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[202_Cyclist]

Excellent news for Glover Park. The Trader Joe's that is part of the Hine School development at Eastern Market will open this Friday.

Trader Joe’s Confirmed For New Glover Park Development

Sept. 26, 2017
Urban Turf

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"The rumors have been swirling for years, but news comes today that seems to confirm that Trader Joe’s is coming to Glover Park.

Eat DC tweeted earlier today that Trader Joe’s has filled a liquor license application for 2101 Wisconsin Avenue NW, the former Holiday Inn site that is being transformed into a 225-unit development from JBG. The Holiday Inn closed in late 2015, and JBG acquired the leasehold interest in the property from 2101 Wisconsin Associates LLP in June of last year..."

https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/trader_joes_confirmed_for_new_glover_park_development/13059

[202_Cyclist]

This is excellent news for L'Enfant Plaza.

555 E Street Lands Hotel Flag


Oct. 6, 2017

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"Plans for the former Engine 13 firehouse site at 555 E Street have come into focus, a couple years after the first phase (a mixed-use Hyatt Place/firehouse project) opened down the street. A second hotel is planned by E Street Development, along with a mixed-income residential component and 10,750 SF of ground floor retail. The 253-key hotel has been identified as a citizenM hotel, a European brand hotel known for providing “affordable luxury...."

http://www.swtlqtc.com/2017/10/555-e-street-lands-hotel-flag.html

[202_Cyclist]

BOOM! Anacostia would be a good place to invest in property. There is a tremendous amount of development south of the Mall and this is right next to Joint Base Bolling and one metro stop away from the businesses at the Capitol Riverfront/Navy Yard.

More Retail and Metro Improvements For Massive Poplar Point Redevelopment

October 10, 2017
By Nena Perry-Brown
Urban Turf

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"Three months ago, UrbanTurf reported on the amended design for a proposed five-building development at Poplar Point. Now, the development has submitted additional renderings, a plan for Anacostia Metro and a commitment for additional retail at the site in preparation for a zoning review..."

https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/more_retail_and_metro_improvements_planned_for_poplar_point_redevelopment/13106

[202_Cyclist]

My wife, a couple of friends, and I went to the grand opening of the Wharf yesterday in Southwest DC. There will be events all weekend to celebrate the opening. The light was a bit poor and the weather was misty last night, so the photos aren't as good as they could be. Regardless, PN Hoffman did an amazing job with the Wharf. There are some great public spaces, including a pier, several new restaurants, new retail, and two impressive concert venues.

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[202_Cyclist]

Here are some more photos that I took of the new Wharf development from this Saturday, when the sun was out.

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[dlg569]

Citylab had a write-up on The Wharf.


https://www.citylab.com/design/2017/10/the-problem-with-fast-casual-architecture/542934/

[202_Cyclist]

41 Apartments Between a Restaurant and a Lounge: The Plans for Tenleytown’s Dancing Crab

October 13, 2017
By Nena Perry-Brown
Urban Turf

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"The owners of the former Dancing Crab, a restaurant that was once a staple in Tenleytown, are interested in replacing the property with a mixed-use development.

Last night, owners Carlos Horcasitas and his wife May-May Au Huie shared with ANC 3E early concepts to replace the former Dancing Crab at 4615 Wisconsin Avenue NW with a six or seven-story building containing 41 studio and one-bedroom apartments above a sit-down restaurant and below a rooftop lounge. Twelve percent of the units would be set aside for inclusionary zoning...."

https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/41_apartments_between_a_restaurant_and_a_lounge_the_plans_for_the_dancing_c/13127

[202_Cyclist]

Last night I was walking to the bus and I saw this building permit posted on the door of 716 L Street, SE. The building is currently a vacant 3-story building, across the street from the blue castle and next to the Brig. I've thought this would be a great location for another restaurant on the ground floor because of the wide sidewalk on this section of L Street.

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[202_Cyclist]

DC is getting Richard Branson’s Virgin Hotel

By Jeff Clabaugh
October 23, 2017
WTOP

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The hotel will have 178 rooms, or what Virgin Hotels calls "Chambers and Grand Chamber Suites," several restaurants and bars, a coffee shop, panoramic rooftop lounge with an infinity pool and multiple meeting and events spaces. (Image courtesy of WTOP)

"WASHINGTON — D.C. will be one of the first markets in the U.S. to have a Virgin Hotels, a lifestyle hotel brand by Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson.

The hotel will be in Northeast D.C.’s Union Market neighborhood. It is expected to open in the fall of 2019.

D.B. Lee Development & Construction and Brook Rose Development will develop the new property..."

https://wtop.com/business-finance/2017/10/dc-getting-richard-bransons-virgin-hotel/

[202_Cyclist]

A Preview of the Residential Design Planned for Fannie Mae Redevelopment

November 1, 2017
By Nena Perry-Brown
Urban Turf

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A rendering of Building 3 as seen from the north courtyard.

"Last week, the Fannie Mae redevelopment team met with the community to share a more fleshed-out concept for the site at 3900 Wisconsin Avenue NW. They also shared some architectural elements and concepts they have in mind for the residential buildings on the site..."

https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/a_preview_of_the_residential_design_planned_for_fannie_mae/13206?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=Wednesday+November+1st%2C+2017&utm_medium=headline

[202_Cyclist]

Who'd have thought? If you increase the supply of housing, prices will moderate.

Rents are finally falling in D.C. as new apartment projects boost housing options

By Aaron Gregg
October 29. 2017
Washington Post

"Average rents at the District’s higher-end apartment buildings have turned lower over the past year, research firm Delta Associates found, as a surge of new projects in the Southwest Waterfront area brings fresh competition to recently gentrified neighborhoods in the middle of the city....

District residents filled 11,126 new apartments during the past 12 months, Delta Associates found, making the Washington area the fourth-busiest one for adding rentals behind Dallas, Houston and Atlanta. There are relatively few apartment vacancies here compared with elsewhere...."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/rents-are-finally-falling-in-dc-as-new-apartment-projects-boost-housing-options/2017/10/29/86ac95c4-bb2d-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html?utm_term=.d5cce3eddba5

[ITB495]

Ditto Residential and OPaL LLC are moving forward jointly to develop Watkins Alley at 1309 E Street SE in the Hill East section of Capitol Hill. The site, which currently hosts a warehouse, an auto repair shop and a parking lot, will be redeveloped into 45 new homes, comprising 30 three- and four-bedroom townhouse-style condos, 8 two-bedroom flats, 6 loft units, and a detached carriage house. Construction is expected to kick off in 2018.

http://www.dittodc.com/watkins-alley

To view other Ditto and OPaL projects, both present and past, check out:

http://www.dittodc.com/index#our-work

http://www.opaldc.com/now-selling

[ITB495]

Site prep appears to be underway for CAS Riegler's 1401 Penn in Hill East. The 7-story project will feature 167 units over ground floor retail.

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CAS Riegler/1401 Penn

http://casriegler.com/projects/1401penn/

Follow the project via the live Oxblue webcam:

https://app.oxblue.com/open/EB5Capital/Dashboard

[ITB495]

Lock 7 Development, LLC, recently updated its projects homepage, adding several new developments.

These include:

The Brookland 11 units, 3614–16 12th Street NE, Brookland
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Courtesy Lock 7 Development

The Irving 8 units, 705 Irving Street NW, Park View
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Courtesy Lock 7 Development

Shaw Alley Lots 3 two-unit flats, Glick Court (660–664) NW, Shaw
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Courtesy Lock 7 Development

And:
1736 Rhode Island Ave NE 63 units, affordable housing, Brookland
4016 Georgia Ave NW 9 units, Petworth

Lock 7 Development is one of the more active development firms in the Washington DC Metro area, bringing to market each year several small- and medium-sized projects. Many of the firm's projects are located in up and coming areas of DC, harbingers, to a certain extent, of a changing city. Projects range from 2-unit rowhouse conversions to larger 40-60 unit developments.

For a more complete rundown of Lock 7's work, check out their projects page and blog:

http://lock7.com/projects/

http://lock7.com/blog/#blog-section

[202_Cyclist]

A First Look at Design Concepts for the Georgetown Canal

November 2, 2017
By Nena Perry-Brown
Urban Turf


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A rendering of a potential design for the new Georgetown Canal. (Image courtesy of Urban Turf).

"There are some bold new designs for the Georgetown Canal.

Earlier this year, Georgetown Heritage (GH), the National Park Service (NPS) and the architecture and design firm James Corner Field Operations began presenting concepts and considerations for the planned revitalization of the C&O Canal in Georgetown to the community. On Thursday night, the community got its first look at potential design concepts for the mile-long site..."

https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/a_first_look_at_design_concepts_for_the_c_and_o_canal/13214

[202_Cyclist]

Here are some photos I took of Audi Field (the new DC United stadium) that is under construction in Buzzard Point. I am impressed with how rapidly construction is progressing.

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A crane lifting a crane.
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[ITB495]

Trammell Crow has broken ground on Sentinel Square III, the third building of its massive 1.3 million-square-foot Sentinel Square project in NoMa. The 11- story office building at 45 L Street NE will be the new home of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which is moving from the Portals complex in southwest DC. Clark Construction has been tapped to build the 545,000-square-foot building that will deliver in 2020.

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Courtesy Trammel Crow Co.

Webcam: https://app.oxblue.com/open/clarkconstruction/underconstruction

Other links:

http://rebusinessonline.com/trammell-crow-inks-473000-sf-lease-for-new-fcc-headquarters-in-d-c/

http://www.trammellcrow.com/EN/o/washington-dc/Media-Center/Pages/TCC-Completes-Sale-of-Sentinel-Square-III.aspx

[202_Cyclist]

Here are a couple of photos I took last Friday of development around the Navy Yard/Capitol Riverfront.

