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202_Cyclist · #**1121** Posted **Apr 16, 2015, 9:42 PM**

Capitol Riverfront Welcomes New NAB Headquarters

Image courtesy of the Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement District.

“Monument Realty and its investment partner, New York-based Angelo, Gordon & Company, has announced that it has signed an agreement with the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) to develop its new headquarters facility at One M Street in the Capitol Riverfront.

One M Street, located on the corner of M and South Capitol Streets, SE, will be a 10 story, 130,000 SF office building with a conferencing center occupying the top two floors. It will have unobstructed views of the U.S. Capitol as well as spectacular views to Washington's monumental core. HOK is the building architect…”

http://www.capitolriverfront.org/_fi....9.15.html#NAB

NAB Announces New Headquarter Building Plans
Relocation to Capitol Riverfront; Expected Move-In by Fall of 2018

"WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Association of Broadcasters announced today it has entered into an agreement with Washington-DC based developer Monument Realty and its investment partners, New York-based Angelo, Gordon & Company, to purchase upon completion a new headquarters in the Capitol Riverfront neighborhood of the nation's capital, with a scheduled move-in by fall of 2018.

The planned relocation of the broadcast industry lobbying arm's headquarters is the culmination of a rigorous search for a location with easier access to Capitol Hill that will allow NAB to improve its advocacy efforts. The new headquarters building will be located at the corner of South Capitol and M Streets, SE, a "gateway" to the vibrant Capitol Riverfront section of Washington, DC. The building will be based exactly one mile from the U.S. Capitol and two blocks from the Washington Nationals baseball stadium..."

https://www.nab.org/documents/newsro...se.asp?id=3643

PremierAtlanta · #**1122** Posted **Apr 17, 2015, 12:29 AM**

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Union Station in Washington Has a Grand Development Plan

By Eugene L. Meyer
NY Times
Apr. 14, 2015

Image courtesy of the NY Times.

Image courtesy of the NY Times.

“WASHINGTON — This city’s venerable Union Station, which opened with much fanfare in 1908, was never about the federal union but about the union of two railroads whose separate terminals had formerly occupied valuable space blocks apart, even encroaching on the National Mall.

But, over time, the monumental Beaux-Arts building and its rail yards that united railroads divided the city it served, its 20 north-south tracks bisecting neighborhoods rather than linking them. Now, under an ambitious plan, the air rights over the tracks are to be developed with three million square feet encompassing 1.5 million square feet of office space, 1,300 residential units, 100,000 square feet of retail space, more than 500 hotel rooms, and parks and plazas.

The 14-acre project is to be called Burnham Place, after the Chicago architect Daniel Burnham, who designed the station. The new platform atop the tracks will extend a renovated and reconfigured station that will adjoin the mixed-use project…”

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/15/re...=politics&_r=1

Very ambitious! I love Union Station. It's always bustling whenever I am there.

202_Cyclist · #**1123** Posted **Apr 22, 2015, 4:36 PM**

30-Unit Residential Project With Retail Planned For U Street

Urban Turf
Apr. 21, 2015

Image courtesy of Urban Turf.

"Neighborhood Development Company (NDC) will develop the building on the corner of 11th and U Street NW into a ten-story residential project with 25 to 30 units. Details of the new development were outlined to the ANC 1B Zoning, Preservation and Development Committee on Monday night.

NDC will raze the two-story building at 2002 11th Street NW formerly owned by Industrial Bank to construct the new development. The site is one block east of Ben’s Chili Bowl and two blocks east of a proposed 25-unit project from the Goldstar Group..."

http://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blo..._corridor/9789

202_Cyclist · #**1124** Posted **Apr 22, 2015, 4:49 PM**

First Look at Plans for Development of Capitol Hill’s Buchanan School/IGU Site

By Larry Janezich
Apr. 22, 2015
Capitol Hill Corner

Image courtesy of Captiol Hill Corner.

"Tuesday night, Insight Property Group Partner Sarah Davidson met with some 40 Capitol Hill residents to discuss Insight’s plan for redevelopment of the 2.13 acre site currently occupied by the former Buchanan School and the International Graduate University. The plan calls for 81 residences – 40 townhomes priced around $1 million, and 41 condos priced between $300 thousand and $1 million..."

http://capitolhillcorner.org/2015/04...chooligu-site/

81 Townhomes and Condos Planned for Schoolhouse in Capitol Hill

By Lark Turner
Apr. 22, 2015
Urban Turf

Image courtesy of Urban Turf.

