tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223059582008-05-23T14:54:27.020-05:00Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295461340042242438noreply@blogger.comBlogger535125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-50949816061503850622008-05-22T12:44:00.001-05:002008-05-22T13:39:39.469-05:00

SPONSORED STORY Todd Place - new condominium homes from $236,000 near the Rhode Island Avenue Metro. Todd Place is the total renovation of 3 separate apartment buildings, 302-310 Todd Place, into 12 condos, each with two bedrooms, deep walk in closets in each bedroom, vaulted ceilings, and beautifully finished interiors. Located within walking distance of the Rhode Island Ave Metro station

Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295461340042242438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-65073275684956990452008-05-21T08:56:00.004-05:002008-05-22T05:58:19.074-05:00

In an announcement that cyclists have long anticipated, the District of Columbia held a press conference this morning to proclaim the imminent construction of the MBT - the Metropolitan Branch Trail - an eight-mile bike/jogging trail that will run from Union Station to Silver Spring. In his announcement this morning, Mayor Fenty stated that the District had reached an agreement with PEPCO to

Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295461340042242438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-60373783780256301692008-05-20T21:03:00.005-05:002008-05-23T13:43:44.682-05:00

After more than four years of seeking permits and zoning approvals, Bethesda- based real estate developer Triumph Development, LLC has decided not to complete their seven-story, 53-unit condominium project at Hampden Lane and Woodmont Avenue in Bethesda. The developers received approval for "4901 Hampden Lane" in February, at which time they posted an optimistic message of progress on their

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07820174863489235609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-18376875934693425782008-05-20T18:42:00.007-05:002008-05-22T12:08:00.548-05:00

Greyhound admitted last week that it may be on track for a departure. The inter-city bus company acknowledged its intention to sell its main DC station at 1005 First Street in the center of the NoMa development hotbed. While little has been finalized and Greyhound is hardly commenting, several sources say it will sell off its terminal and move several blocks south to Union Station. CB

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07820174863489235609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-26064453709388599402008-05-16T14:38:00.016-05:002008-05-23T13:57:46.766-05:00

Five buildings in the 2200 block of 14th Street (2203, 2205, 2207, 2209, 2211) were approved for demolition by the DC Historic Planning Board as part of the new Anthony Bowen YMCA and 14W project by DC-based developer Perseus Realty, LLC and YMCA of Metropolitan Washington. As DCMud reported in May of last year, at the project's completion, 1325 W Street will include a new YMCA facility (45,000

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07820174863489235609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-20493509970867725612008-05-16T14:10:00.011-05:002008-05-22T11:33:45.759-05:00

The other side of the tracks is always the problem real estate. And so even in NoMa, DC's largest real estate construction site, the west side of the railroad tracks are packed with groundbreakings like Tishman's 1100 and 1150 First Street, JBG's Capitol Square, Bristol Group's Noma Station, and StonebridgeCarras' Constitution Square, and newly announced tenants like Harris Teeter, the DOJ, DOE,

Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295461340042242438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-88616631320601853932008-05-16T09:41:00.013-05:002008-05-16T13:10:11.148-05:00

With blue shovels in hand, George Washington University officials broke ground this morning on the greatly anticipated and hotly debated Square 54 project on Washington Circle. At its delivery in 2011, the $250 million mixed-use project in Foggy Bottom will include 333 residential units, 13% of which will be work-force housing, 440,000 s.f. of office space overlooking Washington Circle, an open

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07820174863489235609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-38360933727558995672008-05-15T14:42:00.016-05:002008-05-16T05:24:41.623-05:00

Wheaton's profile has never been sufficiently distinct to stand out against its neighbors to the south, lacking a strong downtown and well defined borders. But now several teams are hoping to make area more of a destination. Construction is well underway for Bozzuto Development and Torti Gallas and Partners' mixed-use project at the Red Line’s Wheaton Metro station. Located at 11175 Georgia