8th and I Street, SE
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816 Potomac Ave, SE
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2nd Place and I Street, SE
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[jtown,man]

I went to DC this weekend to see my dads new apartment near the Nationals baseball stadium. The amount of development is insane. Looks like pretty high quality builds too. That is all. I was impressed.

[202_Cyclist]

I went to DC this weekend to see my dads new apartment near the Nationals baseball stadium. The amount of development is insane. Looks like pretty high quality builds too. That is all. I was impressed.

Not to be a creeper but do you know which building the apartment is at? We live in the neighborhood. If you come back in six months, you won't recognize the neighborhood, with all of the new development.

[jtown,man]

Not to be a creeper but do you know which building the apartment is at? We live in the neighborhood. If you come back in six months, you won't recognize the neighborhood, with all of the new development.

70 Capital Yards I think? There is a surface parking lot across the street which I cannot imagine will last too much longer, it is an exciting area, looking forward to heading that way in a few weeks.

[202_Cyclist]

70 Capital Yards I think? There is a surface parking lot across the street which I cannot imagine will last too much longer, it is an exciting area, looking forward to heading that way in a few weeks.

There is indeed a development planned for that surface parking lot. We live in one of the three Capitol Yards buildings. They are nice apartments.

[202_Cyclist]

Here are a couple of photos of development next to Union Market that I took on Saturday.

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[ITB495]

301 Florida Avenue, NE
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Courtesy Ditto Residential

Ditto Residential's development at 301 Florida Ave., NE, will move forward after the D.C Court of Appeals last week dismissed an appeal of the D.C. Zoning Commission's 2016 order approving the mixed-use project. With the appeal issue now resolved, it is anticipated Ditto will break ground on the 56-unit, 71,000 SF building in the spring of 2018.

The Court of Appeals's ruling is significant as five other major developments (listed below) in the Union Market neighborhood are currently in limbo due to appeals of zoning approvals still pending in court.

• Foulger-Pratt's Press House at Union District development at 301 N St., NE; 372 units, a 175-room hotel, 30K retail

• JBG Smith and Gallaudet University's multi-building development along 6th St., NE, comprising 1,700 residential units, as well as office and academic space

• Kettler's Market Terminal project, a 4-building development north of Florida Ave., NE; 800 residential units, office space, and retail

• Trammell Crow's development at the Central Armature Works' site, planned to include 450 rental units, 200 condos, a hotel, and retail

• a 64-unit residential project by J Street Development at Congress St. and L Street, NE

Press House at Union District
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Courtesy Foulger-Pratt

https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/construction-development/court-dismisses-appeal-of-dittos-union-market-project-after-16-months-81960

https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2017/11/28/d-c-appeals-court-backs-one-union-market-project.html

[ITB495]

The Perla, 810 O Street, NW
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Courtesy: Four Points/MAC Realty Advisors via Bisnow Washington

Four Points, LLC, has commenced construction on its 66-unit condo project at 810 O Street, NW, in Shaw. In early November, the developers were able to secure financing, facilitated by MAC Realty Advisors, after the court turned down an appeal of the Zoning Commission's earlier approval of the project.

The 9-story project will feature 6,800 SF of retail and an underground garage with 68 parking spaces. Nestled between the convention center area and the lively U Street district, the development will further enliven the 9th Street, NW, corridor.

https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/mixed-use/shaw-project-lands-49m-in-financing-to-move-forward-after-court-dismisses-appeal-82084

https://www.macrealtyadvisors.com/wp-content/uploads/810-O-Street-Press-Release.pdf

[dc_denizen]

When do you folks think the last empty lots in NoMa and north capitol will be filled?

[ITB495]

When do you folks think the last empty lots in NoMa and north capitol will be filled?
It may be 10-15 years before it fills out completely. Even though the area has experienced tremendous development since the year 2000, there are bound to be development sites here and there tied up with some issue—legal, financial, tax, estate, etc. Moreover, some future projects may struggle to get off the ground, particularly if lending institutions significantly pull back in DC. And if there's another recession, virtually all development likely will come to a screeching halt for several months, if not a year or two. For the time being, however, the current development boom shows little sign of slowing.

Here's the NoMa BID's September 2017 development update:

https://www.nomabid.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/09/Development-Map-September-2017.pdf

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Courtesy: NoMa BID

https://www.nomabid.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/09/Development-Map-September-2017.pdf

As detailed in the map table, more than 15,000,000 SF of development is still "planned." It may take some time for it all to come to fruition.

The NoMa BID website is a wonderful cornucopia of facts and figures, as well development updates, for the rapidly evolving neighborhood.

https://www.nomabid.org/
https://www.nomabid.org/mapsstudies/

Interactive NoMa Development Pipeline Map:
https://www.nomabid.org/pud-pipeline/

[ITB495]

The project to build a new Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge, as well as associated new traffic ovals and roadways, will move forward, as the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) gave its approval to the design concept in late November. In an earlier review, the CFA had deemed the design "too industrial" and lacking "grace," and had asked for modifications. On further review by the CFA, and after additional consultations with District officials, the design, with unspecified tweaks, was given the Commission's blessing. Construction is expected to start this winter, with completion in 2021.

Design of the new Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge
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Courtesy: District of Columbia Department of Transportation via WAMU 88.5

https://wamu.org/story/17/11/28/commission-approves-modern-new-look-frederick-douglass-memorial-bridge/

The new 6-lane bridge—which will cross the Anacostia River connecting South Capitol Street to the I-295 and the Suitland Parkway—will offer a more welcoming connectivity between downtown DC and the neighborhoods east of the river. As important, if not more so, are the new traffic ovals at each end of the new span. These ovals, which blend smoothly into the street grid of DC, will create expansive, accessible green spaces and, later, offer locations for the placement of new monuments. The important of their creation and value to the city may not be known for several years.

A rendering of the bridge showing the new traffic ovals
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Courtesy: District of Columbia Department of Transportation via Curbed Washington DC

https://dc.curbed.com/2017/8/10/16127036/frederick-douglass-memorial-bridge-rendering

Link to CFA letter of approval:
https://www.cfa.gov/records-research/project-search/cfa-16nov17-6

[Busy Bee]

It's a good looking bridge. It does seem to lack a certain je ne sais quoi I can't quite put my finger on. It might be the ratio of the arch length to arch height. They may be a bit short for optimal grace. Otherwise its quite promising especially the new oval traffic circles and the rest of the urban design.

[dlg569]

Speaking of the Frederick Douglass Bridge, I did a run along the Anacostia River Trail thru Navy Yard and across the Frederick Douglass Bridge. Here are a few photos from my phone:

Looking Southwest toward the Frederick Douglass Bridge - soccer stadium construction on left, and DC Water Building construction on the right.

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Looking North from the bridge toward Navy Yard:

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New DC Water building:

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Looking Southwest from the bridge toward the soccer stadium:

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[202_Cyclist]

Related Companies Proposes 300-Unit Residential Development at Navy Yard

December 4, 2017
by UrbanTurf Staff

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Image courtesy of Urban Turf.

https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/related_companies_proposes_300_units_at_navy_yard/13323

[ITB495]

More bridge news. The National Park Service announced Friday, December 1, that it has given the green light to a $227 million project to rehabilitate the Arlington Memorial Bridge. In 2015, the 85-year-old bridge was deemed structurally deficient, and heavy trucks and buses were banned from using it. The project will commence in the fall of 2018 and is expected to extend the bridge's life span another 85 to 100 years.

Link to Washington Post article. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/effort-to-fix-aging-arlington-memorial-bridge-receives-a-227-million-boost/2017/12/01/f71f7e00-d6d2-11e7-b62d-d9345ced896d_story.html?utm_term=.d13574d1dd94)

Arlington Memorial Bridge
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Another perspective of the bridge looking northwest toward the Rosslyn area of Arlington, Virginia
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[ITB495]

Construction of Brick Lane's The Lamont at 650 Lamont St., NW, in Park View has topped out with exterior work to begin soon. The 15,000 SF building will feature nine large apartments and ground floor retail.

The Lamont
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Courtesy Brick Lane via their website. (http://www.bricklanedc.com/650-lamont-street-nw)

Other current Brick Lane (http://www.bricklanedc.com/) projects in DC listed on their website include:


The Shirley 2911 Rhode Island Ave., NE / 100 units with ground floor retail
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Courtesy Brick Lane via their website. (http://www.bricklanedc.com/the-shirley)

Mercer Lofts 1021–1027 Bladensburg Road, NE / 30 units and ground floor retail
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Courtesy Brick Lane via their website. (http://www.bricklanedc.com/bladensburg-road)

The Truxton 10 Florida Ave., NW / 8 units and ground floor retail
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Courtesy Brick Lane via UrbanTurf DC (https://dc.urbanturf.com/pipeline/658/The_Truxton/)

Note: The Truxton (http://www.thetruxtondc.com/) has already delivered and is fully leased.

The Helicopter Factory 770 Girard Street, NW / 15 units
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Courtesy Brick Lane via their website. (http://www.bricklanedc.com/project-example-2)

Note: The Helicopter Factory (http://www.thehelicopterfactory.com/) delivered in 2016.

The Hermosa 80–84 P St., NW in Truxton Circle / 7 units
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Courtesy Brick Lane via their website. (http://www.bricklanedc.com/8084-p-street-nw)

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Groundbreaking: The Wren 965 Florida Ave., NW / 433 units

On November 30th, MRP Realty, along with partners JBG Smith and Ellis Development, held a groundbreaking ceremony for The Wren, a large mixed-use project at 965 Florida Ave., NW. Joining the development team in the festivities were District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and other dignitaries. The large apartment project will have 433 units, of which 132 will be affordable. A 43,000 SF Whole Foods Market will take space on the ground floor.

