Most of the houses along Garfield street in Wesley Heights are your typical two story homes with traditional floorplans, the only difference is they are about four times bigger than your typical size house! This nice 6,000 sq-ft house has tons of space to entertain, a library and large dinning room, but the tandem garage is a little strange.
The house is listed for $2.25 million.
It has been almost a year since the demolition of the old Bruce Monroe Elementary, but just this week the District finally officially issued a solicitation for proposals to redevelop the 121,000-square-foot site on Georgia Ave NW. We have heard a few good ideas about how to use the site, but whatever ends up happening, we hope it has features which will benefit the entire neighborhood. We will keep you posted!
[Photo: IntangibleArts]
The new building going up in Ballston next to the iconic Peck site is finally getting the Cooper Carey designed curved glass facade we have heard so much about. Since this is the first (and less impressive) of the two buildings going up on the site, we’re interested to hear how you think it stacks up to the design?
As we mentioned way back in 2008, the first building at 900 N Gleb will be used by the Virginia Teach foundation for offices and a research center.
Though we’re more excited to see how the amazing second building ends up looking!
One step in the right direction for the massive East Campus development this week as the University of Maryland announced an additional partnership with the Cordish Company for close to $1 Billion mixed-use development. Plans eventually will include 425,000 sq-ft of retail, offices, a 1,500 unit apartment building, as well as a hotel.
Last year we reported that the project would be broken down into smaller pieces to allow for development to start earlier and the addition of Cordish will hopefully facilitate some more action.
The folks behind popular Restaurant Birch&Barley/Church Key are poised to bring their Rustico Restaurant concept to Arlington, and just like their location Alexandria, there will also be a Buzz Bakery nearby. This is great news for lovers of beer and baked goods, but they may have to wait just a little longer. We got a peek inside and though some work has been done, as you can see below they aren’t quite ready for customers yet.
Expected opening date is set for the end of next month. Beer drinkers engage!
[Photos: DCMetrocentric]
Ever looked enviously at the beautiful Victorian Heurich House in Dupont Circle (pictured below) and pictured yourself attending a lavish soiree, sipping on cocktails? Well now is your chance as the the DC Preservation League is hosting a “historic hot spot” happy hour in the 1894 home.
The Heurich House (also known as the Brewmaster’s Castle) is a beautifully intact Victorian-age mansion in Dupont Circle that was built by brewer and real estate magnate Christian Heurich in 1894. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the house is completely fireproof and boasts numerous technological innovations, making it the “smart house” of its time. Preserved features include 15 fireplaces with individually carved mantles and elaborate firebacks, hand-painted ceiling canvasses, and original turn-of-the-century domestic collections. Expect like minded architecture buffs as well as libations and light Hors d’Oeurves!
Date: Thursday, August 12
Time: 6:30 - 8:30pm
Place: 1307 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Metro Station: Dupont Circle
Suggested donation of $10 [For More Info Click Here]
Best New Listings: The Numbered Streets Edition
In this week’s special edition of Best New Listings, we look at new homes on numbered streets in the District, including a studio on 6th Street near Eastern Market and and a fully renovated three-bedroom row house on 7th Street in Petworth.
Anacostia - DHCD buys big at the long neglected corner of MLK and Good Hope Road. [And Now Anacostia]
Near Southeast - The pending move by DDOT to 55 M has some detractors, including Marion Barry. [JDLand]
Columbia Heights - Everything still on track to bring Ellwood Thompson to the DCUSA complex (pictured below). [New Columbia Heights]
Mt Vernon Triangle - The V Apartments change ownership, and part of the new venture is apparently good old Lehman Brothers. [The Triangle]
We have been interested to see what the future holds for the old Washington Star Building down by Nationals Park, so we were excited to find this nice shiny rendering in our inbox of how the project is going to eventually look, and we must say that the design has come a long way from the windowless warehouse structure on the site today.
You may remember the history of the site, which the District leased for years and then outright bought to use as office space, but the old printing plant has sat empty for all those years. The new plans call for a complete redesign and addition to the five story building, as well as a renovation of the interiors. The project is aiming for a LEED Silver certification and will include what is being billed as the largest largest green roof in the District. [Rendering: Stonebridge Carras ]
The relatively new glassified building at 1225 Connecticut which we have been critical about in the past, has just this week been put on the market by owner Brookfield Properties. We have always had issues with how these buildings with floor to ceiling windows end up looking once occupied, but this one should fetch a nice price given the location.
The buildings main tenant is the World Bank and we estimate it goes for over $200 million. What do you think? [Photo: DCMetrocentric]
This week they are bringing out the big machinery (see below) to finish up work on the sea wall that protects the Jefferson Memorial from the rising waters. The funding was approved last year to fix the problem caused by a sinking foundation. So rest easy, Jefferson has been saved from the Sea!
[Photo: humph0607]
The beautiful abandoned nuevo-Spanish style building at 1626 North Capitol St NW was once the DC Engine Company #12 Firehouse but has unfortunately been empty and boarded up since the 1980s. The building has had its fair share of failed plans over the years and so with that in mind we were excited to hear that the project was back before the ANC board this week.
The plan is for a three level restaurant with late night dinning. Now the idea should sound like a familiar one, since this was the exact same plan back in 2007 before the financing fell through and the building was put back on the market. Hopefully with the right community support and solid financing the amazing building will get the love and attention it so rightly deserves!
[Photo: Parkview DC]
The set backs for the development of the Old JC Penney building in Silver Spring has been well documented on this site, but it appears the clouds may be ready to part. After the Montgomery County Planning Board approved the preliminary plans for the music venue earlier this month, just this week they also finalized the approved master site plan.
Regardless of how people feel about the fairness of the deal (with Live Nation getting subsidies and a nice lease back of the venue) it’s nice to finally see the project have a path to move forward which will provide another place to enjoy live music in the area! Not to mention the building is also pretty damn cool looking! [Rendering: Hickok Cole]
Best New Listings: Adams Morgan and Capitol Hill
In this week’s edition of Best New Listings, we feature a massive two-bedroom condo at Adams Row in Adams Morgan and a 19-foot wide three-bedroom row house in Capitol Hill.
We just got word that one of the biggest potential new tenants of the CityCenter project on the site of the old convention center has decided to back out of the development. Mega law firm Skadden is staying put in their offices near the White House on New York Ave. Over the last two years, developers Archstone and Hines have been trying to sign major tenants to help kick start the construction phase of the the six building 2.5 million square feet of development to mostly no avail… so this comes as a big blow.
Considering the location out of all the places to start building on spec, this may be one of the best bets in town, but we understand how the developers want to secure their tenants before breaking ground.
Guess we have a few more years of a giant parking lot, instead of a vibrant “city center” like the rendering above. At least the trapeze school will be around for a little longer! [Renderings: Shalom Barnes]
