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BETHESDA, MD. — A joint venture of LCOR and USAA Real Estate Co. is planning to build a 362,000-square-foot office building for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in March. The 14-story property, which will be located in the North Bethesda Center in Bethesda, is expected to deliver by July 2012. The NRC has signed a 15-year lease on the building and will staff the center with 1,300 employees. The architecture firm HOK designed the space to LEED Silver standards. Tim Hutchens of CB Richard Ellis’ Government Services Group and Phil McCarthy and Keith Foery of Transwestern represented the developers in the agreement. Studley represented the General Services Administration on behalf of the NRC.