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[202_Cyclist]

Mixed-use project with 800 upscale apartments set for Nationals Park area

By Michele Lerner
July 13, 2016
Washington Post

"If the area near Nationals Park in Southeast Washington seems overloaded with construction cranes and “coming soon” signs, just wait: There’s more to come. Tishman Speyer, a global real-estate developer, owner, operator and asset manager, acquired a two-acre site there with the intention of building 800 upscale apartments along with at least 44,000 square feet of retail space.

“We think this will be the city’s most vibrant mixed-use neighborhood, and we’re excited that this will be the location for our first residential development in the District,” says Paul De Martini, regional managing director for Tishman Speyer. “When it’s built out, there will be 12,000 residential units in the submarket and a little over a million square feet of retail space plus office space.”

The Tishman development will fill a full block between I and K streets SE and First and Half streets SE..."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...als-park-area/

The excellent JD Land blog also reported this:
Congressional Square Site Sold, Switching to Residential
http://www.jdland.com/dc/index.cfm/4...o-Residential/

[202_Cyclist]

JD Land has an excellent update of the Capitol Riverfront/Navy Yard.

Project Updates: Watching the New Neighbors Get Dressed Up
http://www.jdland.com/dc/index.cfm/4...et-Dressed-Up/

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[202_Cyclist]

2,400 parking spaces is absurd.

440 Residential Units Now Planned For Ivy City’s New City


July 27, 2016
Urban Turf
By Nena Perry-Brown


Image courtesy of Urban Turf.

"Douglas Development is shepherding much of the renaissance transforming Ivy City from a semi-industrialized neighborhood with a smattering of residences into a densely-developed corridor. The 15-acre triangular site at the intersection of New York and Montana Avenues and Bladensburg Road NE (map) will be one of the largest and most pivotal developments in this neighborhood — and plans have evolved to more than double the amount of housing planned for the site.

Originally, 550,000 square feet of retail, 108 hotel rooms, 200 apartments and 2,800 parking spaces were planned at the project being dubbed New CityDC. Those plans have now been expanded to 156 hotel rooms, 422 apartments and 18 townhouses fronting Montana Avenue and Bladensburg Road, per marketing materials..."

http://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blo...edium=headline

[202_Cyclist]

Selling the WMATA headquarters building is an excellent idea. There is no reason that WMATA needs to be located right next to the Verizon Center, on some very extensive real estate. As someone said earlier, L'Enfant Plaza would be a good location for WMATA to move to (thereby helping encourage the SW Ecodistrict plan--- the fed govt. is selling the Cotton Annex building on 12th St, SW).

Another potential location would be somewhere near the Capitol Riverfront/Navy Yard, helping to encourage more development in this growing neighborhood and having close proximity to both DDOT and the US DOT headquarters.

Finally, WMATA could relocate their property to one of the many suburban metro stations that has excess land, thereby encouraging walkable development and increased ridership at one of these stations.

WMATA could certainly use the revenue for maintenance that selling its downtown headquarters would generate. One other point with selling the WMATA headquarters is that between this building, the FBI HQ site, and phase II of City Center, there would be both a lot more continuous activity in downtown and more property tax for DC.

Metro to pursue headquarters sale and relocation

By Michael Neibauer
Washington Business Journal
July 28, 2016

"The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority will proceed with plans to sell or lease its downtown headquarters property, General Manager Paul Wiedefeld said Thursday.

The announcement comes four months after WMATA released a request for information seeking ideas for the potential redevelopment of the Jackson Graham Building at 600 Fifth St. NW, across the street from Verizon Center. Four companies responded, though Metro declined to release their names, as the RFI was a sourcing of ideas, not a solicitation for bids..."

http://www.bizjournals.com/washingto...elocation.html

[chris08876]

Was watching this last night. An excellent tour of DC. Can see a lot of activity, architecture, sights and so on. Recommend 2.0 speed for this one, and full screen and HD. 4k if you can handle it but 1080p will do.

