The Tenley and Friendship Heights NIMBYs must be thrilled there is a PEPCO substation going in at Friendship Heights, right next to the metro station, instead of an attractive 7-8 story residential building that would have expanded DC's tax base. At least the PEPCO substation will generate very little traffic and the NIMBYs can probably park directly in front of it. Score one for the anti-progress NIMBYs!
Here is what the NIMBYs fought so vociferously against:
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From mixed-use to substation? Pepco buys 5220 Wisconsin
Michael Neibauer
Washington Business Journal
11/14/2011
"The project formerly known as 5220 Wisconsin Avenue, Akridge’s proposed mixed use development slated for the heart of Friendship Heights, may instead be transformed into a ... substation.
Pepco in late September quietly purchased the parcels that comprise 5220 Wisconsin Ave. NW for $14.5 million from Akridge, which decided some months ago to focus on other projects rather than develop there.
The parcels are adjacent to an existing Pepco substation..."