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Old Posted Aug 24, 2015, 3:12 PM
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Yes, a displacement of office workers to such an area (or a new area) and a gradual conversion/redvelopment of downtown DC office buildings to mixed-use would probably be the best outcome if height limits are never to be raised.

I would personally up-zone a limited area of DC for skyscraper office development that lies on brown-fields or other blighted land (areas of NE, SE maybe) that is adequately distant from the monumental core so as to not disturb the grandeur of it. I would think of it as a Canary Wharf/La Defense style development of DC. I think the offices would be better off staying rather than going to Virginia so the district can reap the tax benefits. A cluster of tall buidings never hurt London or Paris' monumental core as they are distant enough to not be intrustive. The same could happen in DC. Again, the offices moving to Rosslyn or Crystal City or such place in Virginia would be a major loss for DC's tax base.

NOMA could have been upzoned to taller towers. Not skyscrapers, but decent 100m towers. I think that was rather short sighted. The height limits being raised in a limited area like NoMA wouldn't be a problem, they are far enough away from the Capitol and the Mall IMO to not cause major issues with destruction of the monumental grandeur.
Perhaps upzoning or height limits changes in some areas is a part of the solution. But there are plenty of other variables that make DC a really difficult city to enjoy. Walk around downtown and find places where people want to hang out. Many Europeans cities have the same height restrictions or have even lower structures throughout.

The street design of DC means crossing 6 or 4 lane boulevards often (waiting sometimes 99+ seconds). For people who live outside the city, this is great to drive. For people actually living in DC, it makes the experience really awful.

What Canary Wharf or La Defence has and DC does not is single lane streets and pedestrian-only thoroughfares. This creates both an atmosphere where mixed use buildings housing restaurants etc. are feasible, and places where people want to be.
DDOT has stats on crashes that involve pedestrians. 919 in 2012.

DC has a lot of space to fill and tons of potential. Until streets are designed for people it will be an unsafe and unpleasant place to live.
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Monument Realty Proposes 133-Unit Residential Project For Chinatown

August 25, 2015
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A new residential development is on the boards for a site near DC’s Chinatown.

Monument Realty is proposing an 11-story, 133-unit residential project that will sit about half a block north of the Verizon (map) on a plot bounded by I Street NW to the north, 6th Street to the east, H Street to the south, and 7th Street to the west. Monument worked with Hickok Cole Architects on the building design.
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Perhaps upzoning or height limits changes in some areas is a part of the solution. But there are plenty of other variables that make DC a really difficult city to enjoy. Walk around downtown and find places where people want to hang out. Many Europeans cities have the same height restrictions or have even lower structures throughout.

The street design of DC means crossing 6 or 4 lane boulevards often (waiting sometimes 99+ seconds). For people who live outside the city, this is great to drive. For people actually living in DC, it makes the experience really awful.

What Canary Wharf or La Defence has and DC does not is single lane streets and pedestrian-only thoroughfares. This creates both an atmosphere where mixed use buildings housing restaurants etc. are feasible, and places where people want to be.
DDOT has stats on crashes that involve pedestrians. 919 in 2012.

DC has a lot of space to fill and tons of potential. Until streets are designed for people it will be an unsafe and unpleasant place to live.
Paris is full of much wider and busier boulevards and circles. Especially the CBD around the Opera. I'm just back from Paris. What makes Paris awesome is the architecture and the uses on the street - retail. The wide streets don't matter that much once that is in place.

The difference is residents. Raising height limits will allow for more apartment space downtown and more retail and vibrancy.

Also, I can think of far more unpleasant cities to live in. Dc is hardly as bad as you make out. It is one of a handful of proper cities in the USA ( most are not what I would consider proper cities) that I would live in. It's an important world city that has an actual center unlike most glorified office park cities here.

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Old Posted Aug 26, 2015, 1:08 AM
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Paris is full of much wider and busier boulevards and circles. Especially the CBD around the Opera. I'm just back from Paris. What makes Paris awesome is the architecture and the uses on the street - retail. The wide streets don't matter that much once that is in place.

The difference is residents. Raising height limits will allow for more apartment space downtown and more retail and vibrancy.

Also, I can think of far more unpleasant cities to live in. Dc is hardly as bad as you make out. It is one of a handful of proper cities in the USA ( most are not what I would consider proper cities) that I would live in. It's an important world city that has an actual center unlike most glorified office park cities here.
Wow, not even close. You were in Paris? The place where the Quai will be redesigned for pedestrians/bikes only? Where drivers could not enter the city alternating days depending on license #? Where the Champs Elysees (maybe the widest boulevard) is cobblestone?