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[hotwheels]

Central Place: The Tallest Mixed-Use Project in the Washington D.C. Area

Rosslyn is an unincorporated area in Northern Virginia's Arlington County that is situated directly across the Potomac River from Washington D.C. Characterized as an 'urban village,' some might mistake Rosslyn's highrise skyline for that of the American capital, which is comparably low- and mid-rise in building typology. Rosslyn is populated mostly by gleaming office towers, and as a result, its nightlife is largely nonexistent. County planners are hoping to change all that by introducing a slew of residential and retail into the core, and The JBG Companies is leading the charge with their 31-storey Central Place development.

[202_Cyclist]

Infamous Watergate Building to Become 250 Apartments

Urban Turf
Aug. 12, 2016


Image courtesy of Urban Turf.

"Fans of All the President’s Men will eventually be able to rent in a DC building associated with the Watergate scandal that is not Bob Woodward’s old apartment.

Urban Investment Partners (UIP) recently acquired the ten-story building at 2601 Virginia Avenue NW from George Washington University for $36 million. The building, used by the university as student housing, was formerly the Howard Johnson hotel that lookouts for the Watergate burglars used during the infamous break-in...

UIP plans to convert the existing building into 200 rental units, and build another 50 apartments in a new 40,000 square-foot addition. The new development will be called Boathouse, and will be designed by WDG Architecture."

http://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blo...elopment/11555

[paytonc]

202 keeps bugging me to share my Wharf photos. Last week:


Cranes at the Wharf, 8/8/2016 by Payton Chung, on Flickr

A little over a year ago:

Cranes at the Wharf by Payton Chung, on Flickr

More photos:
https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_...%20the%20wharf

[202_Cyclist]

The JD Land blog has some excellent photos of the new Dock 79 development, next to the Anacostia River and across the street from Nationals Park.

Move-Ins Underway at Dock 79; A Look Inside
http://www.jdland.com/dc/index.cfm/4...A-Look-Inside/

[202_Cyclist]

Power team to remake the Coast Guard's former Buzzard Point headquarters

By Daniel Sernovitz
Washington Business Journal
Aug. 18, 2016

"The Coast Guard's former waterfront headquarters south of D.C. United's planned soccer stadium in Buzzard Point is being primed for new life as a residential and retail development.

A powerful team led by Akridge and Western Development Corp. plans to convert the 609,265-square-foot Transpoint building at 2100 Second St. SW into a mix of apartments and condos above roughly 80,000 square feet of retail space. The team, 2100 2nd St. SW LLC, bought the building — to be called Riverpoint — for $49.3 million in a deal recorded Wednesday with the District.

"We are thrilled to partner with Western Development again," Akridge President Matt Klein said in a statement. "Riverpoint is an incredible opportunity, and we are eager to work with such a talented team to build D.C.'s next great waterfront community there..."

http://www.bizjournals.com/washingto...615&j=75476212

SWTLQTC also has a post about this redevelopment.


Transpoint Building to be Redeveloped as Riverpoint

http://www.swtlqtc.com/2016/08/trans...developed.html

[202_Cyclist]

46 Units Will Replace Capitol Hill Church and Adjacent Rowhouses

By Nena Perry-Brown
Urban Turf
Aug. 23, 2016


Image courtesy of Urban Turf.

"A new development on the boards for a Capitol Hill church and the adjacent rowhouses will be slightly larger in scope than what UrbanTurf reported on in mid-January.

Pecar Properties has a two-part development in the works for three rowhouses and the Mount Paran Baptist Church building along the 1300 block of K Street SE. Stone Hill will be a 36-unit condo development that is scheduled to deliver this fall at 1345 K Street SE, while Stone Flats is a ten-unit condominium at 1337 K Street SE (map) that will deliver next year. The church and rowhouses were razed to make way for the development, designed by HRG Design Build..."

http://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blo...owhouses/11589

[202_Cyclist]

Prince of Petworth posted new renderings for the DC United Stadium.


Image courtesy of Prince of Petworth.

http://www.popville.com/2016/08/stad...ing-dc-united/

[hotwheels]

The Wharf to Radically Transform D.C.'s Southwest Waterfront

Currently under construction just steps away from the National Mall along the long-underutilized Southwest Waterfront of Washington D.C., PN Hoffman & Associates Inc.'s massive new development, The Wharf, is set to radically transform a 24-acre stretch of land along the Potomac River which runs through the heart of the American capital.

