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REAL ESTATE INC. EXTRA

1 look at real estate, construction, architecture and economic development in the Washington region
An in-depth

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Ward 7
5 AND SPORTS ARENA
Location: St. Elizabeths East
1 7 Landowner: D.C. government
POPLAR POINT, ST. ES Ward 6 Developer: Events D.C.
Size: 4,200 seats. The building will serve as a home
PROJECTS LEAD THE WAY

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for the Washington Mystics, a training facility for the
Washington Wizards, and a concert/entertainment
If it seems like weve been talking about development venue.
at St. Es for years, we have. But massive developments Cost: $65 million
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take time, especially in transitional neighborhoods. ap Status: Under construction
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The citys investment in a new arena should give the lS
tS Chances: Oh, this is happening. Scheduled to
project and the neighborhood a boost. But W
Good open in September 2018.
only time will tell how fast the east campus gets Anacostia Park 7 Hope
Rd SE
redeveloped, whether a new hospital gets built

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there or if Redbrick will be able to see two major
projects through (it is not only lead developer
8 ARCHER PARK
on the east campus, but it is also developing
the massive project on private land at Poplar
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W St
SE 5 8 6 Location: 1200 Mississippi Ave. SE
Landowner/developer: WC Smith
Point). And well continue to watch whether
the federal government funds future Size: 190-unit affordable rental apartment on the
phases of the Homeland Security site of the former Trenton Terrace apartments.
headquarters on the west M A future phase will bring roughly 70 for-sale
campus. ANACOSTIA townhomes to the 7.5-acre parcel.
Cost: $60 million-plus
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Major projects Chances: Phase 1 will deliver this fall.

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neighborhoods 6 9 Ave. SE
Landowner: D.C. government

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Developer: Menkiti Group, Enlightened Inc.
Size: Combination of retail and office totaling
roughly 50,500 square feet. Project, on one of
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historic Anacostias most visible sites, is expected
BY KAREN GOFF wy
kgoff@bizjournals.com, @WBJKaren to include a full-service restaurant and grocery

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ts been more than three years since the old Cost: $25 million
Skyland Shopping Center in Southeast was Status: In the pipeline. The Washington, D.C.
Economic Partnership lists this project as a 2020-
flattened to make way for a new town center
plus for completion.
and it took well more than a decade just to get
Chances: Given its visible location and the
to demolition. Problem after problem dogged developer behind it, who has already locked in a
the project: Eminent domain proceedings, a cove- handful of tenants, this project seems destined to
nant with the nearby Safeway, delays signing Wal- actually happen.
Mart. And, finally, Wal-Mart pulling out.
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Navy Yard, development has been smaller and slow-
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count some of the citys poorest neighborhoods. numerous surface parking lots dotting the east
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People have been talking about potential develop- side of MLK Avenue, and the zoning approvals
are in place. The partnership behind it recently
ment there for years probably decades but there
settled a lawsuit that threatened to implode the
are plenty of new signs that wards 7 and 8 are on the development, but the project itself has yet to
COLUMBIAN QUARTER BARRY FARM ST. ELIZABETHS WEST ST. ELIZABETHS EAST
precipice of a development boom.
With most other development sites in the city
1 Location: Poplar Point (Howard
Road SE, I-295 and South Capitol Street
295 2 Location: 1292 Eaton Road SE
Landowner: D.C. Housing Authority
3 (Center Building)
Location: St. Elizabeths West
4 Location: 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE
Landowner: D.C. government
advance.

already spoken for, more and more developers are
turning their attention east of the river, and they are
proposing large-scale, mixed-use projects. All eyes
will be on Skyland to see how successful its mar-
ket-rate housing is and whether the project at Ala-
bama Avenue, Good Hope Road and Naylor Road SE
attracts new residents to the neighborhood.
Its a matter of time, said WC Smith CEO Chris
Smith, whose company has developed subsidized
housing east of the river for years. We are gam-
bling on that.
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Landowner/developer: Redbrick LMD
Size: 700 residential units, 1.6 million
square feet of office, 45,300 square feet
of retail in five buildings across roughly
6.2 acres
Cost: N/A
Status: Under review by the D.C. Zoning
Commission
Chances: Unclear. Redbrick is actively
marketing this project, and Columbian
Quarter was a potential future home for
the Department of Labor, but that HQ
search is currently on hold.
Landowner: Federal government
Developer: A&R Development Corp., Preservation of Developer: Redbrick LMD, Gragg Cardona Partners
Affordable Housing Developer: General Services Size: Initial phase of 60 townhomes, 250 mixed-income apartments, THEARC
Size: 1,879 mixed-income residential units, 58,730 square
feet of commercial/retail across 26 acres
Administration
Size: 284,000 square feet
171,000-square-foot office building with 47,000 square feet of
integrated retail. At buildout, across 183 acres, plans call for 1,300
9 Location: 1901 Mississippi Ave. SE
Landowner: Federal government
Cost: $400 million Cost: $155 million residential units, 1.8 million square feet of office, 206,000 square
feet of retail and at least two hotels. Developer: WC Smith
Status: The demolition and redevelopment of the public Status: Under construction
Cost: $1.7 billion Size: Phase III of THEARC will include a black box
housing complex is scheduled to begin with the relocation Chances: This piece of the theater and home for four partner organizations,
of some residents this summer. Department of Homeland Security Status: The extensive infrastructure work started in November 2016.
including The Phillips Collection, Childrens
Chances: Iffy. The District has struggled with its New consolidation is scheduled Redbricks first residential work is expected to get underway in the National Health System and Apple Tree Institute for
Communities projects, and the Barry Farm overhaul in for completion in 2017. Future first quarter of 2018, with completion 18-24 months later. Education Innovation.
particular is expensive and very controversial. To be DHS projects are up in the air, Chances: Unclear. The success, or not, of the first phase will likely Cost: $34 million
successful the city and its partners must show not only and depend almost entirely on determine what comes next, as will the interest in private sector
that they can lure new residents, but that they can relocate congressional appropriation. tenants to locate here. Status: Under construction
existing residents out and back in. Chances: Delivering this year