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30 Apartments Atop a Restaurant: The Plans for a U Street Parking Lot

February 9, 2018
By Nena Perry-Brown
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Early rendering of mixed-use building at 9 1/2 and U Streets, viewed from northwest. (Image courtesy of Urban Turf).


"Another portion of the Grimke School redevelopment is coming into focus.

The Community Three Development-led team is seeking historic approval for a plan to replace the surface parking lot at 912 U Street NW with a six-story mixed-use building. Up to 30 apartments would be delivered above a 3,500 square-foot ground-floor restaurant; five surface parking spaces will sit behind the property...."

https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/bl...eet-site/13550
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Downtown—FBI Building

The General Services Administration (GSA) announced Monday, February 12, a plan to demolish the current J. Edgar Hoover building in downtown DC and build a replacement structure on the site to house the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The decision was a dramatic shift from earlier plans to move the Bureau to a suburban campus facility in either Maryland or Virginia. About 8,000 staff will work in the new 2.3 million SF building, a number down from the current 11,000. Some staff would be dispersed to other facilities around the country. Already the decision is drawing sharp criticism, particularly from Maryland congressman and House minority whip Steny Hoyer.

J. Edgar Hoover Building

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The J. Edgar Hoover Building was constructed in the early 1970s and opened in September 1975. The building embodies the Brutalist architectural style then in vogue for large civic structures.


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An overhead view of the J. Edgar Hoover Building in 2008 from the observation level of the Old Post Office Building; looking northeast.

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Brutalist architecture.
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Old Posted Feb 13, 2018, 8:15 PM
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I have mixed opinions about the FBI HQ continuing to remain on PA Ave. Moving the headquarters to Springfield or Greenbelt would contribute to sprawl and encourage more people to drive to the facility than its current location near several metro lines. Additionally, having several thousand well-paid FBI employees contributes to local businesses and DC tax revenue (restaurant taxes, hotel taxes, etc...).

On the other hand, Pennsylvania Avenue is a largely lifeless stretch and mostly vacant outside of business hours. Additionally, having residential or commercial office space here would contribute property taxes.
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Old Posted Feb 13, 2018, 8:17 PM
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Also, the current FBI headquarters location offers unparalleled convenience to the Trump hotel and 1600 PA Ave when Trump is arrested for treason, money laundering, fraud, etc.
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^Beautiful. But don't forget obstruction of justice.


It's a pretty easy decision for me at least, this seems to be the best of both world's: erasing the abortion that is the JEHFBI building from the landscape of DC and building a new one on the same prime central site, keeping [most] of the employees in the center of town and all that brings. My biggest wonder is where they are going to operate for the 4 years or so it's under construction?
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^Beautiful. But don't forget obstruction of justice.


It's a pretty easy decision for me at least, this seems to be the best of both world's: erasing the abortion that is the JEHFBI building from the landscape of DC and building a new one on the same prime central site, keeping [most] of the employees in the center of town and all that brings. My biggest wonder is where they are going to operate for the 4 years or so it's under construction?

Probably telework and mobile trailers...
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And probably some short term office park leases out in the burbs
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Georgetown

Gas Station At Edge of Georgetown Demolished, Making Way for Eastbanc Development

February 13, 2018
By Nena Perry-Brown
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"After years of contentious debate and a cumbersome approval process, the former Valero gas station at Pennsylvania Avenue and M Street NW has come down to make way for a new residential project.

As reported by Georgetown Metropolitan, over a year after Georgetown developer Eastbanc received zoning approval to redevelop the gas station at 2715 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, the station has been demolished..."

https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/bl...elopment/13564
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Here's what a suburban D.C. county pitched for Amazon HQ2 — and why it lost

By Katie Arcieri – Staff Reporter, Washington Business Journal
4 hours ago

Weeks after being shut out of Amazon's short list of contenders for HQ2, Prince George's County, Maryland, has learned why it did not make the cut: The county doesn't have a large enough pool of senior-level software engineers.

"They saw deeper concentrations of software development engineers in other areas," said David Iannucci, a top economic development official for Prince George's who spoke with Amazon, along with other county officials, on a phone call. "They literally told us there was nothing we could have done differently in the RFP to change the outcome."
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D.C. has given Elon Musk a permit to do a little digging for the Hyperloop
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NoMa—New Condo Project

Development: 62-Unit Condo Project; NoMa

The J Street Cos. plans to break ground in September on an 9-story, 62-unit condo project in NoMa. Located just south of Douglas Development's recently completely Uline Arena redevelopment, the project joins a host of other developments in the happening area, including Trammell Crow's planned redevelopment of the Central Armature Works. J Street intends to position the new condos to appeal to first time home buyers.


