
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Converting Truckstops to Townhomes - $300 Million Mixed-Use project Coming to Laurel?

Monday, July 30, 2007
Trammell Crow Readies Work on Alexan Project in South Arlington
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Nick on 7/30/2007 03:39:00 PM
Labels: apartments, Arlington, residential, Trammell Crow Companies
Labels: apartments, Arlington, residential, Trammell Crow Companies


Sunday, July 29, 2007
White Flint View Moves Forward

Wednesday, July 25, 2007
The Sound of Silence – Birchmere Cancels Plans for Silver Spring Music Hall

However, this week Birchmere officials announced that the planned $8 million, 800-seat venue (pictured) is now off the table, and that Montgomery County officials and Lee Development both have backed out of the deal. Instead, it appears that this location might instead see the development of a 152-room hotel, 183,000-sf office building, a 650-space garage, and a "stand-up" nightclub. (A comedy club? Shudder ....) While the loss of The Birchmere is a blow to music lovers, at least developers appear to still be singing a positive tune on Silver Spring’s potential.
Update: The Post is now reporting that instead of the Birchmere, a bigger music venue is in consideration to occupy this space! Live Nation, the world's largest producer of live concerts, is contemplating putting one of its Fillmore-branded clubs here, and would make the club three times as large (over 2,000 capacity) as what was planned for the Birchmere. While we'd personally prefer having the homegrown Birchmere and its emphasis on intimate shows, the Fillmore coming would be a major coup on Silver Spring's part. Stay tuned ....
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Developer to Expand Hyattsville Project
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Nick on 7/24/2007 10:33:00 AM
Labels: condo, Hyattsville, office, PG County, residential, retail
Labels: condo, Hyattsville, office, PG County, residential, retail


Sunday, July 22, 2007
DC Council Approves Sale of 6428 Georgia Avenue; Park East Back on Track?
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Nick on 7/22/2007 10:54:00 PM
Labels: apartments, Brightwood, condo, Ellis Denning, Fairfield Residential
Labels: apartments, Brightwood, condo, Ellis Denning, Fairfield Residential


Washington DC real estate development news
Court Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Views at Clarendon Project

Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Master Planner Selected for Southwest Waterfront Project
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Nick on 7/18/2007 03:54:00 PM
Labels: Ehrenkrantz Eckstut and Kuhn, PN Hoffman, Potomac River, Southwest, Struever Bros Eccles and Rouse
Labels: Ehrenkrantz Eckstut and Kuhn, PN Hoffman, Potomac River, Southwest, Struever Bros Eccles and Rouse


When completed, the Southwest Waterfront project is expected to contain up to 825 mixed-income housing units, 200,000 sf of cultural space (such as a museum, church and civic space), a 450-room hotel, 84,000 sf of office space, 317,000 sf of retail space, and 2,000 parking spaces. The project will also improve public access to the waterfront with 13-acre waterfront promenade, public piers, and public plazas. The fish market now on the site will be preserved and renovated. Other items on the drawing board include a possible aquarium, space for Cirque du Soleil, and a facility for the Living Classrooms Foundation.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Silver Spring Transit Center MOU Approved
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Nick on 7/17/2007 03:06:00 PM
Labels: apartments, foulger-pratt, Silver Spring, Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects
Labels: apartments, foulger-pratt, Silver Spring, Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects


If project plans hold, the development will transform the 5.7 acres around the metro station into a new three-story transit hub, with the first two levels for buses, and the third for metro’s Kiss and Ride, taxis, and some parking. The project will also feature two residential buildings containing 469 units, a 196-room hotel, 25,000 sf of street-level retail adjacent to Colesville Road and Wayne Avenue, and a public plaza. When completed, the Center is expected to significantly enhance access to existing Metrorail, Metrobus, Ride-On, MARC rail, bus and taxi, and the Metropolitan Branch Trail, as well as the planned Purple Line. The private development is being handled by Silver Spring Metro Center Partnership/Foulger-Pratt Development, with architecture by Zimmer, Gunsul and Frasca.
Monday, July 16, 2007
Logan Circle's Wardman Row Buildings to Stay Affordable, Get Upgrades