To facilitate the construction of the project's substantial number of affordable housing units, the site for the development—which was owned by the District of Columbia—was sold to MRP Realty on favorable terms. MRP Realty then partnered JBG Smith to move the project forward. Located two blocks from the U Street Metro station on the Green and Yellow Lines, the development will be, in some respects, a capstone to the eastern edge of DC's lively U Street Corridor.

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Courtesy MRP Realty via Bisnow. (https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/mixed-use/mrp-realty-jbg-smith-break-ground-on-whole-foods-anchored-shaw-project-82148)

Associated link:
http://www.mrprealty.com/965-florida-avenue-nw-dc/

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Anchor Tenant Signed: Boston Properties' Foggy Bottom Development 2100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW / 454,000 SF office/retail

Boston Properties has secured an anchor tenant for its Foggy Bottom/George Washington University development at 2100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW. The global law firm WilmerHale, which has a major presence in DC, will take upwards of 300,000 SF in the new glassy 454,000 SF building.

In December 2016, George Washington University selected Boston Properties to redevelop the GWU property at 2100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, and an adjacent building at 2121 I Street, NW. Combining the two sites, the new 11-story, one-building development will include at least 30K SF of retail.

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Courtesy Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects/Boston Properties via Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/office/boston-properties-in-talks-with-law-firm-anchor-for-foggy-bottom-project-74973)

Associated link:
https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2017/12/06/boston-properties-lands-anchor-tenant-for-its.html (Behind a paywall)

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Construction Update: Columbia Place • 9th and L Street, NW • multi-building development

Capstone Development and Quadrangle Development are nearing completion of Columbia Place, their large multi-structure development at 9th and L Street, NW, in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, DC. The project, which is adjacent to the Convention Center, consists of a 230-unit residential building and two hotels—a 310-room Courtyard by Marriott and a 190-room Residence Inn by Marriott. Also part of the project is the renovation of an historic apartment building on L Street, The Lurgan (built 1913), as well as several row houses on 9th Street, NW.

Construction of the new structures topped out earlier this year, and now are almost completely clad with the installation of windows currently underway. The project, which will feature two levels of underground parking, is expected to complete in August 2018.

Columbia Place
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Courtesy Capstone Development/Quadrangle Development via the Capstone Development website. (http://www.capstonedevco.com/columbia-place/)
The perspective looking north with 9th Street, NW, on the right, and L Street, NW, on the left.

Columbia Place/2
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Courtesy Capstone Development/Quadrangle Development via the Capstone Development website (http://www.capstonedevco.com/columbia-place/)
The project's L Street, NW, presentation; looking slightly northeast. The smaller 5-story building between the larger structures is The Lurgan, the historic residential building mentioned above.

The Lurgan was designed by noted Washington, DC architect Appleton P. Clark Jr. Learn more about Appleton Clark here. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appleton_P._Clark_Jr.)

There are two construction cams for Columbia Place. Check them out at the Oxblue/EB5 Capital Dashboard here. (https://app.oxblue.com/open/EB5Capital/Dashboard)

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Development Update: The Canterbury • 3rd and G St., NW • Mixed-use project

Renaissance Céntro is seeking design concept approval from the Historic Preservation Review Board for its hotel/apartment development, The Canterbury, in the Judiciary Square area of downtown Washington, DC. The project, which has been in the works for five years, will repurpose The Harrison, one of the oldest residential buildings in the District, and join it with a new 12-story addition.

Located directly across the street from the massive Capitol Crossing development (http://capitolcrossingdc.com), the project will feature a restaurant on the ground floor, about 200 hotel rooms on floors two through seven and 65 residential units on the five floors above. The facade and critical exterior design elements of The Harrison will be retained and restored.

The Canterbury
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Courtesy Renaissance Centro via UrbanTurf DC. (https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/hotel_apartment_hybrid_planned_for_one_of_dcs_oldest_residential_buildings/13328)
The perspective looking northwest. 3rd Street, NW, is on the right, G Street, NW, on the left.

The Canterbury/2
https://assets.urbanturf.com/dc/images/blog/2017/12/canterbury4thng550.jpg
Courtesy Renaissance Centro via UrbanTurf DC. (https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/hotel_apartment_hybrid_planned_for_one_of_dcs_oldest_residential_buildings/13328)
The view of the project, looking northeast.

The Harrison Apartment Building, built in 1888, is the city's oldest surviving example of a conventional apartment building. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places September 7, 1994, the building is significant for its architecture as well as factors related to community planning and development.

The UrbanTurf DC article on The Canterbury development is linked here. (https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/hotel_apartment_hybrid_planned_for_one_of_dcs_oldest_residential_buildings/13328)

Associated links:
Renaissance Céntro (https://rencentro.com)
District of Columbia Directory of Historic Sites (http://planning.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/op/publication/attachments/Inventory 2009 0 Alpha Version 03 11.pdf)
NRHP listing of the Harrison Apartment Building (https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail?assetID=c964774c-b7ca-4246-a1aa-237ccfbe8656)

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I'm more and more impressed with DC these days. Every time I visit the city there's new things popping up and it has a nice vibe. Transit still sucks though - need to operate longer and more frequent.

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I'm more and more impressed with DC these days. Every time I visit the city there's new things popping up and it has a nice vibe. Transit still sucks though - need to operate longer and more frequent.

Indeed, the city has evolved significantly during the past 25 years, becoming much more vibrant and safer. In the 1980s and early 1990s, the development of office buildings downtown predominated the development scene. Gradually, in the early- to mid-1990s, attention shifted toward new residential development. It was a long time coming, after many, many years of disinvestment and population loss in the District. The development firm PN Hoffman (the name derives from the firm's two founders, Pete Nazelrod and Monty Hoffman) was one of the first to see an opportunity.

It was only 24 years ago, in 1993, that PN Hoffman—joint developer of District Wharf (https://www.wharfdc.com) with Madison Marquette—did its first project, Brooks Place (http://www.pnhoffman.com/my-product/brooks-place/), a row house to 6-unit condo conversion at 1605 16th Street, NW. The NW is not a typo. In the early 1990s, lower 16th Street NW—just a few blocks north of the White House—was, to put it politely, in need of a little investment.

Brooks Place • 1605 16th Street, NW
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Courtesy PNHoffman via their website. (http://www.pnhoffman.com/my-product/brooks-place/)

In the early 1990s, the elegant 16th Street NW building that was the former home of the Jewish Community Center of Washington DC was vacant and sealed up. After the Center had closed in 1968, the structure was put to various uses before ultimately falling into disuse by the early 1980s. At the time, the District considered using the building as a homeless shelter or a prison. As the city's renaissance began to take hold in the 1990s, the building was repurchased by the Jewish community and extensively restored. In January 1997, to considerable fanfare, the Washington DC Jewish Community Center (http://www.washingtondcjcc.org) reopened.

Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington DC • 1529 16th Street, NW
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Courtesy NCinDC via Flickr. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ncindc/9074005446/in/photolist-ePQDFL-6cierq-9TRaZo-oQrUKW-9TRai5-oQrt68-9TNmjv-ew9vE4-9TNnex-5PXNug-9TNmsD-9TNnxx-9TNn5F-9TNnoM-bCaqGd-9TRv9g-cjfCuG-9ypSMm-P4Fo-LiCQs-9TRarS-bW2RhP-gYToMb-84oUF1-9TRvjr-gYTpn7-4BBRfP-a88mV2-dNwAA-LiCQu-aDwTxk-aDx3X4-aDAJZo-yAv2A-JfhtKS-aDwTqD-TQHYwH-aDwTua-ew9vGK-ZtDqzd-aDwTkB-aJ53YK-gYUijn-ePQE9f-gYUikV-2UR5WJ-3cMrdU-cdpbBb-4BG9sE-gYUiaK)
The Jewish Community Center building in 2013.

District Wharf
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Courtesy Payton Chung via Flickr. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/37294973104/)
Opening weekend at The Wharf.

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There's another ice skating venue in the District, and it's located of all places at The Watergate Hotel. And, even more remarkable, it's a rooftop rink with an adjacent bar that sports fire pits and couches. This is an unusual, striking facility, to say the least.

According to an article published by Curbed Washington DC (https://dc.curbed.com/2017/11/13/16643652/watergate-hotel-ice-skating-rink), the ice rink, called "Top of the Skate," opened November 16th. While the rink is modest in size, measuring 20 feet by 70 feet, and usage fees tend toward the pricey, the views from the venue are reportedly stunning, offering a wide panoramic that includes Georgetown and the Potomac River, as well as downtown DC and the towers in the Rosslyn area of Arlington, Virginia.

The rooftop skating rink at The Watergate Hotel
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Courtesy The Watergate Hotel via Curbed Washington DC. (https://dc.curbed.com/2017/11/13/16643652/watergate-hotel-ice-skating-rink)

The Washington Post also had an article on the new rink, which can be found here. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/going-out-guide/wp/2017/11/10/skate-right-up-to-the-bar-at-the-watergate-hotels-new-rooftop-ice-rink/)

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111-Unit Residential Project at Meridian International Center Seeks Zoning Approval

December 15, 2017
by Nena Perry-Brown
Urban Turf

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New rendering as seen from 16th and Crescent Place (Image courtesy of Urban Turf).