"Insight wants to preserve the two oldest school buildings onsite and turn them into 40 condos, with unit sizes ranging from studios and one-bedrooms to larger two- and three-bedroom units. The rest of the development will be built with families in mind, too; all 41 of the rowhouses will have at least three bedrooms and top out at what’s likely to be the new maximum height in R-4 zoning districts: 35 feet.

The rowhouses will have alternating designs mimicking the historic homes in the neighborhood, from Federal-style facades to protruding bays to porchfront homes..."

http://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blo...itol_hill/9796

202_Cyclist · #**1125** Posted **Apr 24, 2015, 3:47 PM**

As per usual, I can't post images from the Washington Business Journal site but there is a slideshow, with renderings of the proposed museum. This would be great, as L'Enfant is largely vacant and dull outside of the Monday - Friday business hours. Locating the Spy Museum to this location will also help provide additional nearby activity in this area, with the nearby Wharf devleopment. Additionally, although it isn't my thing, the nearby Bible museum will also attract additional visitors to Federal Center SW, right next to L'Enfant Plaza.

International Spy Museum design for L'Enfant Plaza unveiled

By Rebecca Cooper
Washington Business Journal
Apr 23, 2015

“We're getting our first look at what the International Spy Museum envisions for its proposed L'Enfant Plaza building: a trapezoid-shaped glass and concrete structure featuring a glass-enclosed rooftop structure and terrace.

The 100,000-square-foot building, which was designed by the London firm of Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Rogers, would be built at 900 L'Enfant Plaza on the open plaza directly in front of the shuttered L'Enfant Plaza hotel. The JBG Cos. currently owns the site.

Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners designed a six-story angular building featuring seven red accents running from its roof line to the ground…”

http://www.bizjournals.com/washingto...ant-plaza.html

202_Cyclist · #**1126** Posted **Apr 26, 2015, 1:53 PM**

The other evening my girlfriend and I attended an open-house rooftop party that JBG hosted to market and sell units in their 2030 building. Here are some photos I took of the other JBG developments nearby in Shaw along 8th Street.

Here is a photo of the Atlantic Plumbing building, right next to the 9:30 Club. This is one of most impressive new residential buildings under construction in DC right now.

202_Cyclist · #**1127** Posted **Apr 26, 2015, 2:09 PM**

Here are some photos from the rooftop open-house for JBG's 2030 building. Admittedly, the lighting is better for some of these photos than others and all of the photos below were taken with my I-phone.

Eightball · #**1128** Posted **Apr 26, 2015, 3:04 PM**

Cool photos 202. That is an awesome building!

EastSideHBG · #**1129** Posted **Apr 26, 2015, 4:23 PM**

Cool pics and great beer choice!

TexasBoi · #**1130** Posted **May 5, 2015, 6:51 PM**

They put up renderings on each corner for the Conrad going up at 900 NY Ave. Don't know if anyone has seen it.

202_Cyclist · #**1131** Posted **May 6, 2015, 3:10 PM**

It's about time construction begins on this. The NIMBYs have delayed this for years. This development is directly across the street from the Eastern Market metro station and is located in a very walkable neighborhood.

Demolition at Hine School Development to Start in May, Delivery Still Scheduled for June 2017

Urban Turf
May 5, 2015

A rendering of the view east from 7th and C Street SE. (Image courtesy of Urban Turf)

“Demolition at the long-delayed Hine Junior High School redevelopment will start later this month once hazardous materials have been removed from the Eastern Market site. The demolition will take approximately six weeks, Eastbanc’s Matt Harris tells UrbanTurf, at which point excavation can commence, followed by vertical construction later this year. This will put the project on schedule to deliver in June 2017, Harris confirms.

Earlier this year, the redevelopment of the former junior high school near Eastern Market got the go-ahead when the DC Court of Appeals denied a rehearing of a lawsuit against developer Stanton-Eastbanc…”

http://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blo...ll_schedu/9847

202_Cyclist · #**1132** Posted **May 10, 2015, 2:01 PM**

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

Homewood Suites.

Florida Rock site (taken from Nats Park when the Nationals beat the Braves 9-2. Go Nats!)

