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What Parking Crisis? Sayeth City Paper
City Paper's latest issue brings us "What Parking Crisis?", detailing how hard the city and the Nationals worked to plan for the expected parking catastrophe when the ballpark opened, and then surveys the nearly empty the parking lots during the recent homestand, along with the decline in use of the Nats Express and the lack of much problem with on-street parking by fans in Southwest and on Capitol Hill. (It also mentions the $550,000 a year the DC Housing Authority is getting from the Nats to lease the T, U, and W lots in the old Capper footprint, whether all the spaces are used or not.) Gregory McCarthy of the Nats is quoted as saying that it's still early in the season: "Summer is not here. The inventory of lots was based on the experience we think will unfold. The parking situation is still evolving." It also mentions last week's community meeting on the on-street parking restrictions, which I summarized here.
OT: Solicitation for Hill East Master Developer
This tidbit is outside of my boundaries, but news is slow these days, so I'll pass along news that the city has just released its solicitation looking for a master developer for 50-plus acres in Hill East, the area along the Anacostia River near RFK and Barney Circle. Responses are due by August 1. It's expected that the redevelopment would take a decade. You can find out lots more about the solicitation and the area itself at hilleastwaterfrontdc.com. There's also a press release, but it's not online yet. Here's the Post's DC Wire blog about the plans.
Retail Space Survey, in Graphic Form
Handy timing: not long after my long and wordy survey of retail space that will be coming online in Near Southeast over the next few years, the Capitol Riverfront BID has released a Retail Opportunities map, showing basically the same data in a purty graphic format, for those of you who prefer colors to prose....
Nighttime Douglass Bridge Closure This Weekend
From DDOT: "The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will be conducting operational testing of the swing span of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge, a.k.a. South Capitol Street Bridge this weekend beginning on Friday, May 16th at 10pm. To conduct a full operational test of the swing span, and ensure the safety of motorists and workers, the bridge must be closed during the testing activity. The initial closure is scheduled for Friday evening, May 16th from 10pm - 5am, weather permitting. If all results return positive no further closures will be necessary. The rain date is scheduled for Saturday from 10pm - 5am. Motorists will be detoured to the 11th Street bridges. Variable Message Signs will be posted along the north and south bound routes leading to the bridge to alert drivers to alternate routes."
Call for Artists to Spruce Up 8th Street Underpass
From DDOT: "The Barracks Row Main Street in Washington, DC seeks an artist or artist team to design, create and install an urban mural for the SE Freeway overpass that divides the south end of 8th Street SE, now known as Barracks Row. The goal of this project is to create a unique landmark that expresses the character of the surrounding neighborhood. The large mural will help draw residents and non-residents for repeated viewings to the area and reinforce a sense of place within this community." Deadline is June 13, with the schedule calling for the work to be completed by early 2009. see the announcement for more details. The money is coming from federal highway funds, but the project itself is being run by the Barracks Row folks along with DDOT.
Raze Permit for 925 First Street; 'The Plaza on K'
 A raze permit has been filed for the now-vacant white one-story garage on the northwest corner of First and K, where DRI Development is planning to build the first phase of its three-building 825,000-sq-ft Square 696 office/retail project, a 300,000-sq-ft building that is expected to begin construction later this year. This garage was, until the end of February, home to both Four Star Cab and Merritt Cab, both of which relocated when their leases expired.A peek into CoStar (link may not work right, and CoStar doesn't allow direct links to listings for plebes like me) shows lease listings for both 50 K Street and 90 K Street, each also labeled " The Plaza on K," which I imagine also is referencing the 8,000-sq-ft public plaza planned for K Street at First Street. 90 K appears to be the first building planned for the site, listed at 300,000 total square feet and 12 stories, with a "year built" date of 2010. Its sibling 50 K is listed at 285,000 sq ft and 12 stories, with no "built" date (though both listings have an April 2010 occupancy date in their detail pages). See my Square 696 page for a rendering of the project, plus a site map and photos of the block in its current incarnation. Work Starting/Not Starting (Yards/1345 South Capitol)
Responding to my inquiry about the windows that have recently been removed from the Pattern Shop Lofts building on the south side of Third and Tingey streets in The Yards, the folks at Forest City have let me know that interior demolition work is indeed underway on the World War I-era building. The existing interior walls, ceilings, plumbing, asbestos {cough} and whatnot is all being removed, in preparation for the actual construction/renovation work that is scheduled to begin later this year. Two floors will be added to the top of the building as part of its transformation into a 170-unit apartment building, which will also have 10,000 square feet of ground-floor retail. It's expected to be finished next year. (Its neighbor across Third Street, the Boilermaker Shop, is currently out for bid, and construction is expected to begin this summer to turn it into a 46,000-sq-ft retail space by fall 2009.)Meanwhile, work has stopped at the 1345 South Capitol Street site (directly across from the ballpark), with the old buildings demolished and the site mostly cleared. Camden Development has been planning a 276-unit apartment building for this location, but I've been told that the company is "trying to decide what to do" with the project. Eagles Concert at Ballpark Off Tour Date List
Hmmm, perhaps it's not a go yet after all--the July 26 date for the Eagles to be in concert at Nationals Park is now removed from their July tour date list, after popping up there last week. The WashTimes had reported last week that the concert was under negotiation, but then a few days later one of JDLand's commenters noted that the date was on the band's web site. And now it's not. We shall see.