"After more than two years of planning and striving to achieve a design and massing more compatible with the Meridian Hill Historic District, the Meridian International Center (MIC) was granted concept approval from the Historic Preservation Review Board this June for a new building on their site..."

https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/meridian_international_center_seeking_zoning_approval_for_111-unit_building/13377

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One of the major areas of development in DC in recent years has been the Capital Riverfront/Navy Yard district just south of Capitol Hill. Some call the area "Near Southeast." Before the area became a development hotspot, it was largely a forgotten corner of the city, consisting mainly of auto repair shops and edgy nightclubs that weren't really welcome elsewhere. The label Capital Riverfront was conceived to give the neighborhood a place-setting identity, but it hasn't caught on to the extent that some had hoped. Perhaps the neighborhood appellation might be better received if it was simply "Riverfront."

"Where do you live in DC"? Riverfront. Understood. Done.

The Riverfront area began to take shape when the new ballpark for the Washington Nationals was built on S. Capitol Street in 2008. A year earlier the U.S. Department of Transportation had moved its headquarters to the area, bringing with it a sizable daytime population of 7,000 workers. About the same time, the U.S. Navy shifted the major division NAVSEA from the Crystal City area of Arlington, VA, to the aging, but long-established Navy Yard base in DC. The move helped kickstart the revitalization of the base, while the new workers also provided some needed street activity to the neighborhood. Aside from a couple of office buildings and a residential co-op, Capitol Hill Tower, that were developed in the early 2000s, it's been only recently—the last 10 years or so—that numerous large-scale residential projects have joined the area's parade of development. Perhaps the most important factor in the area's renaissance has been the Metro station. Sited almost in the neighborhood's middle, the Green Line's Navy Yard-Ballpark station has proven time and again that transit can drive development.

A major step in the neighborhood's evolution occurred in 2004 when Forest City Washington scored a deal with the federal government to develop a desolate 48-acre plot of land adjacent to the Navy Yard. Since then, Forest City steadily has delivered building after building at the site, which is now called "The Yards." About a third of the expected build-out of 25 buildings has been completed or is under construction.

Here's a map that depicts the Capital Riverfront area and its location in the District of Columbia relative to the Capitol and the Southwest Federal Center area:

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Courtesy Google Earth/Google Maps.
Note the newly-built District Wharf along Washington Channel, just below the Southwest Federal Center.

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Courtesy Google Earth/Google Maps.
Closer look at the Capital Riverfront/Navy Yard neighborhood, with the compass points of north (top) east (right), etc. The Navy Yard is on the right. The area's main street, M Street, SE, runs east-west, roughly dividing the neighborhood in two. The U.S. Dept. of Transportation's two-building HQ complex is on M Street and can be identified by it green rooftop.

One company that has stepped forward to invest big-time in the Capital Riverfront area is WC Smith. (https://www.wcsmith.com) On the northern edge of the neighborhood, WC Smith is developing a trio of residential buildings, dubbed the The Collective. (https://thecollectivedc.com) Two buildings—the Park Chelsea and Agora—already have been completed. Taking space on the ground floor of Agora is a Whole Foods Market grocery store. Construction of the third building—The Garrett—is currently underway. In total, The Collective will deliver roughly 1100 new apartments to the Riverfront and the city. It was a gutsy call to move forward with the project when investment in the near southeast was seen by some as more risky than not.

The Garrett • 150 I Street, SE • Mixed-use/375 apartments and retail
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Courtesy WC Smith via JDLand.com. (http://www.jdland.com/dc/file-view.cfm?filename=drawings/garrett_2wi-55-201608-1.jpg)

http://www.jdland.com/dc/images/drawings/garrett_2wh-35-201608-1.jpg
Courtesy WC Smith via JDLand.com. (http://www.jdland.com/dc/file-view.cfm?filename=drawings/garrett_2wh-35-201608-1.jpg)
Another rendering of The Garrett.

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Courtesy Jacqueline Dupree via the website JDLand.com. (http://www.jdland.com/dc/garrett.cfm)
Excavation is now underway for The Garrett; photo was taken December 10, 2017.

To stay abreast of development in the Capital Riverfront area there is no better resource than the wonderful website JDLand.com. (http://www.jdland.com/dc/index.cfm) Check it out.

An interesting article about the development of The Yards can be found here. (https://www.reit.com/news/reit-magazine/march-april-2016/reshaping-communities-forest-citys-yards)

Here's the website for The Yards. (https://www.theyardsdc.com)

And, finally, here's WC Smith's The Collective. (https://thecollectivedc.com)

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To follow up on the above Capital Riverfront/Navy Yard post, here's a couple of photos that exemplify the development that has occurred in the neighborhood.

The Yards Park
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Courtesy Payton Chung via Flickr. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/37115139936/)
Looking north toward the grounds of The Yards Park and the District Winery building in the Capital Riverfront neighborhood. The park is located along the north waterfront of the Anacostia River about a mile south of the U.S. Capitol.

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Courtesy Payton Chung via Flickr. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/36909365290/)
Looking west along I Street, SE, toward ORE 82, a 227-unit apartment building that was completed in 2016. ORE 82 is located directly across New Jersey Avenue from the Park Chelsea, the first of the trio of buildings to be developed as The Collective by WC Smith.


More information about The Yards Park can be found here. (https://www.capitolriverfront.org/yards-park)

And here's the website for District Winery. (http://districtwinery.com)

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Since we've been talking about parks in the District of Columbia, let's take a closer look at Meridian Hill Park on the eastern edge of the Adams Morgan neighborhood and two adjacent projects that are in various stages of development.

Meridian Hill Park (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meridian_Hill_Park), which is sometimes called Malcolm X Park by local residents, is an historic urban park that was established by an Act of Congress in 1910. Construction of the park proceeded slowly as designs and architects changed, but, finally, in 1936, the park was deemed complete and then dedicated. The centerpiece of the park is an Italian Renaissance-style terraced fountain, comprised of thirteen basins. It is the longest fountain of its type in North America. The 12-acre park is managed by the National Park Service as part of Rock Creek Park, which is the District's largest contiguous swath of green space at 1,754 acres.

Located about one mile north of the White House, Meridian Hill Park is framed east and west by 15th and 16th streets, NW, respectfully, and by Euclid and W streets, NW, north and south. In many respects, the park is a quintessential city park, as it tends to attract mostly local residents, rather than tourists seeking to see a sight.

Meridian Hill Park
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Courtesy MrTinDC via Flickr. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_t_in_dc/1325039883/in/photolist-326bce-aEFpPu-573wG6-akcNHy-573y3P-ngmEMp-8TSPr-9QFNWn-ooaJF2-9QFPx2-aEByJn-aEBBdt-9QJGRU-9QFPkg-9ghoQo-aeshoU-9QJHRq-9u5Rbb-9QFRNa-9QFQsD-9eDWMH-aEFrr7-99GhsT-9QJFj9-577HL7-gwWX7E-aEByRB-9QJHX9-8Ub7p-b8akk2-aEFqsY-9QJHy7-9QFSCM-neis9K-aEFqTj-ngkP8z-neiJ2r-9Mx8iD-6ddArz-c7BtJ1-aEFr59-6ejKHV-9QFSPr-9QJJ9j-aEByoB-4BJW7o-9QJHKj-8TT1L-rcP4Qm-drqLTL)
The cascading fountain of Meridian Hill Park; looking north.

Located directly across 16th Street, NW, from Meridian Hill Park is the proposed residential project on the grounds of Meridian International Center (MIC), which was mentioned in an previous post by 202_cyclist. At present, MIC, the developer of the project, having just received concept approval from the Historic Preservation Review Board, is now seeking a special zoning exception for a section of the building. The elegant structure with its graceful curving staircase approaches from 16th Street will offer units with spectacular park views as well grand vistas of downtown DC.

Meridian Center International development • 2300 16th Street, NW
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Courtesy Meridian International Center; Perkins Eastman via Urban Turf DC. (https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/meridian_international_center_seeking_zoning_approval_for_111-unit_building/13377)
The proposed building is expected to comprise 111 units and an underground garage with 74 spaces. From this perspective, Meridian Hill Park is located off to the right.

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Courtesy Meridian International Center; Perkins Eastman via Urban Turf DC. (https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/meridian_international_center_seeking_zoning_approval_for_111-unit_building/13377)
The rear of the proposed development from Belmont Street, NW.

Meridian Hill Park
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Courtesy MrTinDC via Flickr. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_t_in_dc/5423800190/in/photolist-9ghoQo-ngmEMp-akcNHy-aEFpPu-eb7n8A-cR9yMJ-9QFNWn-aEFrJb-pY2kPq-8ciWK8-9QFNDX-ngm2pi-8a2fZZ-qXhxXn-9QFPx2-8ZbfU-addDhd-9u5Rbb-326bce-aEByJn-9QFPkg-aEFrr7-aEBBdt-6ejKHV-ooaJF2-8U9hD-9QFRNa-9QFQsD-9QJFj9-4DkchG-9QJHRq-6teX8r-neis9K-6jQDGN-oi7ZSp-ngkP8z-6ddArz-neiJ2r-8UaQW-aEByRB-aEFqsY-cR9qau-9QJHX9-9QJHy7-6teXcV-aEFqTj-9QFSCM-aEFr59-6ejHTp-8U6um)
A wintertime east/northeast panoramic view of Meridian Hill Park.

The large building on the far left in the above photo, a former dorm for Howard University—Meridian Hill Hall—is currently in the process of being redeveloped into a market-rate residential building by Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners in a joint venture with MacFarlane Partners.

