Diplomatic Offices Coming to Wisconsin Ave.

The embassy for Romania appears to be opening offices in the former Long and Foster building at Wisconsin Ave. and Reservoir Rd. This information comes from a recent filing with the old Georgetown Board.

The filing relates primarily to security upgrades for the building:

Recently I’ve been wondering what was going into this building. Peeking in I could see they were constructing teller windows, which made me suspect a bank was moving in. But now I see that the windows will be manned by consular employees, not bank employees.

I do not believe this will be the capital “E” embassy for Romania. They currently use the far more elegant Embassy Row mansion on Sheridan Circle for that:

So I think the Georgetown building will be strictly a consular office, but time will tell.