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07820174863489235609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-52135817189581905322008-05-14T12:01:00.025-05:002008-05-16T09:57:56.006-05:00

A Request for Expressions of Interest was officially issued today by the District of Columbia to attract a master developer for "Hill East," 50 acres of real estate on the former D.C. General Hospital site and Anacostia River. Hill East is one of three major redevelopment sites that make up the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative, a 20 year plan to turn the Anacostia River into a thriving residential

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07820174863489235609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-80864519331896569282008-05-14T10:06:00.007-05:002008-05-16T05:28:00.798-05:00

SPONSOR SGA Architects is sponsoring a rooftop party tonight at its recently completed project, the Butterfield House at the Eastern Market Metro. The party will be held from 5:30 - 8pm on the rooftop deck of the Butterfield House, 1020 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, and will be hosted with wine and light food. SGA Companies, a Bethesda-based firm performing both architecture and

Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295461340042242438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-60211367411641626092008-05-13T16:58:00.003-05:002008-05-14T09:50:15.779-05:00

The Historic Preservation Office has approved the razing of six adjoining row houses: 1322-30 North Capitol Street, NW and 7 Hanover Place, NW, to make way for Thoron Development's Dunbar Place, a five-story condominium building. Thoron founder Robert Taylor describes Dunbar Place as a five-story, 29-unit condominium project that will include a deck of underground parking, ground-level green

Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985235824778343933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-64418239682495338242008-05-12T19:48:00.002-05:002008-05-15T14:21:12.383-05:00

Howard University has issued a Request For Proposals (RFP) for real estate developers to submit bids for a "first-class, mixed-use development" at 2112-2146 Georgia Avenue. Part of the 2.2 acre site at the corner of V St. and Georgia Avenue, the Howard Town Center, was offered to Howard by the District of Columbia just two weeks ago in an exchange designed to facilitate Howard's residential

Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295461340042242438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-1701556592821762852008-05-12T11:13:00.037-05:002008-05-15T08:13:25.763-05:00

Mayor Adrian Fenty announced plans today for one of the last remaining parcels of land on the site of the old convention center. Under a new agreement, the city will allow development of a 400-room "high-end" hotel and 100,000 s.f. of additional retail space on the 53,000 s.f. plot of land now known simply as "Parcel B". This portion of the site had previously been reserved for

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07820174863489235609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-71266402683598974882008-05-09T10:56:00.011-05:002008-05-12T19:49:36.993-05:00

Construction will begin in July for Rhode Island Station, a 370,000 s.f. mixed-use development planned for the current Rhode Island Avenue Metro Station. The project, by Rhode Island Avenue Metro, LLC (a partnership of Mid-City Urban LLC and A&R Development), formerly known as Brentwood Town Center, won final zoning approval in April 2007, but will not finally close and begin construction until

Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07820174863489235609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-27691915044400845912008-05-08T09:02:00.001-05:002008-05-07T23:17:01.821-05:00

One of the District's oldest property struggles may soon see resolution, ending a dispute that began with a promise by Mayor Walter Washington, DC's first elected mayor. Last week, current Mayor Adrian Fenty signed an agreement saying the District will at long last swap land with Howard University, a deal that will give Howard the property it has eyed since beginning its LeDroit Park Initiative

Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985235824778343933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-33332799610680417432008-05-07T16:54:00.003-05:002008-05-07T23:27:58.907-05:00

Ecco Park Condominiums, planned as Takoma Park's only new condominium project, will now go forward as an apartment building. The 85-unit condominium had been designed and was to be developed by SGA Architects of Bethesda, but SGA began returning money to purchasers several weeks ago. The site, two blocks from the Takoma Park Metro Station, was a brownfield and former gas station, a condition

Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295461340042242438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-16826781102137290612008-05-05T16:18:00.010-05:002008-05-07T07:05:55.402-05:00