There were 3250 deaths on French roads last year. Half of the fatalities in DC were pedestrians. World of difference. We tend to look at the 30+k/year figure for road deaths and just think that's normal, but it is not.

Paris has some terrible streets, but does not compare to here. Walk across New York avenue at North Capitol. Try to walk across Florida avenue at 7th NE. M street at 7th SE.

Your example near the Opera is a great one. It's looks very wide at the actual intersection near the Opera. I urge you to look at the feeder streets, most of which are 2 lanes (with medians).

Now imagine most streets in DC the same width.

Again DC has plenty of infill potential. And density and numbers on the sidewalks and bike lanes help. But you can have tall buildings AND wide streets. DC will remain unpleasant until we can change the behavior of drivers and redesign streets for people. Perhaps if you don't agree, go to the DDOT Vision Zero site where people comments on streets. Not too difficult to see that poor street design and driving behavior is endemic. This could be a wonderful place if we could solve those problems.
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Kettler to start construction on Adams Morgan apartments
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Aug 25, 2015

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Tysons-based developer Kettler is planning to begin construction this week on a luxury apartment project along the Florida Avenue corridor in Adams Morgan it has been planning to develop for more than a year.

Kettler was awarded a raze permit last month to begin tearing down what's now a three-story parking garage with attached pet store and dog boarding facility at 2101 Champlain St. NW. In its place will rise a 132-unit, five-story multifamily project designed by R2L Architects with a more contemporary, minimalist layout than is typical in the Washington area, said Graham Tyrrell, vice president of multifamily development for Kettler.
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I'm of two minds when it comes to the Paris-DC comparison. I love Paris and would far rather DC emulate Paris than NYC.

But, let's face it. Other than having a flat skyline with one tall ornamental tower, DC is nothing like Paris from a residential perspective. Paris is an old dense city with miles upon miles of nothing but 5-7 story apartment buildings. Paris has the density to enliven in parks and put retail on it's grand boulevards because it has so many people living (or staying) on narrow residential side streets. DC just wasn't built like that. DC's residential core is mostly mid-density row house neighborhoods with wide setbacks. The density and scale basically reflects the DC mid-sized government town that DC was 100 years ago. If DC's economy had developed more pre-WWII, no doubt much of central DC would have been redeveloped with tightly packed pre-war walkup apartments like pre-war Manhattan or Nob Hill in SF. But, that isn't what happened and we no longer live in a time where that is possible or even disable. Dupont, Logan, Adams Morgan, are pretty ideal neighborhoods as they are. Infill development is possible, but not massive changes. DC just isn't built like a grand European capital and won't ever be.

That basically leaves us with the office district portion of DT. IMO, this is ideal to redevelop. We need to find a way to make more intense uses of this largely underwhelming zone. In an ideal world, we would adjust the height limit to allow more non-office uses. Perhaps raise the height limit to 200 ft, with the 130 ft limit being keep in place around the Mall and White House. Then everywhere else downtown would have an extra 5-7 to stories to work with. To encourage non-office uses mandate that 70% of the air rights must go to non-office use (retail, residential, hotels). Then set up a tradable developer rights program to allow developers flexibility. Developers who add housing will have credits to sell, those who do offices will have to buy credits. This will allow us to make a more intense use of the prime 9-5 downtown real estate. As PaytonC points out, DC's office district is simply too large geographically to support consistent active streetscapes. Extra height won't solve the problem entirely, but will help. This model isn't Paris or NYC, it is SF: a vibrant central city that gives way to lively mid-density residential neighborhoods and then to quasi-suburban outer neighborhoods.

Of course, in reality, something like this was proposed by the DC Office of Planning a year or two ago. The idea of reconsidering the height limit was resoundingly rejected by the City Council and the NCPC has since released a draft planning vision doubling down on the height limit. This when combined with the recent decision to downzone central rowhouse neighborhoods explicitly to discourage density via apartment conversions has left me feeling pretty dispirited about planning in DC. In light of these realities, this had lead me to the reluctant support for the idea that the best DC can hope for is that some of the 9-5 office space migrates to new towers in Roslyn and the downtown office market weakens to the point that non-office uses become more viable.

By all means, yes, develop NoMa and Navy Yard and TOD around outer metro stops. But, lets be realistic. Those might eventually become nice urban villages, but they are no replacement for a cohesive, interconnected, active urban center.

