Sodexo Moving US Headquarters To New North Bethesda Office Building

BETHESDA, MD — Food services management company Sodexo is moving its U.S. headquarters from Gaithersburg to a new office building in North Bethesda, according to Federal Realty Investment Trust, developer of the building.

The Paris-based company’s U.S. division is scheduled to move into a 52,000-square-foot office in Federal Realty’s 24-acre Pike & Rose mixed-use development in spring 2024.

Sodexo’s decision to move its U.S. headquarters from Gaithersburg to North Bethesda "continues to solidify Pike & Rose as the office destination in Montgomery County," Stuart Biel, senior vice president of Federal Realty, said in a statement Wednesday.

The new 276,000-square-foot office building, with a 915 Meeting Street address, is currently under construction. Choice Hotels International Inc. also has signed a long-term lease to occupy 105,000 square feet of the building, Federal Realty said.

The 16-story building will feature 9,600 square feet of ground floor retail and 700 dedicated parking spaces. It will also have a rooftop conference center and a fitness center.

Along with office space, the Pike & Rose area of North Bethesda has more than 400,000 square feet of retail, services, dining and entertainment. The new office building construction comes following the opening of Pike & Rose’s 300,000-square-foot office building at 909 Rose, which includes Bank of America, Industrious, JLL, OneDigital and Federal Realty’s corporate headquarters as tenants.