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As zoning hearings on redevelopment continue, Barry Farm residents still don’t know whether they…

Will Schick Jul 7, 2021

There’s not much left of Deatrice Belt’s old neighborhood, the public housing community on Eaton Road SE known as Barry Farm. There’s the old basketball court, a surface now cracked and covered over with weeds, where people used to gather…

Built Environment

Nearly 4 years after initial presentation, ‘Lady Bird’ project in AU Park still struggling to take…

Cuneyt Dil Jul 11, 2019

A developer’s plan to build 219 residential units and new retail on the site of a long-vacant supermarket in American University Park is still nowhere close to groundbreaking, stymied by fierce resistance from some neighbors ever since its…

UrbanTurf: Three And a Half Years Later, Developer Takes New Route For Superfresh Redevelopment in…

Editor May 10, 2019

With the redevelopment of the former Superfresh grocery site in Spring Valley still up in the air after 3.5 years, the development team is taking a new route.

WAMU: Battle Over Airbnb Regulation Escalates In D.C.

Editor May 10, 2019

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson is threatening to withhold building permits for government building projects if Mayor Muriel Bowser fails to implement a law passed by the Council last year that will regulate and restrict short-term…

Washington Business Journal: Mendelson, Bowser admin spar over home-sharing again. But this time…

Editor May 10, 2019

The D.C. Council in 2018 adopted one of the toughest home-sharing laws in the country, denying the rental of second homes via websites such as Airbnb and restricting the rental of rooms in primary homes to no more than 90 days when the…

Washington Post: D.C. Council Chair Mendelson threatens to block building permits in dispute over…

Editor May 10, 2019

D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) is threatening to block construction of city government buildings to pressure Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) to move forward to implement a new law imposing strict limits on Airbnb and other short-term…

Washington Business Journal: Long-awaited Mount Vernon Triangle hotel moving forward

Editor May 6, 2019

The hotel on the site of the former Henry’s Soul Cafe in Mount Vernon Triangle is moving forward more than three years after the developer proposed the project.

UrbanTurf: Two-Year Extension Sought for 85-Unit Development at DC-Maryland Border

Editor May 6, 2019

In 2015, a planned-unit development (PUD) was approved to replace a shopping center at the corner of Wheeler Road and Barnaby Street SE. Now, the developer is seeking another extension for the project.

Washington Business Journal: McMillan redevelopment scores more time to let court challenge play out

Editor May 3, 2019

One of D.C.’s most notoriously delayed developments is getting some extra time to move forward, assuming it can survive a court challenge.

UrbanTurf: Time Extension Granted to McMillan Reservoir Redevelopment

Editor May 2, 2019

In 2016, the plans to redevelop the McMillan Reservoir and Sand Filtration Site were about to get started. However, an appellate court decision put a halt to the project later that year, and it has been stuck in limbo ever since.

UrbanTurf: 155 Affordable Continuing Care Units Proposed in Kenilworth

Editor Apr 26, 2019

A new senior living community is on the boards for DC.

Bisnow: Developer Plans 155-Unit Senior Living Project East Of The River

Editor Apr 26, 2019

The growing demand for senior housing in D.C. continues to push developers to pursue new projects, with the latest community planned for Ward 7.

Bisnow: Foulger-Pratt Celebrates Groundbreaking Of $200M NoMa Project

Editor Apr 25, 2019

A $200M mixed-use development in NoMa is moving forward after an appeal delayed it for more than a year.

UrbanTurf: Zoning Change Could Bring Hotel and 150 Residences to Capitol Crossing

Editor Apr 17, 2019

There has been a change in course for two of the buildings central to Capitol Crossing.

UrbanTurf: A Solar Panel Primer for DC Residents

Editor Apr 17, 2019

Earlier this year, the Office of Planning proposed a text amendment which would encourage solar farming citywide, expanding the potential for renewable energy usage in DC. As the Zoning Commission prepares to rule on the amendment later…

UrbanTurf: New Details and Images Offered for One of DC’s Most Exciting Mixed-Use Proposals

Editor Apr 16, 2019

The multi-faceted Art Place development in Fort Totten has come out with some new perspectives of and details on how the development will look and be experienced.

Curbed: D.C. court green-lights Union Market project featuring ‘DeafSpace’ design principles

Editor Apr 1, 2019

With lawsuit rejected, major joint development by Gallaudet University and JBG Smith is set to advance

UrbanTurf: A Closer — and Less Vertical — Look for Union Market’s Newly Proposed Office Building

Editor Mar 29, 2019

At the beginning of the year, we got a first glimpse at how the second phase of the Market Terminal development at Union Market could look, and how one of the buildings would be office rather than residential. Now, we are getting a closer…

Bisnow: Long-Planned West Heating Plant Redevelopment Files New Zoning Application

Editor Mar 22, 2019

The team behind Georgetown's West Heating Plant project is approaching the latest in a series of hurdles in its six-year effort to redevelop the World War II-era plant.

UrbanTurf: The Georgetown Heating Plant Condos Need This Amendment To Move Forward

Editor Mar 22, 2019

Eleven months after garnering a mixed judgment from the Historic Preservation Review Board, the team seeking to redevelop the Georgetown West Heating Plant is pivoting the project to tackle zoning concerns.

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