[202_Cyclist]

A 40-50 Unit Residential Development Proposed For 14th Street Corridor

Urban Turf
Sept. 9, 2016


Image courtesy of Urban Turf.

"A new residential development with 40 to 50 units is on the boards for 14th Street just south of Florida Avenue NW.

The development will consist of four floors of new construction plus a penthouse, built atop an existing three-story commercial building at 2213 14th Street NW (map). All but the ground floor of the new development, designed by the Eisen Group with Ellisdale as the general contractor, will be used for residential purposes..."

http://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blo...corridor/11655

[202_Cyclist]

CAS Riegler Plans 9-Unit Condo Development Off Dupont Circle

September 8, 2016
By Nena Perry-Brown
Urban Turf


Image courtesy of Urban Turf.

"CAS Riegler has a smaller residential project on the boards around the corner from its St. Thomas church redevelopment in Dupont Circle.

The developer will go before the Historic Preservation Review Board (HPRB) later this month for a nine-unit, boutique condominium project at 1759-1761 P Street NW..."

http://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blo...t_circle/11646

[turigamot]

Originally Posted by 202_Cyclist

A 40-50 Unit Residential Development Proposed For 14th Street Corridor

Urban Turf
Sept. 9, 2016


Image courtesy of Urban Turf.

"A new residential development with 40 to 50 units is on the boards for 14th Street just south of Florida Avenue NW.

The development will consist of four floors of new construction plus a penthouse, built atop an existing three-story commercial building at 2213 14th Street NW (map). All but the ground floor of the new development, designed by the Eisen Group with Ellisdale as the general contractor, will be used for residential purposes..."

http://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blo...corridor/11655

Looking at the original building, I would hope that they end up using all three floors of the original brickwork and metal. Apart from the beige on the window areas, it's a pretty attractive building as is, and would make for an interesting base.

[202_Cyclist]

Former Brookland Safeway to Become Shipping Container Condos

Urban Turf
Sept. 23, 2016


Image courtesy of Urban Turf.

"Residential developments planned out of shipping containers just keep popping up in DC.

Hinds Development and Travis Price Architects are taking a former Safeway store in Brookland and repurposing the site with four, two-bedroom apartments made out of shipping containers above retail space. The site at 1201 Franklin Street NE (map) was a grocery store in the 1970s, and most recently used as a medical building.

The shipping container homes will have loft living rooms, private balconies and will be passively solar heated. The planned completion date is next year..."

http://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blo...edium=headline

[202_Cyclist]

Pub, Live Music Venue, and Ethnic Cuisine Announced for The Wharf

Sept. 22, 2016


Image courtesy of Southwest, the Little Quadrant that Could.

"The Wharf continues to roll out its restaurant and entertainment lineup for the first phase of development which is scheduled to open starting in October 2017. Four new establishments have been announced:.."

http://www.swtlqtc.com/2016/09/pub-l...c-cuisine.html

[202_Cyclist]

This looks great and Georgetown seems to be going through a bit of a resurgence.

Exclusive: A 54-Unit Condo Project Planned For Georgetown’s Water Street

October 3, 2016
By Nena Perry-Brown
Urban Turf


Rendering courtesy of Urban Turf.

"The biggest residential development in recent memory for Georgetown would bring 54 condos to DC’s oldest neighborhood.

UrbanTurf has learned that IBG Partners and Wilco Residential with architecture firm BBGM has plans to transform the warehouses below Whitehurst Freeway at 3401 Water Street NW (map) into a condominium community. The address is currently home to the cafe Malmaison and live music venue Gypsy Sally’s.

The two-story warehouses on the 20,320 square-foot site would be partially demolished, with most of the exterior shell restored and an additional four stories plus penthouse built atop. Plans call for a 60 foot-tall building with 54 residences, comprised of two bedrooms and one bedroom- and two bedroom-plus-dens, ranging in size from 958 to 2,063 square feet. The design for the building looks similar to 3303 Water Street NW, a luxury residential building just down the block..."

http://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blo..._freeway/11742