202_Cyclist · #**1133** Posted **May 10, 2015, 2:10 PM**

Here are a couple of photos I took of the new American University law school I took on Thursday evening. The law school will relocate from a semi-suburban location on Massachusetts Ave to a location next to Tenley Circle, in close proximity to the Tenley metro station and several bus routes.

202_Cyclist · #**1134** Posted **May 10, 2015, 3:40 PM**

Here are a couple of photos I took last weekend along/near the 14th and U Street corridor.

15th & V St, NW (96 condos by Bozzuto).

1315 14th Street (Douglas Development).

202_Cyclist · #**1135** Posted **May 16, 2015, 12:40 PM**

Tenleytown School’s Expansion Includes Mixed-Use Buildings with 340 Units

By Lark Turner
Urban Turf
May 15, 2015

A map showing the location of the proposed residential and retail buildings. (Image courtesy of Urban Turf)

"The Georgetown Day School is planning to build 340 residential units as part of its massive campus expansion in Tenleytown.

Last year, the school announced its purchase of a Safeway and Martens Volvo/Volkswagen dealership, a deal that totaled $40 million, in Tenleytown. The properties are adjacent to Georgetown Day’s high school campus at 4200 Davenport Street NW. The school hopes to consolidate its lower, middle and upper schools on the new campus.

As part of the plan, the school will demolish the Safeway and build two mixed-use buildings on the site of the Martens dealership, which will front Wisconsin Avenue NW between Ellicott and Chesapeake Streets…"

http://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blo...340_units/9892

202_Cyclist · #**1136** Posted **May 16, 2015, 12:51 PM**

Both Prince of Petworth and the Washington Business Journal are reporting that new retail is planned for the long-vacant Hahn Shoe building located on a prominent corner downtown at 14th and G Street NW. The Armenian Genocide Museum was planned for this site, certainly a worthwhile use of the building, but this stalled and the building has been vacant for an extended period of time.

Photo courtesy of Prince of Petworth.

202_Cyclist · #**1137** Posted **May 16, 2015, 1:07 PM**

295-Unit Apartment Project Planned for the Southwest Waterfront

By Lark Turner
Urban Turf
May 12, 2015

A bird’s eye view of the new development. (Image courtesy of Urban Turf)

"More apartments are coming to the Southwest Waterfront.

Perseus Realty and Urban Investment Partners (UIP), which bought Capitol Park Tower in 2013, are planning to build two new buildings on the site of the original building, which successfully received a tenant-pursued historic designation last year. UrbanTurf first learned of this project from Southwest Waterfront resident Chase Coard.

Image courtesy of Urban Turf.

The existing Capitol Park Tower at 301 G Street SW (map) is nine stories high with 289 units. Perseus and UIP propose adding buildings to the north and east, one with seven stories and the other with four stories. Together the two buildings will have 295 rentals, ranging from studios to three-bedrooms, served by 310 underground parking spaces. About 24 of the building’s units will be designated affordable…"

http://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blo...r_project/9873

ardecila · #**1138** Posted **May 16, 2015, 5:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by 202_Cyclist

Both Prince of Petworth and the Washington Business Journal are reporting that new retail is planned for the long-vacant Hahn Shoe building located on a prominent corner downtown at 14th and G Street NW. The Armenian Genocide Museum was planned for this site, certainly a worthwhile use of the building, but this stalled and the building has been vacant for an extended period of time.

I will never cease to be amazed by the weird museum/identity politics in DC.

Armenian Genocide Museum? Seriously? What possible connection does a long-ago, faraway tragedy have to the US capital?

dc_denizen · #**1139** Posted **May 17, 2015, 1:26 AM**

I can't believe some Kardashian from Minneapolis was allowed to keep that beautiful building in such a state of empty disrepair for so long. Awesome news that it will finally be fixed up.

202_Cyclist · #**1140** Posted **May 17, 2015, 1:49 AM**

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I will never cease to be amazed by the weird museum/identity politics in DC.

Armenian Genocide Museum? Seriously? What possible connection does a long-ago, faraway tragedy have to the US capital?

It is quite reasonable for there to have been a proposed Armenian genocide memorial. More than one million people died in the Armenian genocide. There is, of course, alarge Armenian diaspora in the United States. The United States, when we are at our best and live up to our ideals, serves as a model of decency and human rights for the rest of the world. Additionally, American missionaries provided much of the aid to the displaced and suffering during the Armenian genocide: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-...=9780061860171 .

DC_denizen: is there really a need for your racist comment?