New retail space at Hyatt Regency Bethesda (Photo)

Bethesda real estate firm Streetsense is marketing a new retail space steps away from its Bethesda Metro Center headquarters. The new 4800 SF space will be delivered in the 4th Quarter of 2016. Streetsense is touting the space's "great exposure on Wisconsin Avenue," one of the highest-traveled state highways in Montgomery County.

The space is in the front right corner of the Hyatt Regency Bethesda hotel, at 1 Bethesda Metro Center. I wouldn't mind getting a new restaurant in that space.

This is the first public sign of changes under the new leadership of the Meridian Group, which reacquired the hotel this past May with new partner Highgate Hotels. At that time, the partners promised to "return it back to a premier asset at that location."

Three years earlier, the hotel was sold at auction.

FIRE AT HYATT BETHESDA HOTEL (PHOTOS)

Update 2:34 AM: Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School is being opened as a shelter for Hyatt Bethesda fire evacuees.  MCFRS Public Information Officer Scott Graham has confirmed one critical injury in Hyatt Bethesda fire. Generator-powered fans are providing some ventilation from the building. Firefighters are conducting a floor-by-floor search of the hotel.

* New photos added.

A 2-alarm electrical fire at the Bethesda Hyatt Regency has caused the evacuation of 430 guests. Fire operations are ongoing. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue has requested a canteen truck, and a staging area is being set up at Pumphrey's Funeral Home on Wisconsin Avenue.

Sprinkler systems have deployed in the hotel, according to one report, and there is an unconfirmed report of one injury.

Additional units from Kensington and DC have joined the operation.

Firefighters have requested Ride On and Metrobuses, and 4 are end route to the scene to pick up evacuees.

Stay tuned here and on Twitter at @BethesdaRow for more details.