Monday ANC Meeting Agenda Items
The agenda for Monday's ANC 6D meeting has been sent around (although not posted on their web site, sigh), and it has a couple of Near Southeast items. There will be a presentation on the plans for the Waterfront Park at The Yards, in advance of a May 29 Southeast Federal Center Overlay District Review covering new structures that will be built to house retail pavilions at the park. There's also apparently a public space permit application from the Onyx folks at 1100 First Street for a fence along L Street, plus garden masonry piers and light fixtures. And the developers of the 250 M Street office building are back again, after having not gotten very far at last month's meeting with their request for support for a second-stage PUD modification at a May 28 zoning hearing to increase the building's height (but not its square footage) from what was originally approved, since the commissioners wanted a new round of community benefits in return for their support, which W.C. Smith balked at given that the project isn't requesting to take any new amount of public space. We'll see if there were any negotiations since then. The meeting will be at 7 pm at St. Augustine's church at 6th and M streets, SW.
New Photos from On Top of 20 M
 Since it's such a rotten day, I'll go back to when the sun was shining (Tuesday), and give you my first-ever photos from the roof of 20 M Street. (I've taken a few photos from inside the 10th floor going back to April of last year, but from the roof I don't have deal with the pesky glass reflections.) Here are these new photos matched with the oldest ones from the same angle, so you can compare 13 months' worth of changes easily; you can also look at all the photos if you want to watch the progression of changes. There's views to the north (above), showing the digging now underway at 1015 Half Street along with the construction progress at 70/100 I, 909 New Jersey, and Velocity (plus the site-clearing at 23 I). To the south is the increasingly-shiny 55 M, as well as the ballpark, of course. I also tossed in some photos toward the west, showing the skyline of Southwest. Big Pile of Morning Links (Ballpark, Florida Rock)
* Don't forget the Metro track work this weekend, and the impacts it's going to have on getting to the ballpark. Read Metro's press release for how it will handle getting fans to and from Saturday's and Sunday's games. (Dr. Gridlock's posted about it again this morning.)* Now that the ballpark is open, some are wondering what the need is to keep the DC Sports and Entertainment Commission running; read this WBJ piece for a good overview. * Today's Post has a big article on what DC is going to look like in the future, saying that "the overarching key to redefining Washington resides along the miles of undeveloped land that borders the Anacostia and Potomac rivers, terrain slated for at least four new neighborhoods that District officials and developers hope will be built during the next 20 years," and mentioning the Ballpark District, Southwest waterfront, Poplar Point, and Hill East as the new destinations that could "counterweight" the Mall. (A nice rendering of the vision for the Southwest waterfront is included, too.) * Ballpark concessionaire Centerplate had a rough first quarter of 2008, reporting a net loss of $11.2 million. * A columnist from Idaho likes Nationals Park. * Patriot Transportation Holdings sent out its earnings announcement, which has a nice summary of where the Florida Rock project stands, mentioning that the National Capital Planning Commission gave its "no adverse effect on federal interests" stamp to the project at its May 1 meeting ( here's the report). May 22 is the date that the Zoning Commission is expected to give final approval. * Remember the Community Benefits Fund that was a big part of swaying council members to approve the financing for the stadium? City Paper takes a look at what Mayor Fenty is doing with the money. * The Nats are holding a youth baseball clinic at the ballpark for more than 100 children from Prince George's County on Saturday morning (May 10) at 10 am. (No link yet.) * I had to laugh when I read this Post article about the opening of the new Southern Maryland Blue Crabs ballpark last week, since it read an awful like what we all thought we'd see after Opening Night at 1500 South Capitol: "[A]n otherwise celebratory Opening Night last Friday was marred by traffic jams and a significant parking shortage that left some people to walk more than a mile to the new ballpark. 'It was horrible to get here,' said Jane Thomas, who parked on Route 488 and estimated it took her 45 minutes to reach the stadium from her La Plata home. 'They're going to have to figure out what to do about that traffic, because I want to come to games, but I won't do it if it's always this bad.'" Nationals Book It After Foul Ball Accidentally Smashes Capitol Rotunda
