I learned something surprising about myself when I moved to what was a moderately shady intersection of NE in 2001 — I like things to be surprising and a little edgy. So as H Street has developed, with its burlesque dancers, intimate music venues and wide variety of ethnic and theme restaurants, I’ve been rewarded [...]
Tags: CHAMPS·development·Real Estate
Wondering what’s going on with all those development projects you’ve been hearing about? Or what might be on the horizon? Next Tuesday, CHAMPS – Capitol Hill’s Chamber of Commerce, is hosting an evening series on real estate development in and around Capitol Hill. Co-hosted with the Capitol Riverfront, NoMA and Capitol Hill BIDs and Barracks [...]
Tags: CHAMPS·community meetings·development·Tommy Wells·Ward 6
By Michael Hoffman A neighborhood waited. In fact, it has waited ten years since it started a Master Plan to develop what’s called Reservation 13, the site that sits next to RFK stadium on the banks of the Anacostia River. Neighborhood leaders finally had their moment in the spotlight. The mayor was coming to a [...]
In the “any day now” category of DC government workings, Reservation 13 (the former site of DC General Hospital) was approved for a new master plan over ten years ago by the DC Council. The plan, narrowed down from a number of submissions from developers, called for a mixed-use approach that promised new jobs, new [...]
Here we go again. Let’s plop some giant unworkable scheme down in Reservation 13. This morning, Washington awoke to a front page article in the Post entitled, “D.C. opens new drive to lure Redskins back.” So we’ve got to do this all over again. Let’s see how many ways this is a monumentally dumb idea: [...]
Tags: Anacostia river·dan snyder·development·New Hill East·Reservation 13·Ward 6·Ward 7
The ANC Subcommittee on the Hine School Development is asking for the community to share its opinions on a number of aspects of the Hine School development project. While this survey is open until February 10, the subcommittee is meeting tonight and will start discussing the feedback. If you would like to attend the subcommittee [...]
Last week the Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement District released its annual report at a well-attended lunch presentation, hosted in a new (and available for rent) office building on Half Street SE. The Annual Meeting was attended by hundreds of city officials, developers, lenders, contractors and other parties interested in the state of the neighborhood quickly [...]
Tags: annual report·Capitol Riverfront BID·development·Mike Rizzo·Tommy Wells
When developers first acquired property at the site of the former Hine Junior High School on Capitol Hill two years ago, they had hoped to break ground on a mixed-use development by 2011. That’s far from reality now, as planning for the Hine project inches forward through design and zoning approvals. ANC 6B commissioners, who [...]
This morning Mayor Gray, Ward 6 Councilmember Tommy Wells and local business leaders, Anwar Saleem of H Street Main Street and Julia Christian of CHAMPS joined forces to celebrate the substantial completion of the H Street Northeast Streetscape reconstruction. Substantial completion refers to all street and sidewalk surfaces being complete; no traffic lanes being blocked [...]
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