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Mysterious power outages in Dupont Circle as high temperatures persist.

July 21, 2025 7:11 am

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Days after a transformer caught fire at a Pepco substation in Northwest D.C., hundreds of customers in the Dupont Circle neighborhood are still experiencing power outages. Shortly after midnight, on July 17, the D.C. Fire and EMS Department was dispatched to the Pepco substation in the 2140 N St. NW …

DC Commercial Real Estate Crisis: Dupont Circle Office Sells at 77% Discount, Reflecting Wider Market Turmoil; $8B in CMBS Loans, 18% Delinquency in October

November 20, 2023 10:01 pm

DC Commercial Real Estate in Crisis: Dupont Circle Office Building Sells at 77% Discount, Plunging $72M from 2016 Price. The $21M transaction is over $50M less than 2019, with the previous owner, a co-working company, defaulting on a $65M loan. Amidst reports of owners surrendering keys to lenders, the city is in the early stages …