Montgomery County doubles down in effort to eradicate office vacancies (Video)

Montgomery County is doubling down on a program intended to incentivize companies to lease office space in the area with the ambitious goal of eliminating office vacancies entirely at a time when the D.C. region’s office market is as soft as it has been in years.

Companies of any type except for retail stores and restaurants are now eligible for a grant of $8 per square foot if they lease up to 10,000 square feet of Class A or B office space in Montgomery County for the first time. That rate went…