Does the name Jair Lynch (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jair_Lynch) ring a bell, perchance? He's the former Olympic gymnast who transitioned to real estate and is now the principal of a major development firm based in the District. Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners has developed several significant projects in the DC area, including Solea on 14th Street, NW, and Anthology on H Street, NE, a 306-unit development.

Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners redevelopment project • 2601 16th Street, NW
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Courtesy Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners/Grunley Construction via the Grunley Construction website. (http://www.grunley.com/market-sectors/residential-hotel/project-details/1023)
The vacant Howard University dormitory prior to its conversion to a 206-unit residential building. Grunley Construction Company, Inc. is the project's general contractor.

The building that served for 49 years as a Howard University dorm has an interesting history. It was built in 1942 during WWII by the U.S. government as the Meridian Hill Hotel for Women, a housing facility for the "government girls" who worked in the offices downtown. As the building's design is International Style with elements of Modernism, the structure is now recognized by the National Park Service as a contributing structure in the Meridian Hill Historic District and is listed on the DC Inventory of Historic Sites.

Learn more about Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners and its projects here. (https://www.jairlynch.com)

And from the blog Streets of Washington, a wonderful piece about the history of the hotel/dorm at 2601 16th Street, NW, can be found here. (http://www.streetsofwashington.com/2016/03/the-meridian-hill-hotel-for-women.html)

[202_Cyclist]

446 Units, a Theater and a Diner: The Plans for the Last Parcel at Southwest’s Waterfront Station

January 9, 2018
By Nena Perry-Brown
Urban Turf

https://assets.urbanturf.com/dc/images/blog/2018/01/waterfrontsta-aerial550.jpg
Image courtesy of Urban Turf.

"Last night, PN Hoffman presented an evolved proposal for the Waterfront Station II site in Southwest in advance of filing a planned-unit development (PUD) application with the city.

Over two years since the District selected the PN Hoffman-led development team for the city-owned parcel at 1000 4th Street SW (map), the unit count and retail plans have changed. There will now be 446 residences, instead of 443, with 134 of those units set aside as affordable, half for households earning up to 30 percent of area median income (AMI) and the other half will be for households earning up to 50 percent AMI..."

https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/a-preview-of-the-plans-to-be-filed-for-last-parcel-at-waterfront-station/13429

[ITB495]

Madison Investments is angling to redevelop an entire block on 14th Street, NW. The seven story project, which will nestle between V and W Streets, NW, will be mixed-use, comprising 241 residential units, about 80 underground parking spaces, 25,500 SF of retail and 7,882 SF of commercial space.

As the block is currently zoned ARTS-3, the developers are seeking a special exception and variance. The application will be considered by the Board of Zoning Adjustment March 7.

https://assets.urbanturf.com/dc/images/blog/Marthas-looking-southwest.jpg
Courtesy Madison Investments via UrbanTurfDC. (https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/the-%20massive-residential-plans-for-marthas-table-former-14th-street-headqua/13430)
The perspective looking northwest; 14th Street, NW, is left, W Street, NW, right.

https://assets.urbanturf.com/dc/images/blog/Marthas-Looking-NW.jpg
Courtesy Madison Investments via UrbanTurfDC. (https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/the-%20massive-residential-plans-for-marthas-table-former-14th-street-headqua/13430)
The perspective looking northeast; 14th Street, NW, right, V Street, NW, left.

Associated link: Madison Investments. (https://www.facebook.com/Madison-Investments-A-Development-Company-340850537518/)

[202_Cyclist]

Redeveloping Greenleaf would be excellent for Southwest.

Greenleaf Redevelopment RFQ Released

SWTLQTC
Jan. 8, 2018

"After years of planning and delays, DCHA released a Request for Qualifications back in December for a co-developer to redevelop Greenleaf, the 15-acre public housing project that straddles M Street. Greenleaf was built in 1959 and currently contains 493 public housing units spread over 23 buildings..."

http://www.swtlqtc.com/2018/01/greenleaf-redevelopment-rfq-released.html

[202_Cyclist]

Here are a couple of photos I took while walking around this afternoon.

2 I Street, SE (https://www.capitolriverfront.org/go/2-eye)
https:////c1.staticflickr.com/5/4769/39662300452_8e2639f4eb_c.jpg

301 M Street, SW (http://301mdc.com/)
https:////c1.staticflickr.com/5/4723/24824803707_1171cc72f1_c.jpg

DC United stadium
https:////c1.staticflickr.com/5/4702/39662299652_cd0209ffe0_c.jpg

https:////c1.staticflickr.com/5/4659/38795987295_7d79deb10f_c.jpg

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4632/39693510691_6af5b6aaa2_z.jpg

[202_Cyclist]

I took this photo of a development on Florida Ave, NE, near Union Market two weeks ago. There is a tremendous amount of development planned for that area.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4635/39408543531_2bc4b533ea_c.jpg

[dlg569]

Construction has started on Lockwood Apartments - located on the 1300 block of E St SE and formerly the site of a trash truck parking log.

https://insightpropertygroupllc.com/project/lockwood-apartments/

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26814915_10214096271774368_6028381628934546155_n.jpg?oh=9c3f4517e895fd77add86e5235700739&oe=5AB27AC7

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/26815512_10214096272134377_9077311899461919906_n.jpg?oh=d42f1e1883c02ce833e019237ed1506e&oe=5AFA334E

[dlg569]

Across the street the Buchanan School conversion into condos with row-homes on the former grounds is almost complete.

http://www.buchananparkdc.com/school/

http://www.buchananparkdc.com/

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[ITB495]

The ongoing development boom in the District appears to be still going strong. It kicked off soon after the Great Recession eased in 2009 and now, almost 10 years later, remains on a hot and heavy pace. If the economy continues to hum along, we'll likely see another three or four years of robust building. The boom encompasses projects both large and small, with residential at the forefront. There is so much construction underway in the city and nearby suburbs it's a challenge to keep up with all the activity.

Capitol Riverfront Development
http://www.jdland.com/dc/images/thumbs/180118-cranefarm-thumb600.jpg
Courtesy Jacqueline Dupree via the JDLand.com. (http://www.jdland.com/dc/index.cfm)
Looking north from Nationals Park toward Half Street SE.

Development at Buzzard Point
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4749/25024922007_e4f5a2b9ed_b.jpg
Courtesy EB5Capital via the EB5Capital Projects Dashboard. (https://app.oxblue.com/open/EB5Capital/Dashboard)
This is screen shot from the live OxBlue webcam for 1900 Half Street, a Douglas Development conversion project on Buzzard Point in southwest DC. (1900 Half Street is the beige building in the middle background.) Also pictured on the right is construction of the new soccer stadium. With this webcam, we'll be able to follow the construction of the new Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge and its associated north traffic oval, which will be located about where the small red brick building is. The bridge project is expected to start this year.

The EB5Capital webcam dashboard can be found here. (https://app.oxblue.com/open/EB5Capital/Dashboard)

1900 Half Street Project
http://assets.urbanturf.com/dc/images/blog/2016/03/douglas_buzzrd_550.jpg
Courtesy Douglas Development via UrbanTurf DC. (https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/douglas_development_proposes_462-unit_mixed-use_project_for_buzzard_point/11022)
Rendering of Douglas Development's 1900 Half Street project. The mixed-use project will comprise 462 units and 24,000 SF of retail.

[202_Cyclist]

Thank you for posting this. It looks like construction has also started for 71 Potomac (adjacent to the webcam for 1900 Half Street). There was some discussion about this on JD Land yesterday.

[ITB495]

Thank you for posting this. It looks like construction has also started for 71 Potomac (adjacent to the webcam for 1900 Half Street). There was some discussion about this on JD Land yesterday.
Isn't that a great perspective of Buzzard Point and the Anacostia River? When it popped up on the EB5 Capital webcam dashboard, I felt it was something that needed to be shared with the larger SSP audience. Let me take this moment to thank you, 202_Cyclist, for all the photos you've taken and uploaded over the months and years. I'm sure there are many who appreciate your efforts as I do. And a big shout out to to dlg569 for the recent photos as well. Thumbs up!

For those not in the know, 71 Potomac is the second phase of a large 4-building development now called The Docks at Capitol Riverfront. Comprising 6 acres, the Docks' site runs along the Anacostia River directly south of Nationals Park. The first phase of the development—Dock79—a 9 story, 305-unit residential building was completed in the Fall of 2016. Developing the Docks is MRP Realty, a hard charging firm that quickly blossomed from its 2005 roots to become a major player in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions.

The Docks at Capitol Riverfront site
http://www.jdland.com/dc/images/overhead-ballparkse-40-200806-3.jpg
Courtesy Jacqueline Dupree via the website JDLand.com. (http://www.jdland.com/dc/floridarock.cfm)
The Docks at Capitol Riverfront site prior to development in June 2008; looking west.

Dock79
http://www.jdland.com/dc/images/2016/20160528-floridarock-1.jpg
Courtesy Jacqueline Dupree via the website JDLand.com. (http://www.jdland.com/dc/floridarock.cfm)
The view in late May 2016 as Dock79 nears completion.

71 Potomac
http://www.jdland.com/dc/images/drawings/floridarock-phase2-201701-riverview.jpg
Courtesy MRP Realty via the website JDLand.com. (http://www.jdland.com/dc/floridarock.cfm)
An undated rendering showing Dock79 (right) and 71 Potomac (left). Nationals Park peeks out from behind the buildings.

Associated link: MRP Realty. (http://www.mrprealty.com/)

[202_Cyclist]

Metro Approves Plan to Replace Deanwood Metro Parking Lot with Mixed-Use Development

January 25, 2018
by Nena Perry-Brown
Urban Turf

https://assets.urbanturf.com/dc/images/blog/2018/01/deanwoodsite550.jpg
Deanwood Metro redevelopment site. (Image courtesy of Urban Turf).