Sited at the corner of L Street, NE, and Congress Street, the condos will be located just one block away from the NoMa–Gallaudet U Metro station.
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Fort Totten

Proposed Development: Mixed-use, 185 townhouses and retail, Fort Totten, DC

EYA is proposing a major townhouse and retail development in the Fort Totten neighborhood of Washington, DC. The project site, located at the intersection of Riggs Road and South Dakota Avenue, NE, is a short walk from the Fort Totten Metro station. Up to 185 townhouses are proposed, as well as 20,000 to 30,000 square feet of retail. Also planned are two-levels of underground parking for 152 cars and 54-68 spaces for bicycles, and private at-grade parking for about 100 townhouses. To move the project forward as currently envisioned, EYA will be seeking a minor zoning variance.

Located across the street from Fort Totten Square, a recently built 350-unit apartment complex, EYA's proposed development, designed by Mushinsky Voelzke Associates, will bring needed density to the emerging area around the Metro station, further activating the nascent street scape. Previous EYA developments in DC include Harrison Square, one of the first new developments in the U Street Corridor after the Metro Green Line station opened in 1991, and Bryan Square in the Capital Hill neighborhood.


Courtesy EYA and Mushinsky Voelzke Associates via UrbanTurf.
Overhead view of the proposed townhouse and retail development in Fort Totten; looking northeast.


Courtesy EYA and Mushinsky Voelzke Associates via UrbanTurf.
The perspective looking north, with South Dakota Avenue, NE, in the foreground.

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EYA town homes have been sprouting up all over the DMV like weeds.
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Randall School

Randall School Redevelopment May Include Co-Working Component and a Restaurant

March 12, 2018
By Nena Perry-Brown
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Randall School redevelopment from southeast corner. (Image courtesy of Urban Turf)


"Lowe Enterprises and Telesis Corporation have been approved to restore the Randall School at 65 I Street SW, creating 31,839 square feet of museum space in the east wing and 18,602 square feet of commercial space in the west wing. A 110 foot-tall residential building with 489 apartments and two-level underground parking garage with 301 parking spaces would also be added to the site..."

https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/bl...of-a-res/13683
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Anacostia

Plans Emerge for Additional Office Building at Anacostia’s Reunion Square

March 13, 2018
By Nena Perry-Brown
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Rendering as viewed from southwest on W Street. (Image courtesy of Urban Turf)

"Nearly five years after the Zoning Commission approved a first-stage planned-unit development (PUD) for Reunion Square just off I-295 in Anacostia, plans are emerging for the fourth building in the project..."

https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/bl...n-square/13694
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Union Market

Development Update: The Shapiro Residences, 1270 4th Street, NE; 465 units

Level 2 Development and Trammell Crow Residential's large residential project in Union Market—The Shapiro Residences—will soon be topping off. Developed in conjunction with EDENS and the Greenbench Companies, the project was conceptualized to reflect the historical industrial nature of the Union Market area. The mixed-use building will feature 465 apartments (some of which will be affordable), underground parking, as well as a retail component. Shalom Baranes Associates is the architect of record.


Courtesy Shalom Baranes Associates and Level 2 Development via UrbanTurf.
Rendering of 1270 4th Street, NE; looking northeast. Note: There are various renderings online for this project. Determining which one is current is difficult. This particular rendering is probably the most recent.


Courtesy Shalom Baranes Associates and Level 2 Development via the Level 2 Development website.
Another perspective of the development; looking southwest.

Here's a screen shot from the project's live Oxblue webcam (link below):


Courtesy Moriarty Construction, Level 2 Development, Trammell Crow Residential via Oxblue.
The Shapiro Residences project is on the left. Also pictured, center, is The High Line at Union Market, another Level 2 development.


Courtesy Level 2 Development, Federal Capital Partners and Clark Enterprises via UrbanTurf.
Rendering of The High Line at Union Market

If interested, you can follow the construction of The High Line via the EB5 Capital Dashboard, located here.

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Shalom Baranes Associates, architects
John Moriarty & Associates, construction

Last edited by ITB495; Mar 14, 2018 at 11:05 PM. Reason: Edits for accuracy and to correct grammar; deleted old rendering, added another.
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Tenley

Meet the ‘Frequency Apartments’ “a $14 million year-long 36,000 square foot gut renovation”

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March 19, 2018


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"From a press release:

“Urban Investment Partners (UIP) of Washington DC has unveiled Frequency Apartments, a 100-unit luxury apartment community located in a former northwest Washington, DC office building that housed National Public Radio affiliate WAMU.

UIP acquired the building at 4000 Brandywine Street, NW, along with two other properties, from American University in 2016. The company has now completed a $14 million year-long 36,000 square foot gut renovation and a 14,000 SF addition to the building, which is just one block from the Tenleytown-American University station on Metrorail’s Red Line. UIP joined with Tenleytown Main Street to officially open the neighborhood’s newest multifamily residence..."

https://www.popville.com/2018/03/the...-not-that-bad/
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