In a way, it is too bad that DC is so close to NYC, instead of SF. It presents a better model of how DC could have a more active central city, while still maintaining something of a smaller city feel.

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I'm of two minds when it comes to the Paris-DC comparison. I love Paris and would far rather DC emulate Paris than NYC.

But, let's face it. Other than having a flat skyline with one tall ornamental tower, DC is nothing like Paris from a residential perspective. Paris is an old dense city with miles upon miles of nothing but 5-7 story apartment buildings. Paris has the density to enliven in parks and put retail on it's grand boulevards because it has so many people living (or staying) on narrow residential side streets. DC just wasn't built like that. DC's residential core is mostly mid-density row house neighborhoods with wide setbacks. The density and scale basically reflects the DC mid-sized government town that DC was 100 years ago. If DC's economy had developed more pre-WWII, no doubt much of central DC would have been redeveloped with tightly packed pre-war walkup apartments like pre-war Manhattan or Nob Hill in SF. But, that isn't what happened and we no longer live in a time where that is possible or even disable. Dupont, Logan, Adams Morgan, are pretty ideal neighborhoods as they are. Infill development is possible, but not massive changes. DC just isn't built like a grand European capital and won't ever be.

That basically leaves us with the office district portion of DT. IMO, this is ideal to redevelop. We need to find a way to make more intense uses of this largely underwhelming zone. In an ideal world, we would adjust the height limit to allow more non-office uses. Perhaps raise the height limit to 200 ft, with the 130 ft limit being keep in place around the Mall and White House. Then everywhere else downtown would have an extra 5-7 to stories to work with. To encourage non-office uses mandate that 70% of the air rights must go to non-office use (retail, residential, hotels). Then set up a tradable developer rights program to allow developers flexibility. Developers who add housing will have credits to sell, those who do offices will have to buy credits. This will allow us to make a more intense use of the prime 9-5 downtown real estate. As PaytonC points out, DC's office district is simply to large geographically to support consistent active streetscapes. Extra height won't solve the problem entirely, but will help.

Of course, in reality, something like this was proposed by the DC Office of Planning a year or two ago. The idea of reconsidering the height limit was resoundingly rejected by the City Council and the NCPC has since released a draft planning vision doubling down on the height limit. This when combined with the recent decision to downzone central rowhouse neighborhoods explicitly to discourage density via apartment conversions has left me feeling pretty dispirited about planning in DC. In light of these realities, this had lead me to the reluctant support for the idea that the best DC can hope for is that some of the 9-5 office space migrates to new towers in Roslyn and the downtown office market weakens to the point that non-office uses become more viable.

By all means, yes, develop NoMa and Navy Yard and TOD around outer metro stops. But, lets be realistic. Those might eventually become nice urban villages, but they are no replacement for a cohesive, interconnected, active urban center.
Yes, all great points. And given that many new buildings, for better or worse, will be fairly similar to current height restrictions unless there is some switching of chairs at city hall, it seems we may have to focus on variables (other than relying solely on density) that can make this city livable.

You mention that DC office district might be too large geographically to support consistent active streetscapes. This might be true in some places, depending on what "consistent" means. 24 hour maybe not. But there are a lot of ways to "placemake," density being just one de facto way the US has relied on. There are many many others. Times Square and Yards park are the sledgehammer examples, but there exist more subtle ones.

Places don't necessarily just appear. Dupont, Logan and Adams Morgan are all places where people enjoy because you can walk around relatively safely. Rhode Island turns from a 6, sometimes 7 lane nightmare, to 2. 18th street NW, instead of the common 4 lane has 3 lanes with sidewalk extensions at the intersections. This is no coincidence. Other places in DC can emulate Adams Morgan, given similar changes in design.

There exists decades of research on how well certain street designs encourage such things as speeding or nightlife. DDOT seems to be reluctant to use designs such as on 18th NW elsewhere. Quick example: the vast majority of studies on 4 lane streets converted to 3 lanes (e.g. recent conversion in Tysons) has shown a significant impact on safety (19-47% reduction in crashes), and little to no impact on capacity. It's a no brainer. More data for skeptics from Portland (and there's more from elsewhere if you need). Instantly, you are much closer to having the potential for such things as ground floor retail and outdoor seating. We can make places more possible in DC. The density already exists in many cases. Much of what we need is a different idea about what roads are for.
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Ted Leonsis says Baltimore will become part of a D.C. supercity

Ted Leonsis says Baltimore will become part of a D.C. supercity

By James Briggs
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Aug. 25, 2015

"In the future, Baltimore will basically be part of Washington, D.C.