"Between explorations into offloading properties for commercial development and an agreement to redevelop the parking lot at College Park Metro station, WMATA is starting off the year with several repositionings. Now, a long-rumored redevelopment at the Metro station in Deanwood may be closer to becoming a reality.

WMATA has elected to move forward with eliminating the Park and Ride surface lot at Deanwood Metro station (map) to make way for a mixed-use development. The project would replace the 1.6-acre surface lot at the station, whose 194 spaces are vastly underutilized (roughly 36 percent of the spaces were used during the first half of the fiscal year)..."

https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/wmata-board-approves-moving-forward-to-replace-deanwood-metro-parking-lot-w/13493

[Fvn]

Anyone know when 300M St NE is gonna start construction? Webcam (on EB5 Capital Oxblue dashboard) has been up since August but no constriction activity.

[Dale]

Sorry if I missed it, but what is the status of the ambitious Union Station redevelopment plans ?

[ITB495]

Anyone know when 300M St NE is gonna start construction? Webcam (on EB5 Capital Oxblue dashboard) has been up since August but no constriction activity.
We're just going to have to be patient. They'll move forward when ready.

300 M Street NE
https://assets.urbanturf.com/dc/images/blog/2014/10/300m.jpg
Courtesy The Wilkes Company via Urban Turf DC. (https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/wilkes_company_plans_401-unit_mixed-used_development_in_noma/9100)

Sorry if I missed it, but what is the status of the ambitious Union Station redevelopment plans ?
Burnham Place at Union Station is still in development. This is an enormously complex collaborative project involving Akridge, a major DC real estate firm, and Amtrak and the Union Station Redevelopment Corporation, with inputs from, among others, DDOT, the FHWA and the FRA (Federal Railroad Administration). Before the project can move forward, the H Street Bridge (also known as the "Hopscotch" bridge) must first be replaced with a new, reinforced structure, and that has yet to get underway. A district representative states the new bridge should complete in either 2019 or 2020 (see link below). After that, how fast Burnham Place moves forward will depend on a myriad of factors. Again, we'll just have to be patient.

Burnham Place at Union Station
https://assets.urbanturf.com/dc/images/blog/2016/02/burnham550.jpg
Courtesy Akridge via Urban Turf DC. (https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/a_clearer_picture_of_burnham_place_timeline/10837)

Associated links:
• Urban Turf article: "An Updated Timeline for the Redevelopment of Burnham Place" (https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/a_clearer_picture_of_burnham_place_timeline/10837)
• Washington Business Journal article: "Union Station overhaul doesn't happen until H Street Bridge is rebuilt. Here's when that might happen." (https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/breaking_ground/2015/06/union-station-overhaul-doesnt-happen-until-h.html)
• Burnham Place at Union Station website (http://www.burnhamplace.com/index.html)

[dlg569]

Crane base installed at 1300 block of E St SE.

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/27332434_10214276831328244_967101239067179595_n.jpg?oh=2cb6c7d02a9e127e750ef76234f62cbe&oe=5B1625D5

[202_Cyclist]

Here are a couple of photos I took while walking around two weeks ago.

This is around 11th or 12th St, NW.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4607/40029914421_a7a606a3c9_c.jpg

Phase II of City Center.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4675/28250988469_a72f59dcbe_c.jpg

[202_Cyclist]

30 Apartments Atop a Restaurant: The Plans for a U Street Parking Lot

February 9, 2018
By Nena Perry-Brown
Urban Turf

https://assets.urbanturf.com/dc/images/blog/2018/02/912u-from-w550.jpg
Early rendering of mixed-use building at 9 1/2 and U Streets, viewed from northwest. (Image courtesy of Urban Turf).


"Another portion of the Grimke School redevelopment is coming into focus.

The Community Three Development-led team is seeking historic approval for a plan to replace the surface parking lot at 912 U Street NW with a six-story mixed-use building. Up to 30 apartments would be delivered above a 3,500 square-foot ground-floor restaurant; five surface parking spaces will sit behind the property...."

https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/30-apartments-atop-a-restaurant-the-plans-for-a-u-street-site/13550

[ITB495]

The General Services Administration (GSA) announced Monday, February 12, a plan to demolish the current J. Edgar Hoover building in downtown DC and build a replacement structure on the site to house the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The decision was a dramatic shift from earlier plans to move the Bureau to a suburban campus facility in either Maryland or Virginia. About 8,000 staff will work in the new 2.3 million SF building, a number down from the current 11,000. Some staff would be dispersed to other facilities around the country. Already the decision is drawing sharp criticism, particularly from Maryland congressman and House minority whip Steny Hoyer.

J. Edgar Hoover Building
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Fbi_headquarters.jpg/1024px-Fbi_headquarters.jpg
Courtesy Wikipedia. (By I, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Aude" title="User:Aude">Aude</a>, <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/" title="Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2438142">Link</a>)
The J. Edgar Hoover Building was constructed in the early 1970s and opened in September 1975. The building embodies the Brutalist architectural style then in vogue for large civic structures.

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2304/2184587728_2259400734_b.jpg
Courtesy Mr.TinDC via Flickr. (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_t_in_dc/2184587728/in/photolist-4k3zPE-4RKtqn-5pFBD4-4JdSfk-5jsmwR-diSguK-nMyZdy-qzAAp1-gmmaWi-a2ibqp-mfRfQo-4fp7vj-acUVyQ-acS8yF-acS9gx-5jNewV-9ddvnQ-gmjE8d-acS95i-acUWMb-gmgTdW-5jvAJ1-nc15ce-Vennjp-6L7VJS-34VruY-8EDZGw-67DsLA-5svesQ-87LNSf-4zQJ3i-4S7kwJ-4XGVnm-jVHgkv-9by6Jg-xJ43s-6MxRv8-67zhxv-aXU54v-obDjxe-6MxReM-5PhEZp-efE8Jm-bwkmQq-59aWSY-7x1KEp-diSg9g-be3nGF-67zgZe-67DpML)
An overhead view of the J. Edgar Hoover Building in 2008 from the observation level of the Old Post Office Building; looking northeast.

Associated links:
• Washington Business Journal article. (https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2018/02/12/gsa-backs-hoover-site-as-choice-for-a-new-fbi-hq.html)
• Washington Post article. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/02/12/in-abrupt-shift-federal-government-proposes-keeping-fbi-downtown/?utm_term=.bb687c87d484)
• Brutalist architecture. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist_architecture)
• Wikipedia article. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover_Building)

[202_Cyclist]

I have mixed opinions about the FBI HQ continuing to remain on PA Ave. Moving the headquarters to Springfield or Greenbelt would contribute to sprawl and encourage more people to drive to the facility than its current location near several metro lines. Additionally, having several thousand well-paid FBI employees contributes to local businesses and DC tax revenue (restaurant taxes, hotel taxes, etc...).

On the other hand, Pennsylvania Avenue is a largely lifeless stretch and mostly vacant outside of business hours. Additionally, having residential or commercial office space here would contribute property taxes.

[202_Cyclist]

Also, the current FBI headquarters location offers unparalleled convenience to the Trump hotel and 1600 PA Ave when Trump is arrested for treason, money laundering, fraud, etc.

[Busy Bee]

^Beautiful. But don't forget obstruction of justice.


It's a pretty easy decision for me at least, this seems to be the best of both world's: erasing the abortion that is the JEHFBI building from the landscape of DC and building a new one on the same prime central site, keeping [most] of the employees in the center of town and all that brings. My biggest wonder is where they are going to operate for the 4 years or so it's under construction?

[202_Cyclist]

^Beautiful. But don't forget obstruction of justice.


It's a pretty easy decision for me at least, this seems to be the best of both world's: erasing the abortion that is the JEHFBI building from the landscape of DC and building a new one on the same prime central site, keeping [most] of the employees in the center of town and all that brings. My biggest wonder is where they are going to operate for the 4 years or so it's under construction?


Probably telework and mobile trailers...

[Busy Bee]

And probably some short term office park leases out in the burbs

[202_Cyclist]

Gas Station At Edge of Georgetown Demolished, Making Way for Eastbanc Development

February 13, 2018
By Nena Perry-Brown
Urban Turf

https://assets.urbanturf.com/dc/images/blog/2018/02/2715penn.jpg
Image courtesy of Urban Turf.


"After years of contentious debate and a cumbersome approval process, the former Valero gas station at Pennsylvania Avenue and M Street NW has come down to make way for a new residential project.

As reported by Georgetown Metropolitan, over a year after Georgetown developer Eastbanc received zoning approval to redevelop the gas station at 2715 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, the station has been demolished..."

https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/valero-gas-station-goes-vamoose-making-way-for-eastbanc-development/13564

[dlg569]

Finally getting above ground at the Fragers location at 11th & PA Ave SE.

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/27971828_10214415166106527_1928367218693659192_n.jpg?oh=f44b3518d01059d088daf6bb22d7e3b5&oe=5B12D108

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/28279210_10214415172346683_7969407667136183273_n.jpg?oh=72071e18bfc23c3e36ab43446a10f4a5&oe=5B24B3AF

[dlg569]

Hole dug and crane installed.


https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/27973070_10214422905260001_8068214200511889350_n.jpg?oh=2cbf52c3e1496ba52160e6b3e59d686c&oe=5B07EA09


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[dlg569]

Still digging:

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/28056596_10214422907300052_8352263056103374235_n.jpg?oh=4f0545e8c8daa74b8ae49247573dbe32&oe=5B046092

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/28276496_10214422908220075_4865971740980919730_n.jpg?oh=940817d2e031d4c1974267c0d7263050&oe=5B0D30C4

[KevinFromTexas]

https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/news/2018/02/22/prince-georges-county-amazon-hq2-pitch-dc.html

Here's what a suburban D.C. county pitched for Amazon HQ2 — and why it lost

By Katie Arcieri – Staff Reporter, Washington Business Journal
4 hours ago

Weeks after being shut out of Amazon's short list of contenders for HQ2, Prince George's County, Maryland, has learned why it did not make the cut: The county doesn't have a large enough pool of senior-level software engineers.

