Metro owns more than 1,000 acres of property in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia that is comprised of rail stations, rail yards, track structures, parking facilities, bus loops, maintenance facilities, and office buildings. Managing these real estate assets is critical to supporting rail, bus, MetroAccess operations, and administrative functions.

Metro proactively works to create transit-oriented real estate development and communities around stations though the Joint Development Program to generate new transit ridership and fare revenue, improve access and circulation, foster local economic development and increase tax revenue. Potential projects adjacent to Metro property and facilities are reviewed to determine their impact on transit operations, assess required permits and arrange necessary oversight and coordination through the Adjacent Construction Program.

Metro properties that are no longer needed for its own use are listed for sale as an excess property or lease.

For information on commercial and non-commercial permitted activities on Metro property, see Metro's Use Regulations (not applicable to Joint Development, adjacent construction, environmental and geotechnical testing, and activities conducted by other transit agencies and utility companies on Metro property).