So says Ted Leonsis, owner of the Washington Capitals and Wizards, who predicts in a blog post that Baltimore will be the northern edge of a D.C. supercity. Leonsis writes: "By 2050 - DC will be like London, it will take up about 100 miles end to end, we will think of it as a area that goes from Middleburg to well north of Baltimore on 95."

A big reason for Leonsis' prediction is BWI/Marshall Airport. BWI in fiscal 2015 had 22.8 million passengers, more than either of D.C.'s airports.

"The three airport system is bedrock to this developing super set system here locally," Leonsis writes..."

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I'm of two minds when it comes to the Paris-DC comparison. I love Paris and would far rather DC emulate Paris than NYC.

But, let's face it. Other than having a flat skyline with one tall ornamental tower, DC is nothing like Paris from a residential perspective. Paris is an old dense city with miles upon miles of nothing but 5-7 story apartment buildings. Paris has the density to enliven in parks and put retail on it's grand boulevards because it has so many people living (or staying) on narrow residential side streets. DC just wasn't built like that. DC's residential core is mostly mid-density row house neighborhoods with wide setbacks. The density and scale basically reflects the DC mid-sized government town that DC was 100 years ago. If DC's economy had developed more pre-WWII, no doubt much of central DC would have been redeveloped with tightly packed pre-war walkup apartments like pre-war Manhattan or Nob Hill in SF. But, that isn't what happened and we no longer live in a time where that is possible or even disable. Dupont, Logan, Adams Morgan, are pretty ideal neighborhoods as they are. Infill development is possible, but not massive changes. DC just isn't built like a grand European capital and won't ever be.

That basically leaves us with the office district portion of DT. IMO, this is ideal to redevelop and large. We need to find a way to make more intense uses of this largely underwhelming zone. In an ideal world, we would adjust the height limit to allow more non-office uses. Perhaps raise the height limit to 200 ft, with the 130 ft limit being keep in place around the Mall and White House. Then everywhere else downtown would have an extra 5-7 to stories to work with. To encourage non-office uses mandate that 70% of the air rights must go to non-office use (retail, residential, hotels). Then set up a tradable developer rights program to allow developers flexibility. Developers who add housing will have credits to sell, those who do offices will have to buy credits. This will allow us to make a more intense use of the prime 9-5 downtown real estate. As PaytonC points out, DC's office district is simply too large geographically to support consistent active streetscapes. Extra height won't solve the problem entirely, but will help. This model isn't Paris or NYC, it is SF: a vibrant central city that gives way to lively mid-density residential neighborhoods and then to quasi-suburban outer neighborhoods.

Of course, in reality, something like this was proposed by the DC Office of Planning a year or two ago. The idea of reconsidering the height limit was resoundingly rejected by the City Council and the NCPC has since released a draft planning vision doubling down on the height limit. This when combined with the recent decision to downzone central rowhouse neighborhoods explicitly to discourage density via apartment conversions has left me feeling pretty dispirited about planning in DC. In light of these realities, this had lead me to the reluctant support for the idea that the best DC can hope for is that some of the 9-5 office space migrates to new towers in Roslyn and the downtown office market weakens to the point that non-office uses become more viable.

By all means, yes, develop NoMa and Navy Yard and TOD around outer metro stops. But, lets be realistic. Those might eventually become nice urban villages, but they are no replacement for a cohesive, interconnected, active urban center.

In a way, it is too bad that DC is so close to NYC, instead of SF. It presents a better model of how DC could have a more active central city, while still maintaining something of a smaller city feel.
Honestly that is depressing about the stupidity of the city to reject those changes. A cultural thing probably, perhaps a Southern influence. The small-town is what they want. Most people are fine with that and are not starving/clamoring for a downtown DC that looks like mini-manhattan or mini-london. If they wanted it badly enough and if there was enough will out there, democracy would go to work and those zoning changes would be put into action.

