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[202_Cyclist]

Industrial Bank the developer? 10 stories of residential eyed for bank-owned U Street property

By Mark Neibauer
Washington Business Journal
Dec. 12, 2014

"A vacant two-story commercial building steps from the intersection of 11th and U streets NW, owned for nearly 25 years by Industrial Bank, may be replaced with 10 stories of residential.

D.C.-based Industrial Bank acquired 2002 11th St. NW in 1991, according to the Recorder of Deeds. It has owned an adjacent property, 2000 11th St. NW, at the corner of 11th and U streets, since 1935. That is currently an Industrial Bank branch and is not part of the redevelopment plans.

According to a letter from Matthew Le Grant, D.C.'s zoning administrator, to Kyrus Freeman, a partner with Holland & Knight LLP, 2002 11th will be razed and redeveloped with a multifamily building..."

http://www.bizjournals.com/washingto...0-stories.html

[Eightball]

Originally Posted by 202_Cyclist

28-Unit Project on H Street Corridor’s East End Gets ANC Support

By Lark Turner
Urban Turf
Dec. 12, 2014


Image courtesy of Urban Turf.

"A project on a triangular-shaped piece of land on the east end of the H Street Corridor received support from ANC 6A on Thursday night. Plans for 1401 Florida Avenue NE (map) include 28 units, down from the 34 units originally proposed. Mehari Sequar is the developer on the project, which is designed by PGN Architects and is located near the Argonaut.

The 28 units include 16 larger two-bedrooms, and the fifth and sixth floor will house duplex units, according to Jeff Goins of PGN. The units have been reduced and the top floor set back since the developer first started working with the ANC..."

http://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blo..._approval/9338

I like this and the other H St NE one you posted. H St is getting some high quality development... there are some NIMBYs in the neighborhood but overall seems to be less NIMBYs than other nhoods. Super excited this development will have no parking. There is a streetcar stop right there and numerous buses nearby, grocery stores etc. Great news all around

[202_Cyclist]

Arts Group Signs Lease for Dupont Underground

By Lark Turner
Dec. 16, 2014
Urban Turf


Image courtesy of Urban Turf.


Image courtesy of Urban Turf.

“After years of negotiations, the Arts Coalition for the Dupont Underground (ACDU) has signed a lease for the subterranean space under Dupont Circle with the DC government.

The group announced the signing of the 66-month lease on Tuesday, along with a crowdfunding campaign with a goal of raising $50,000 to jumpstart the project. The group plans to start by cleaning up the former trolley station’s east platform and opening up the space to the public to help build momentum for a redevelopment project.

“The plan is to clean up the space, then open it up to the public,” said Julian Hunt, an architect who helped negotiate the lease, in a news release. “We want to demonstrate what uses are best suited for the long-term...”

http://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blo...derground/9351

[202_Cyclist]

D.C. Council gives final approval to soccer stadium deal

By Jonathan O'Connell and Mike DeBonis
Washington Post
Dec. 17, 2014

"The D.C. Council unanimously passed legislation Wednesday to acquire the land needed for a 20,000-seat Major League Soccer stadium on Buzzard Point, at an expected cost of $150 million plus $43 million in forgone tax revenue.

With the vote, D.C. United has a stadium deal that will get the team out of RFK Stadium in 2017, and Mayor Vincent C. Gray, with about two weeks left in office, has a landmark economic development win.

After months of hearings and negotiations, the final vote was matter-of-fact, with the council’s 12 members approving the deal unanimously. Council member David A. Catania (I-At Large), in his last meeting as a council member, raised concerns about how the borrowing to afford the stadium would affect future spending priorities, such as two new middle schools, Metro expansion and major developments envisioned for the former Walter Reed Army hospital and the former St. Elizabeths hospital in Southeast Washington..."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/...e6c_story.html

[Eightball]

Demolition Underway for 500 L'Enfant Plaza
http://www.swtlqtc.com/2014/12/demol...0-lenfant.html

Demolition is underway along Frontage Road at L’Enfant Plaza to make way for 500 L’Enfant Plaza, a new, 220,000 square-foot trophy office building developed by The JBG Companies and designed by SmithGroup JJR. 500 L’Enfant Plaza has been designed for LEED-Gold certification and will include a green roof, triple-height lobby, and fitness center. It will also have direct access to the revamped retail center and the L’Enfant Plaza Metro station.

[chris08876]

Vornado, Gould present new vision for Rosslyn Plaza overhaul

Vornado and Gould are proposing roughly 2.5 million square feet of new construction — a total redevelopment of the site — in five phases to include two offices buildings, two residential buildings and a fifth building that could go either way, plus more than 4 acres of open space, an esplanade deck over Arlington Ridge Road, and 83,500 square feet of retail.

The revised site plan includes public stairs at both Wilson and 19th to encourage public access to, and use of, the esplanade. The design of the esplanade itself was revised to incorporate water elements, to "bring the Potomac River to Rosslyn." Building shapes were changed to improve retail visibility and increase open space. The main square (south of Kent Street) was expanded with the elimination of a two-story retail structure, and its design was shifted from lawn to a multi-functional plaza.

