I took advantage of the nice weather last weekend to take a walk around the Baseball stadium/Navy yard area and see all the new construction going up. By my count, about 1,300 units are actively under way with several more projects in works. Should be interesting to see this area in another 5 years or so. It's still a little quiet right now and doesn't really have an "urban vibe" yet. But, it has a great waterfront park that is pretty busy on nice days and the area has seen half dozen or so restaurants pop open in the past year.
I believe this is going to be a 13-story 169 room Hampton Inn. Should open sometime in the middle of next year
http://www.jdland.com/dc/sq701.cfm
Here is Toll Brother's project. Looks just about topped out. Will be 13 stories and have 277 units. It's supposed to open toward the end of the year.
This will eventually be the Park Chelsea, a 433 unit apartment building.
http://www.jdland.com/dc/square737.cfm?tab=no1
Here is another big project which just broke ground recently. Not much to see so far, but will eventually be an 11 story,327 unit AM Stern design apartment. This is part of the larger Yards project, a huge multi-building/multi-year project:
http://dcyards.com/
http://www.jdland.com/dc/sfc.cfm?tab=no2&filter=parceln
This is also part of the Yards project. It's a 225 unit apartment building and will have a Harris Teeter on the ground floor. Personally, I think this is one of the better looking buildings to go up in DC in recent years. Sort of reminds me of some of the stuff going up in Northern Europe.
http://www.jdland.com/dc/sfc.cfm?tab=no2&filter=parceld