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Honestly that is depressing about the stupidity of the city to reject those changes. A cultural thing probably, perhaps a Southern influence. The small-town is what they want. Most people are fine with that and are not starving/clamoring for a downtown DC that looks like mini-manhattan or mini-london. If they wanted it badly enough and if there was enough will out there, democracy would go to work and those zoning changes would be put into action.
No. The Height Act restrictions imposed on us by Congress stymies any local input on changing heights.
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Apparently the idea of twin cities never occurred to him. I definitely think there should be a stronger connection between DC and Baltimore so that both cities can grow and benefit each other, I think there's little denying that. The way he's phrasing it makes it sound like Baltimore is simply going to be a distant suburb of DC.
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No. The Height Act restrictions imposed on us by Congress stymies any local input on changing heights.
Well yes and no. The height limit is mandated by Congress and would be hard to change. But, the height limit is widely embraced by the residents of DC. Outside of developers and some smart growth'ers, there really isn't much support for higher buildings. Most people in DC like the height limit. They think it gives DC a unique open feel and it spreads development around. Of course, I think a lot of supporters are overlooking the negative effects (large dead office zones and affordability issues) and treat it as an all or nothing (status quo vs. towering skyscrapers) issues. But, such is life.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/...4bc_story.html

http://committeeof100.net/uncategori...buildings-act/

Plus, the recent neighborhood downzones were entirely a local initiative in response to local concerns about some admittedly ugly popups and overdevelopment/changing character.

These issues are hardly unique to DC, most people like their neighborhood just the way it is. Especially in desirable neighborhoods. I'm sure this has been true at all times in history. The only difference is modern zoning laws, for better or worse, allows residents to convert their preferences in to legal binding mandates.
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Well yes and no. The height limit is mandated by Congress and would be hard to change. But, the height limit is widely embraced by the residents of DC. Outside of developers and some smart growth'ers, there really isn't much support for higher buildings. Most people in DC like the height limit. They think it gives DC a unique open feel and it spreads development around. Of course, I think a lot of supporters are overlooking the negative effects (large dead office zones and affordability issues) and treat it as an all or nothing (status quo vs. towering skyscrapers) issues. But, such is life.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/...4bc_story.html

http://committeeof100.net/uncategori...buildings-act/

Plus, the recent neighborhood downzones were entirely a local initiative in response to local concerns about some admittedly ugly popups and overdevelopment/changing character.

These issues are hardly unique to DC, most people like their neighborhood just the way it is. Especially in desirable neighborhoods. I'm sure this has been true at all times in history. The only difference is modern zoning laws, for better or worse, allows residents to convert their preferences in to legal binding mandates.
Yes, just as I thought. The will isn't there to change. Either they just don't understand the positive potential effects of rezoning downtown or they are just not interested in changing the character of the city (due to fear or apathy). Honestly, since nobody lives downtown really, it shouldn't be a NIMBY issue. There are plenty of brownfields/blighted aras in DC also that could accommodate office clusters of high rises without adversely impacting the mall, allowing for downtown to be rezoned for more residential/retail purposes. Creating a satellite office-zone a la "La Defense" would allow for downtown's heights to remain low so the monumental core wouldn't be overshadowed and office functions could move out to be replaced by a city center that isn't just a glorified office park. I'm sure everyone would welcome a more vibrant city center if it was here and it's possible to make that happen if they people were interested in making democracy work. If the will was there congress would listen but people are fine with their current lifestyles and DC will not grow to its potential as Virginia and Maryland continues to be where most of the growth will occur in the future. Unfortunately, it's DC's loss in tax revenue and in potential greater international prestige. DC needs a superstar mayor like a Bloomberg, etc who supports big ambitious thinking. Someone who actually wants big things for the city and is ready to challenge congress. I'd welcome a mayor who had the balls to run on a platform of height limit increases and massive radical change. DC is the capital city of the USA, not Canada or Australia. It should be a superpower city and not a Ottawa, or Canberra. The image of a major vibrant international city won't happen if the suburbs are where most of the growth occurs and the core remains sub-par by international standards. You don't see DC featured in Conde Nast or international travel magazines much for a reason.

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50 to 60-Unit Residential Project Planned For Triangular Plot Near Union Market

50 to 60-Unit Residential Project Planned For Triangular Plot Near Union Market

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"With the pace of new development on the boards around Union Market, soon there won’t be any sites left to build on.

UrbanTurf has learned that Ditto Residential and Zusin Development have residential building on the boards for 301 Florida Avenue NE with plans for 50 to 60 units. The 71,000 square-foot, eight story project will have seven levels of residential atop ground-floor retail.

The triangular plot is currently the site of a liquor store and a Penske truck depot. Dep Designs is the architect for the new development, which is slated to begin construction in the latter part of 2016. A planned-unit development will be filed with the city next week..."