"They saw deeper concentrations of software development engineers in other areas," said David Iannucci, a top economic development official for Prince George's who spoke with Amazon, along with other county officials, on a phone call. "They literally told us there was nothing we could have done differently in the RFP to change the outcome."

[Fvn]

D.C. has given Elon Musk a permit to do a little digging for the Hyperloop
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/dc-has-given-elon-musk-a-permit-to-do-a-little-digging-for-the-hyperloop/2018/02/16/ee8d2f08-1359-11e8-9570-29c9830535e5_story.html?utm_term=.25b28d396e99

[ITB495]

Development: 62-Unit Condo Project; NoMa

The J Street Cos. plans to break ground in September on an 9-story, 62-unit condo project in NoMa. Located just south of Douglas Development's recently completely Uline Arena redevelopment, the project joins a host of other developments in the happening area, including Trammell Crow's planned redevelopment of the Central Armature Works. J Street intends to position the new condos to appeal to first time home buyers.

https://assets.urbanturf.com/dc/images/blog/2017/03/1109-congress.jpg
Sited at the corner of L Street, NE, and Congress Street, the condos will be located just one block away from the NoMa–Gallaudet U Metro station.
Courtesy J Street Cos. via UrbanTurf. (https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/the_4500_units_planned_for_noma/12378)

Associated links:
Washington Business Journal article. (https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2018/03/02/j-street-to-target-first-time-homebuyers-in-noma.html)
J Street Companies homepage. (http://www.jstreetcompanies.com/)

[ITB495]

Proposed Development: Mixed-use, 185 townhouses and retail, Fort Totten, DC

EYA is proposing a major townhouse and retail development in the Fort Totten neighborhood of Washington, DC. The project site, located at the intersection of Riggs Road and South Dakota Avenue, NE, is a short walk from the Fort Totten Metro station. Up to 185 townhouses are proposed, as well as 20,000 to 30,000 square feet of retail. Also planned are two-levels of underground parking for 152 cars and 54-68 spaces for bicycles, and private at-grade parking for about 100 townhouses. To move the project forward as currently envisioned, EYA will be seeking a minor zoning variance.

Located across the street from Fort Totten Square, a recently built 350-unit apartment complex, EYA's proposed development, designed by Mushinsky Voelzke Associates, will bring needed density to the emerging area around the Metro station, further activating the nascent street scape. Previous EYA developments in DC include Harrison Square, one of the first new developments in the U Street Corridor after the Metro Green Line station opened in 1991, and Bryan Square in the Capital Hill neighborhood.

https://assets.urbanturf.com/dc/images/blog/2018/03/Fort-Totten-1.jpg
Courtesy EYA and Mushinsky Voelzke Associates via UrbanTurf. (https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/185-townhouses-and-a-retail-podium-proposed-for-fort-totten/13678)
Overhead view of the proposed townhouse and retail development in Fort Totten; looking northeast.

https://assets.urbanturf.com/dc/images/blog/2018/03/Fort-Totten-2.jpg
Courtesy EYA and Mushinsky Voelzke Associates via UrbanTurf. (https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/185-townhouses-and-a-retail-podium-proposed-for-fort-totten/13678)
The perspective looking north, with South Dakota Avenue, NE, in the foreground.

Associated links:
UrbanTurf article. (https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/185-townhouses-and-a-retail-podium-proposed-for-fort-totten/13678)
EYA (https://www.eya.com)
Mushinsky Voelzke Associates (http://www.mva-arch.com)

[shakman]

EYA town homes have been sprouting up all over the DMV like weeds.

[202_Cyclist]

Randall School Redevelopment May Include Co-Working Component and a Restaurant

March 12, 2018
By Nena Perry-Brown
Urban Turf

https://assets.urbanturf.com/dc/images/blog/2018/03/randall-se-corner550.jpg
Randall School redevelopment from southeast corner. (Image courtesy of Urban Turf)


"Lowe Enterprises and Telesis Corporation have been approved to restore the Randall School at 65 I Street SW, creating 31,839 square feet of museum space in the east wing and 18,602 square feet of commercial space in the west wing. A 110 foot-tall residential building with 489 apartments and two-level underground parking garage with 301 parking spaces would also be added to the site..."

https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/randall-school-redevelopment-may-include-co-working-and-the-return-of-a-res/13683

[202_Cyclist]

Plans Emerge for Additional Office Building at Anacostia’s Reunion Square

March 13, 2018
By Nena Perry-Brown
Urban Turf

https://assets.urbanturf.com/dc/images/blog/2018/03/reunionsq-sw-from-w550.jpg
Rendering as viewed from southwest on W Street. (Image courtesy of Urban Turf)

"Nearly five years after the Zoning Commission approved a first-stage planned-unit development (PUD) for Reunion Square just off I-295 in Anacostia, plans are emerging for the fourth building in the project..."

https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/plans-emerge-for-additional-office-building-at-reunion-square/13694

[ITB495]

Development Update: The Shapiro Residences, 1270 4th Street, NE; 465 units

Level 2 Development and Trammell Crow Residential's large residential project in Union Market—The Shapiro Residences—will soon be topping off. Developed in conjunction with EDENS and the Greenbench Companies, the project was conceptualized to reflect the historical industrial nature of the Union Market area. The mixed-use building will feature 465 apartments (some of which will be affordable), underground parking, as well as a retail component. Shalom Baranes Associates is the architect of record.

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Courtesy Shalom Baranes Associates and Level 2 Development via UrbanTurf. (https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/edens_first_union_market_residences_get_preliminary_approval_from_zoning/9818)
Rendering of 1270 4th Street, NE; looking northeast. Note: There are various renderings online for this project. Determining which one is current is difficult. This particular rendering is probably the most recent.

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Courtesy Shalom Baranes Associates and Level 2 Development via the Level 2 Development website. (http://www.level2development.com/1270-4th-street-ne.html)
Another perspective of the development; looking southwest.

Here's a screen shot from the project's live Oxblue webcam (link below):

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Courtesy Moriarty Construction, Level 2 Development, Trammell Crow Residential via Oxblue. (https://app.oxblue.com/open/jma/12704thStreetUnionMarket)
The Shapiro Residences project is on the left. Also pictured, center, is The High Line at Union Market, another Level 2 development.

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Courtesy Level 2 Development, Federal Capital Partners and Clark Enterprises via UrbanTurf. (https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/the_4495_residential_units_headed_to_union_market/12352)
Rendering of The High Line at Union Market

If interested, you can follow the construction of The High Line via the EB5 Capital Dashboard, located here. (https://app.oxblue.com/open/EB5Capital/Dashboard)

Associated links:
Level 2 Development (http://www.level2development.com/)
Trammell Crow (http://www.trammellcrow.com/EN/Pages/home.aspx)
Shalom Baranes Associates, architects
(https://www.sbaranes.com/)John Moriarty & Associates, construction (http://www.jm-a.com/)

[202_Cyclist]

Meet the ‘Frequency Apartments’ “a $14 million year-long 36,000 square foot gut renovation”

Prince of Petworth
March 19, 2018

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Image courtesy of Prince of Petworth.

"From a press release:

“Urban Investment Partners (UIP) of Washington DC has unveiled Frequency Apartments, a 100-unit luxury apartment community located in a former northwest Washington, DC office building that housed National Public Radio affiliate WAMU.

UIP acquired the building at 4000 Brandywine Street, NW, along with two other properties, from American University in 2016. The company has now completed a $14 million year-long 36,000 square foot gut renovation and a 14,000 SF addition to the building, which is just one block from the Tenleytown-American University station on Metrorail’s Red Line. UIP joined with Tenleytown Main Street to officially open the neighborhood’s newest multifamily residence..."

https://www.popville.com/2018/03/the-names-not-that-bad/

[202_Cyclist]

New Design for Georgetown Canal Receives Overwhelming Public Approval

March 23, 2018
By Nena Perry-Brown
Urban Turf

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Rendering of the Wisconsin Cutout with elevator. (Image courtesy of Urban Turf)

"The re-design of the Georgetown Canal is already receiving good marks from the public.

Late last fall, James Corner Field Operations unveiled renderings and detailed concepts for a planned redevelopment of the mile-long stretch of the C&O Canal that winds through Georgetown..."

https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/new-design-for-co-canal-receives-overwhelming-public-approval/13734

[202_Cyclist]

Here's a photo I took of construction of the Eisenhower memorial the other day. The memorial will be located in front of the U.S. Department of Education headquarters, off of Independence Ave, SW.

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[202_Cyclist]

Here are a couple of photos I took of development in Georgetown last weekend.

2715 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
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Eastbanc is building a restaurant and seven luxury condos above this. This was formerly a gas station.
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Image courtesy of the Georgetown Business Improvement District.

3000 M Street
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This is the development of the previous Latham hotel. 88 hotel rooms and 30,000 square feet of retail is being built here.
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Image courtesy of the Georgetown Business Improvement District.

[202_Cyclist]

I took a couple of photos of the new DC United (Audi Field) stadium yesterday in Buzzard Point. I am impressed with how rapidly this is being constructed.