Rosslyn Plaza is a key part of Realize Rosslyn, the ongoing sector plan update for the Rosslyn Station Plan Area. The Vornado/Gould effort will reshape Rosslyn's eastern boundary, while the JBG Cos.' Rosslyn Gateway will reshape the north. JBG's approved Central Place, now under construction, targets the area immediately around the Metro station, and Monday Properties' adopted plans for 1401 Wilson and 1400 Key Blvd. will bring new office, residential and retail (including a new grocery store) to the west, midway up the Rosslyn hill.

Numerous issues remained outstanding on the Rosslyn Plaza plan after the July 2013 SPRC meeting, which explains the extensive time between reviews. Those include amount and configuration of the open space, the street network, amount of residential (hence the switch from office to office or retail in one building), a lack of a retail strategy, and heights and massing ("need to relate better to the Rosslyn context").

During Thursday's meeting, the SPRC will decide how to proceed, but this review will definitely shift in 2015.

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http://www.bizjournals.com/washingto...ge=all&ana=twt

[Eightball]

14th and Florida Ave, NW Nearly Finished

http://www.popville.com/2014/12/14th...arly-finished/

[Eightball]

“The District’s total population now stands at 658,893 – a figure not seen since the 1970s”

http://www.popville.com/2014/12/the-...nce-the-1970s/

Should mean we continue to see strong development all over the city, including EOTR (hopefully)

[202_Cyclist]

Originally Posted by Eightball

“The District’s total population now stands at 658,893 – a figure not seen since the 1970s”

http://www.popville.com/2014/12/the-...nce-the-1970s/

Should mean we continue to see strong development all over the city, including EOTR (hopefully)

This is excellent news and you are correct, it is bringing new economic opportunities and improvement throughout the District but this means that nearly 660,000 residents are completely disenfranchised and have no representation in Congress.

[chris08876]

The metro too is growing at an all time high along with the core. Big gain in residents and this translates to a feverish development cycle. Suburbs are booming big time.

[Eightball]

Residence Inn and Courtyard by Marriott coming to Boarded Up Building by the Convention Center

http://www.popville.com/2014/12/resi...ention-center/

[shakman]

I am very surprised nothing has been previously developed on this block.

[dc_denizen]

yes, that block's revival is a long time coming to say the least.

[202_Cyclist]

Building a Park to Span a Divide in Washington

By Jennifer Steinhauer
DEC. 28, 2014
NY Times


Image courtesy of the New York Times.

"“WASHINGTON — On the edge of the historic Anacostia neighborhood here there is a very ugly bridge.

It once linked Capitol Hill to a freeway that headed to Southern Maryland over the Anacostia River, but had little inherent value to the neglected, largely African-American region through which it passed.

But city officials, community activists and private donors have plans to transform the 11th Street Bridge — a previous version was once traversed daily by Frederick Douglass — into a park that would link some of the district’s tourist-oriented neighborhoods with one of its final frontiers in the march toward gentrification…”

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/29/us...iver.html?_r=0

[Eightball]

Between that ^^^, Skyland moving forward and this below, amongst other smaller projects, 2015 is shaping up to be HUGE for EOTR.

DC picks St. E east master developers
http://www.bizjournals.com/washingto....html?page=all

[202_Cyclist]

It looks like something is happening at the Ruben Companies lot on South Capitol/I Street SE, across the street from McDonalds. There are several more vehicles and trailers on the site (where the fuel tanks were removed earlier this fall), including two office trailers.

There is also a new fence surrounding the perimeter of the property at I Street/New Jersey Ave, SE and construction signs posted on this fence, so construciton at this site should begin soon as well.

[guyFROMtheBURGH]

District picks development team to lead St. Elizabeths east overhaul


An overview of the Redbrick LMD proposal for St. Elizabeths east, at buildout:


Redbrick LMD has pitched a concept plan for St. E's east that includes 716,000 square feet of commercial space, 425,866 square feet of innovation uses, 122,000 square feet of retail, 1.1 million square feet of residential (20 percent affordable), and a 150-180 key hotel:


http://www.bizjournals.com/washingto....html?page=all

[Eightball]

(Former) Mayor Vincent Gray said DC Streetcar expected to be ready for passengers the week of January 19th
http://www.popville.com/2015/01/form...-january-19th/

[Eightball]

Originally Posted by 202_Cyclist

It looks like something is happening at the Ruben Companies lot on South Capitol/I Street SE, across the street from McDonalds. There are several more vehicles and trailers on the site (where the fuel tanks were removed earlier this fall), including two office trailers.

There is also a new fence surrounding the perimeter of the property at I Street/New Jersey Ave, SE and construction signs posted on this fence, so construciton at this site should begin soon as well.

What's planned for these two lots again?

[chris08876]

Originally Posted by Eightball

What's planned for these two lots again?

Some info on the development: http://www.capitolriverfront.org/_fi...2014+small.pdf

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