Non-profit group NHT Enterprise and the Hampstead Development Corp. are believed to be paying current owner R Street Associates LP $11 million for the five buildings (1420 and 1424 R Street are not part of the deal, and are owned by another entity). The new owners have already requested funding from the DC Department of Housing and Community Development and the DC Housing Finance Agency toward the expected upgrades to the five 4-story buildings, which should begin this fall and continue for the following year. Residents will continue to live in the units during the work, which will include new kitchens and bathrooms, plus new roofs that incorporate "green" features.
The other major change will come with the income requirements for these units. Currently, the property owner receives federal subsidies to keep the units affordable, and the top threshold for these units is $28,350 for a family of four (30 percent and less of the area’s annual median income). Under the new ownership, residents will instead receive Section 8 vouchers which they can use to stay at these units, or to rent elsewhere. In addition, there will now be “tiers” of affordability, with 6 brand new carved-out units renting at market rate with no income restrictions; of the existing 124 units, 94 units will require a 60 percent and below annual median income, 24 units will require a 50 percent and below median, and 6 units will remain at 30 percent and below median.
The "Wardman Row" buildings have experienced a long and lively history. First built by Harry Wardman and architect Albert Beers in 1913-1914 in the Classical Revival style as affordable apartments, the buildings watched as the neighborhood fell on hard times after the riots of the late 1960s left 14th Street scarred. The buildings underwent renovations in the 1970s and 1980s, and were put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. They have since watched new shops and restaurants open on either side since the 1990s.
BNA Site Project Wins Zoning Approval

Wednesday, July 11, 2007
NoMa Gets Its First Hotel

Sunday, July 08, 2007
"What's Happening on East Capitol Street Near RFK?"

(h/t on this story to commenter mr. x)
Saturday, July 07, 2007
Silver Spring's Moda Vista Residences Project Expected to Be Approved
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Nick on 7/07/2007 12:35:00 AM
Labels: apartments, condo, residential, retail, Silver Spring
Labels: apartments, condo, residential, retail, Silver Spring


Friday, July 06, 2007
Southeast’s "Blue Castle" Property Back On Market

Thursday, July 05, 2007
"Historic Adaptive Reuse" for Woodley Park

Wednesday, July 04, 2007
New Changes at Rockville Town Square Project
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Nick on 7/04/2007 08:25:00 PM
Labels: apartments, condo, residential, retail, Rockville
Labels: apartments, condo, residential, retail, Rockville


Tuesday, July 03, 2007
For Sale - Silver Spring's The Blairs
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Nick on 7/03/2007 12:47:00 PM
Labels: apartments, office, residential, retail, Silver Spring
Labels: apartments, office, residential, retail, Silver Spring


While the complex could simply change hands with residents not even noticing the switch (except for maybe a rent bump), it is interesting to note that the Cassidy & Pinkard sales flier indicates that the property could easily be expanded, stating that new development capacity could include 1,403 additional apartments, and 297,329 sf of new commercial space. Such expansion would certainly add a wrinkle to the already-significant level of development happening at this corner of East-West Highway and Blair Mill Road. Just east across Blair Mill is the still-selling, 151-unit Mica condo conversion, and rubbing shoulders with the Mica is the 96-unit The Argent project, which just broke ground last month at 1200 Blair Mill Road. Just northeast of The Blairs is the 247-unit 1200 East-West project, which broke ground in June, and across East-West Highway from this project is the 460-unit Silver Spring Gateway project. We might as well also go west and throw in the 1,020-unit Falkland North project at the corner of East-West Highway and 16th Street. The best investment of all, with this myriad development? One of those silvery Food Trucks that stops on the works sites twice a day to serve breakfast and lunch to the construction crews – now they will be doing brisk business for the next few years!
Monday, July 02, 2007
"Conversion Reversion" Hits Leesburg Project

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