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The building in the foreground is a new Pepco substation, which has an impressive piece of public art on the sidewalk on the other side of the building.
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Here are some streetscape improvements in Buzzard Point surrounding the new stadium. This area was essential no-man's land for pedestrians as recently as a few months ago.
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[202_Cyclist]

This building is located on the corner of South Capitol Street and I Street, SE. It was formerly a McDonalds drive-through restaurant.

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First and K Street, SE.
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[202_Cyclist]

More housing is good for a location that is one block from a metro station and currently has a surface parking lot but the Dancing Crab was a fun dive-bar.

Plans Filed For 41-Unit Project at Dancing Crab Site in Tenleytown

Urban Turf
March 27, 2018

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Image courtesy of Urban Turf.

"Last October, the owners of the Dancing Crab, a restaurant that was once a staple in Tenleytown, shared plans with the local ANC for a mixed-use development at the site. On Monday, those plans were officially filed with the city.

The planned-unit development at 4615 Wisconsin Avenue NW (map) and 4611 41st Street NW calls for a seven-story apartment project with approximately 41 residential units and about 5,000 square feet of retail including a rooftop bar/restaurant. The project would have nine parking spaces, two of which would be reserved for car-sharing companies..."

https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/plans-filed-for-41-unit-project-at-dancing-crab-site-in-tenleytown/13752?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=Tuesday+March+27th%2C+2018&utm_medium=headline

[202_Cyclist]

D.C.’s historic ‘Spy House’ may be demolished for retirement community
The new building will be 40 feet high and offer parking spaces for vehicles and bicycles

By Michelle Goldchain
Curbed
March 27, 2018

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Image courtesy of Curbed.

"At 2619-2623 Wisconsin Avenue NW, only a few blocks from the U.S. Naval Observatory, there are plans to create a “continuing care retirement community.” The site currently houses a two-story single-family residential building, known as the infamous “Spy House.” For decades, the FBI used this building to spy on the Russian Embassy.

Now, there are plans for a three-story, 40-foot-high building with nine vehicular parking spaces and 15 bicycle parking spaces to take its place..."

https://dc.curbed.com/2018/3/27/17168334/spy-house-retirement-community-dc

[The Best Forumer]

D.C.’s historic ‘Spy House’ may be demolished for retirement community
The new building will be 40 feet high and offer parking spaces for vehicles and bicycles

By Michelle Goldchain
Curbed
March 27, 2018

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Image courtesy of Curbed.

"At 2619-2623 Wisconsin Avenue NW, only a few blocks from the U.S. Naval Observatory, there are plans to create a “continuing care retirement community.” The site currently houses a two-story single-family residential building, known as the infamous “Spy House.” For decades, the FBI used this building to spy on the Russian Embassy.

Now, there are plans for a three-story, 40-foot-high building with nine vehicular parking spaces and 15 bicycle parking spaces to take its place..."

https://dc.curbed.com/2018/3/27/17168334/spy-house-retirement-community-dc

is this good or bad?

[202_Cyclist]

JD Land (http://www.jdland.com/dc/index.cfm/4520/Aslin-Pop-Up-Beer-Garden-Coming-to-1st-and-N-Other-Tidbits#comment16785) has a rendering of the residential building planned at 1000 First Street, SE, which was most recently a surface parking lot.

http://www.jdland.com/dc/images/drawings/10001st-rendering-201803-1.jpg

[202_Cyclist]

A first look at plans for 4250 Connecticut’s renovation

Forest Hills Connection
By Marlene Berlin
March 29, 2018



"When Fannie Mae moves out in November, the owner of 4250 Connecticut wants to get to work right away to transform the building into a more modern space for office and retail tenants.

Bernstein Management and architects from Perkins+Will and the Landscape Architecture Bureau presented early conceptual plans for the renovation at the March 20th meeting of ANC 3F..."

http://www.foresthillsconnection.com/news/a-first-look-at-plans-for-4250-connecticuts-renovation/

[caphillguy]

By my count there are 42 tower cranes currently in DC. Pretty impressive for a city that's only 61 square miles. See the list of crane locations below. Am I missing any?

1201 West Half Street SE X 2
1250 Half Street SE X 2
1 M Street SE
1210 Van Street SE
1100 2nd Place SE
2 I Street SE
4th and Tingey Streets SE
1011 1st Street SE
150 I Street SE
3rd and Tingey Streets SE
1101 Pennsylvania Avenue SE
1339 E Street SE
27 Independence Avenue SE
901 H Street NE X 2
100 K Street NE
22 M Street NE
150 M Street NE
72 Florida Avenue NE
320 Florida Avenue NE
1270 4th Street NE X 2
Fort Lincoln Drive NE
3000 M Street NW
Kennedy Center NW X 2
1900 N Street NW
1745 N Street NW
1772 Church Street NW
2700 16th Street NW
1701 14th Street NW
945 Florida Avenue NW
810 O Street NW
1441 L Street NW
250 Massachusetts Avenue NW X 2
1301 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
1331 Maryland Avenue SW X 2
680 I Street SW

[202_Cyclist]

caphillguy-- Welcome to this site! Yes, there is an incredible amount of development now in DC. There is also at least one tower crane just across the Anacostia River in Southeast.

[dlg569]

Is there a crane yet at 1400 PA Ave SE? If not, there soon will be. And the safeway site at 1400 E St SE should have a crane soon. I don't know if they've started demo yet I've been out of town the last few weeks.

[The Best Forumer]

JD Land (http://www.jdland.com/dc/index.cfm/4520/Aslin-Pop-Up-Beer-Garden-Coming-to-1st-and-N-Other-Tidbits#comment16785) has a rendering of the residential building planned at 1000 First Street, SE, which was most recently a surface parking lot.

http://www.jdland.com/dc/images/drawings/10001st-rendering-201803-1.jpg

well at least it is some infill.

[ITB495]

Development Update: Monroe Street Market; Block E; Brookland

The final phase of the impressive Monroe Street Market development in the Brookland neighborhood is moving forward. Developers Bozzuto, Abdo Development and Pritzker Realty filed plans earlier in January to slightly modify the building that will occupy the development's Block E site at the southwest corner of 7th and Monroe Street, NE. The already approved 6-story building will be mixed-use, comprising 156 residential units and 23,000 SF of retail.

The development team seeks to add a second residential lobby to the building, alter the design and size of the windows and balconies, modify the color palette of the cladding, and reduce the number of parking spaces in the underground garage from 171 to 99, as parking demand in Monroe Street Market's earlier built buildings proved lower than expected.

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Courtesy Maurice Walters | Architect; Bozzuto, Abdo Development and Pritzker Realty via UrbanTurf DC. (https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/a-new-look-and-less-parking-for-monroe-street-market-mixed-use-building/13403)
Updated rendering of the Monroe Street Market's Block E building; looking southwest.

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Courtesy Maurice Walters | Architect; Bozzuto, Abdo Development and Pritzker Realty via UrbanTurf DC. (https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/a-new-look-and-less-parking-for-monroe-street-market-mixed-use-building/13403)
Rendering of the building as it faces Monroe Street, NE.

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Courtesy Bozzuto, Abdo Development and Pritzker Realty via Abdo Development. (http://abdo.com/content/abdo-urban-communities)
Site plan of the Monroe Street Market development in the Brookland neighborhood of DC, just to the south of Catholic University. Block E is the final phase of the development; all other components have already been completed.

Links:
UrbanTurf DC artlicle. (https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/a-new-look-and-less-parking-for-monroe-street-market-mixed-use-building/13403)
Monroe Street Market (https://www.monroestreetmarket.com/)
Bozzuto (https://www.bozzuto.com/)
Abdo Development (http://abdo.com/)

[dlg569]

The crane is up:

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[202_Cyclist]

dlg569-- thank you for posting but can you reduce the size of that photo?

[202_Cyclist]

This is exciting news for the Capitol Riverfront/Navy Yard.

334 Apartments Overlooking a Woonerf: The Preliminary Plans for Yards West

April 10, 2018
By Nena Perry-Brown
Urban Turf

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Image courtesy of Urban Turf.

"While construction continues on The Yards, master developer Forest City is already planning the second phase of the 42-acre redevelopment just north of the Anacostia River.

On Monday, Forest City presented preliminary plans for The Yards West, a six-block stretch straddling the future 1 1/2 Street SE between N Street and the riverfront. The development will reestablish the street grid throughout this site — however, the main corridor of Yards West will be far from a typical street and will have a far-from-typical streetscape..."

https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/334-apartments-overlooking-a-woonerf-corridor-preliminary-plans-for-yards/13817

[202_Cyclist]

There are a lot of photos in the article.


D.C. United’s new stadium: An inside (and outside) look at Audi Field

By Steven Goff
April 10, 2018
Washington Post

"Less than 14 months ago, D.C. United held a ceremonial groundbreaking on old surface parking lots in a forgotten wedge of the city. Now, Audi Field is close to becoming a reality.

The 20,000-capacity soccer stadium will open July 14 in the Southwest quadrant of Washington, two diagonal blocks from Nationals Park on a peninsula known as Buzzard Point..."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soccer-insider/wp/2018/04/10/d-c-uniteds-new-stadium-an-inside-and-outside-look-at-audi-field/?utm_term=.5a13b8ecdb92

[202_Cyclist]

Here are a couple of photos I took recently of developments in the Capitol Riverfront/Navy Yard neighborhood.

Square 696 (I St, SE) (https://www.capitolriverfront.org/go/square-696-phase-i).
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The Emblem (8th and L Street, SE)
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2nd and L Street, SE
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