Want to be in the heart of Washington, DC, closest to zooming to all the sights, business, federal government, fine restaurants, nightlife and pubs?  Make Metro Center your home and you’ll be steps from just about everything you’d want, either by foot or Metro subway and transfer lines to the entire DC metropolitan area. 

Metro Center condos for sale rose steadily in the past decade with the construction of high-rises, which are among the best places to get situated in the DC area for luxury living.  You’ll enjoy the best unit features available for pampering, in appliances and accoutrements, be able to take advantage of highly attentive concierge services, and sashay through magnificent lobbies with superior amenities.   

As investments, Metro Center condos for sale will hold their value and rise while savings can be made through market discounts and negotiations.   

Lease a Metro Center condominium for rent and enjoy unmatched deals for the location and premiere lifestyle.  You’ll have few responsibilities and can busy yourself instead with the plethora of activities close by.   

Make a Metro Center condo for vacation rental your accommodations for all your DC visits—whether a short jaunt for the Cherry Blossom Festival or Smithsonian Folklife Festival or a consulting contract for several months.   

Walk toward Pennsylvania Avenue for work or business or look east just to gaze at the Capitol Rotunda.  A few blocks further is the National Mall not far from the Potomac River.  Or, come the holidays, go west toward the White House to ogle at the seasonal decorations with the towering evergreen all it up and symbols for a variety of cultural observances.  Even if you can’t even stand up on skates, stop by the Mall’s ice rink to watch those who can. 

Metro Center’s featured attraction is Ford’s Theater where you can see plays as President Abe Lincoln did and pay homage to him via the museum and his preserved box seats.   

The subway at Metro Center connects the red, blue and orange lines to points in DC, Maryland and Virginia.  Scoot west to Foggy Bottom and the Kennedy Center or east to Eastern Market for fresh produce and crafts vendors.  You’ll be two stops south on the red line from Dupont Circle and one east from Gallery Place/Chinatown. Frequent Chinatown for both authentic Chinese cuisine and modern fusion with American and other fares and for the annual Chinese New Year parade and festivities near the Chinatown gate. Go also for the MCI Center and International Spy Museum.  You’ll be close also to the Shakespeare and Woolly Mammoth Theaters.   

Perhaps you’ll work near Judiciary Square, the next stop, or next, use Union Station for Amtrak, movies or the adjacent Senate side of Congress.  Or, connect at Gallery Place/Chinatown to the yellow and green lines. 

Back home, whether you’re a journalist, pitching news to reporters or just want to take in the history, shop, or sit for a spell and eat, make it a point to visit the National Press Club.  You’ll find one-of-a-kind stores and atrium “al fresco” dining. 

See Broadway tours and headliner comics at the Warner and National Theaters.  Stroll to the plaza on Pennsylvania Avenue for free outdoor concerts and other special events.  

You’ll get regular exercise bopping around or riding comfort in the subway.  Whatever you want, there will be something for you.