480,"date":"2021-03-08T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retrofitmagazine.com\/?p=67480"},"modified":"2022-06-09T10:30:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T14:30:35","slug":"former-office-building-is-reinterpreted-as-a-mixed-use-residential-high-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retrofitmagazine.com\/former-office-building-is-reinterpreted-as-a-mixed-use-residential-high-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Office Building Is Reinterpreted as a Mixed-use Residential High-rise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The new occupants of 2470 Mandeville Lane in Alexandria, Va., are no longer suited government employees working in cubicles. Once serving as the home to the U.S. Department of Defense, the 741,000-square-foot office building has been converted into The Foundry, a residential tower comprising 520 units and 25,000 square feet of retail space and parking. Designed by Cooper Carry, in partnership with Perseus TDC, the office-to-residential transformation is not only the largest adaptive-reuse project of its kind in the mid-Atlantic region, but also a harbinger of a rising trend among developers in the D.C. region and beyond to reimagine old structures\u2014particularly former offices\u2014for innovative use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n