On Tuesday morning, the Montgomery County Council will vote to decide whether to move forward with a planned $89-million, 1,150-space parking garage in downtown Bethesda. If the vote passes, developers PN Hoffman and Stonebridge Associates would be able to proceed with their mixed-use project planned for the current Bethesda Lot 31, at the intersection of Bethesda and Woodmont Avenues (across

Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985235824778343933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-5164316355541807612008-05-04T13:46:00.012-05:002008-05-05T16:45:18.306-05:00

March Madness it isn't, but the teams may be competing every bit as hard, and now its down to the final four. The District has narrowed its list of developers for its project at 5th and I Streets down to four: JBG, Buccini/Pollin, Potomac Investment Properties, and a group comprised of Holland Development, Donohoe Development, Spectrum Management, and Harris Development. 463 I Street, the

Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295461340042242438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-60068634898097787012008-05-01T12:12:00.002-05:002008-05-01T13:30:11.829-05:00

There's a new condo in town. Though that wouldn't have been so newsworthy a few years ago, the dearth of new construction makes us happy to be able to report that inventory doesn't just shrink. Drummond Development has come out of the ground with Privado, its most recent project, a 16-unit building on Chapin Street in Columbia Heights. The project will sit on the crest of the Hill overlooking

Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295461340042242438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-70862382122990813822008-04-30T12:59:00.010-05:002008-04-30T19:45:31.430-05:00

One of the city's more historic rowhouses will soon get a renovation and conversion to a multi-family building, now that the Historic Preservation Review Board has approved Community Three Development, LLC’s conceptual design for a rear addition to a historic row house at 444 M St. NW. The house was built in the late 1870s and had fallen into disrepair (see picture); as a result, the Board had “

Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985235824778343933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-13117120991669753752008-04-29T14:30:00.025-05:002008-05-01T16:05:55.609-05:00

Tomorrow, the Montgomery County Planning Board will hold a hearing on a proposal to tear down the former site of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) in Silver Spring and construct in its place a modernist five-story condominium building. The plan calls for a 52-unit residence at 814 Thayer Avenue, between Fenton and Grove Streets, a five-story building with shifting floorplates

Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985235824778343933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-88389723676593748412008-04-26T06:34:00.006-05:002008-04-28T16:47:29.075-05:00

The Community Preservation and Development Corporation (CPDC), DC's largest affordable housing developer, will announce on Monday the beginning of the reconstruction of the failed Parkside Terrace housing project. The renovation marks what District officials hope will be a watershed in the provision of affordable housing, many of which began amid utopian dreams of lifting up the working poor

Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295461340042242438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-28189736116875744182008-04-25T13:46:00.003-05:002008-04-25T13:05:07.091-05:00

At a Friday morning press conference just north of the Georgia Ave-Petworth Metro Station, Mayor Adrian Fenty announced the District's intention to solicit development bids for three government-owned properties on the 3800 block of Georgia Avenue NW. Properties for bid are 3813, formerly Caribbean Cuisine, now empty; 3815, an empty storefront; and 3925-29, a vacant lot. The former two properties

Marinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05985235824778343933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-8355639398068991572008-04-25T13:13:00.007-05:002008-04-25T12:52:42.651-05:00

Sponsored Announcement Final phase: Beautiful new condominiums starting at $299,500 for spacious condos with two-bedroom plus den, with a three-bedroom, three-bath, three-level penthouse available. Basilica Lofts, the conversion of a historic row of storefronts into two and three-level lofts, named after the ideal vistas of the nearby Dome of the Immaculate Conception at Catholic University.

Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08295461340042242438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22305958.post-90363767008907085542008-04-24T12:00:00.024-05:002008-04-25T08:58:47.661-05:00

This morning, Mayor Adrian Fenty held a press conference to raise the curtain on the city's plan to develop save and develop U Street's historic Lincoln Theatre. The project will entail development of the parking lot behind the theatre, with some of the resulting profits being earmarked to save the beleaguered venue. The 88 year old District-owned theatre had received much press as of late,

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