24 Jul 2009

Hine Development Update Corner: NLC Dropped

The National Leadership Campus was dropped as a Hine site bidder by the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, NLC member Paul Yandura confirmed.
“We received the call yesterday. We knew we were up against professional for-profit developers and Hine was a longshot, but we decided to give it a shot anyhow! Fortunately, because of our funding model we will be able to find another site in Washington D.C.,” he stated. Yandura said they were not given a reason but the city wants to work with NLC on finding “possible alternatives.”
“Each of these teams presented great ideas for this important site,” stated Deputy Mayor Valerie Santos in a press release. The remaining three proposals: Bozzutto Group et al. (Seven Penn Partners), Stanton EastBanc and partners and Street Sense/DSF/Menkiti “were the closest in line with the Capitol Hill community’s preferences for redevelopment because they all called for a mix of neighborhood-serving retail, new housing and great public spaces,” she stated.
Ken Golding of Stanton Development said he was working on his team’s Best and Final Offer, a lengthy document which apparently entails a lot of work, more detailed information about team members, use of space, and, of course, the cost.
Responses to the District’s request for final offers will be due in early August and a selection could be made as soon as the end of the month, the Deputy Mayor’s office said.

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3 responses to “Hine Development Update Corner: NLC Dropped”

  1. DG-rad says:

    i hope they know that there are other neighborhoods that could still use their model.

  2. DG-rad, I actually think you should rally your East of the River troops and try to get this to come over there. It’s not like they were opposed to retail and mixed use, they just weren’t very organized about it. But, they had most of their financing in place if I understood correctly, which is huge. This seems like a great project that would definitely attract development in your neck o’ the woods.

  3. Norman Metzger says:

    No loss. The proposal at the community meeting was an insult to the audience — wonky applesauce plus a slide of green splotches. Never mind that it was a double whammy for the city — loss of a tax base (non profits, remember) plus in time a plea for subsidies to keep this wishful dream going.

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