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Lerner Now Planning 330-Unit Residential Building at 1000 South Capitol

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"After years (and years and years) of expectations that Lerner Enterprises' 1000 South Capitol Street project would eventually be a 320.000-square-foot office building, an application filed in mid-August with the Board of Zoning Adjustment has revealed the company is now looking to build a 330ish-unit residential building on the site between K and L Streets, SE.

There are no renderings included with the filing, and the company has let me know that they are not quite ready to offer up details on the project, but the BZA documents do show that the building would be 110 feet/13 stories high, with three levels of underground parking, and is being designed by Shalom Baranes Associates.

The site is the western half of the block where the 1015 Half Street office building has stood since 2011, and has served as Nats Parking Lot K since 2008..."
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Lerner Now Planning 330-Unit Residential Building at 1000 South Capitol

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"After years (and years and years) of expectations that Lerner Enterprises' 1000 South Capitol Street project would eventually be a 320.000-square-foot office building, an application filed in mid-August with the Board of Zoning Adjustment has revealed the company is now looking to build a 330ish-unit residential building on the site between K and L Streets, SE.

There are no renderings included with the filing, and the company has let me know that they are not quite ready to offer up details on the project, but the BZA documents do show that the building would be 110 feet/13 stories high, with three levels of underground parking, and is being designed by Shalom Baranes Associates.

The site is the western half of the block where the 1015 Half Street office building has stood since 2011, and has served as Nats Parking Lot K since 2008..."
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Frager's hammering out a deal with new partner to rebuild iconic Capitol Hill store

Frager's hammering out a deal with new partner to rebuild iconic Capitol Hill store


By Michael Neibauer
Washington Business Journal
Aug. 28, 2015

"Frager’s Hardware has found a new partner to rebuild its fire-ravaged Capitol Hill home, the Washington Business Journal has learned.

The iconic retailer is on the verge of closing a deal with D.C.-based Perseus Realty LLC, not only to reconstruct the hardware store in the 1100 block of Pennsylvania Avenue SE but to build condos or apartments above it and possibly some minor additional retail. While he emphasized the deal is not done, Frager’s owner John Weintraub did confirm the parties are close, as did two additional sources close to the negotiations.

Frager’s was destroyed in June 2013 by a fire sparked by a discarded cigarette. It currently operates out of four Capitol Hill locations— 1323 E St. SE (hardware and rental), 1129 Pennsylvania Ave. SE (paint), 1115 Pennsylvania Ave. SE (yard) and 1230 Pennsylvania Ave. SE (garden)..."
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Retail/restaurant news

It was announced today that there will be a Trader Joe's at the Hine School development at Eastern Market and that the restaurant, Circa, is opening a location at the Capitol Riverfront/Navy Yard.

Aloha! Trader Joe's to open another D.C. store
http://www.bizjournals.com/washingto...d-c-store.html

Circa Announced for Not-Yet-Built 99 M Street SE
http://www.jdland.com/dc/index.cfm/4...9-M-Street-SE/
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Residential Development, Grocery Store Pitched For Superfresh Site in AU Park

This site is a great opportunity. It is a huge surface parking lot in upper Northwest that is located about a mile from both the Tenley and Friendship Heights metro stations, as well as a close distance both to American University and Bethesda.

Residential Development, Grocery Store Pitched For Superfresh Site in AU Park

Sept. 15, 2015
By Urban Turf



"A residential development could be in the works for the former site of the Superfresh and Fresh & Green supermarkets in American University Park.

Valor Development is under contract on the former grocery store site at 4330 48th Street NW adjacent to American University law school. The firm plans a residential project that could be anchored by a grocery store. The scope of the project has yet to be finalized.

Valor’s Will Lansing tells UrbanTurf that it will be residential and retail “but the extent is still undetermined until we are able to gauge which direction the neighborhood will support.” Lansing said that the firm would like to see the project to go the planned unit development route, which would likely bring another grocery store to the site with residences above. A plan will not be finalized until the developer gets significant input from the community..."

http://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blo..._au_park/10333
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Georgetown Day School campus and mixed-use development

Georgetown Day School has posted new renderings and site plans for its proposal to expand its campus onto the site of the Tenley Safeway as well as build new retail and residential development, as well as a park and iconic steps, where the Martens car dealership was located on Wisconsin Avenue. I think this looks great and will help to connect Tenley with Friendship Heights.

https://gds.myschoolapp.com/ftpimage...ad_1630406.pdf
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