From the greatest source of news ever: "An 8,976-foot foul ball off the bat of Washington third baseman Ryan Zimmerman crashed through the U.S. Capitol Building rotunda Sunday afternoon, prompting both the Nationals and the opposing Pittsburgh Pirates to gasp, turn to each other in shock, and immediately run full speed out of Nationals Park. 'As soon as I hit it, I knew it was headed straight toward Capitol Hill--I just kept saying to myself, 'Not the dome, not the dome, not the dome,' Zimmerman said. "Both teams, all four umpires, and the 32,457 fans in attendance winced in horror, however, as the ball kept carrying, made a loud smashing noise, and left a gaping hole in the rotunda's neoclassical architecture. 'We are so dead,' Zimmerman added. As the teams grabbed the bases and scrambled out of the stadium, the Pirates yelled to the Nationals that they were in "big trouble." The Nationals refuted that claim, screaming that 'if [Pirates left-fielder] Jason [Bay] could run at all, he would've tracked down the ball and caught it' before it struck the 200-year-old structure, which stands 1.7 miles from the ballpark.[...] "According to eyewitnesses in the Capitol, the ball smashed into the dome at about 3:35 p.m., tore through the Apotheosis Of Washington--a 150-year-old, 4,664-square-foot fresco painted on the inside of the rotunda--and broke the arm off of a National Statuary Hall sculpture of William Jennings Bryan. The ball then bounced into the Senate Chamber, where it interrupted a vote on a $542.5 billion defense authorization bill, and landed directly in the mashed potatoes of early-dinging Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), covering him with gravy and prompting him to exclaim, 'Zimmermaaaaannn!' "Although McConnell had no evidence at the time that Zimmerman was responsible for the damages, he was the chief suspect, as he is the only National able to hit the ball farther than 300 feet. Furthermore, Zimmerman dented McConnell's 1998 Buick LeSabre last week when he overthrew first base by 15,000 feet on a routine grounder."
Performance Parking Community Meeting
The Post has a piece about last night's community meeting assessing the first 30 days of the new Performance Parking plan that restricts curbside parking in Near Southeast, Southwest, and southern Capitol Hill, so I get to skip the basic roundup (yay!); there were also reporters from other outlets there, so I'll link to those as they appear, though the ABC7 report is so full of errors that I will pretend I didn't see it. I'll just hit a few points that stood out for me (keeping in mind that my focus is south of the freeway): * Some people don't like it, some people do. But I guess you want to know more than that. * It sounds like the midnight end time for the restrictions will be gone within a few weeks--it's just a question of where they move it to (9:30 seemed to be the number that Tommy Wells came back to a number of times). It sounds like they're already making that move along Pennsylvania Avenue and Barracks Row, after the restaurant and bar owners reported a massive drop in their business in the past month. (On the other hand, businesses with primarily daytime traffic, such as Moto Photo, say that their numbers have improved with the new restrictions, since turnover of spaces is improving; apparently the double-parking has dropped off a lot, too.) Because the specifics of the plan weren't written into the legislation (leaving it up to the Mayor), changes can be made on the fly, without having to go back to the council. * A lot of people want the restrictions to only be in effect on event days (ballgames, concerts, etc.), though there was then some consternation about how people would *know* it's an event day. Beyond that, Tommy explained a number of times that this plan isn't just about baseball, it's about trying to get ahead of the massive influx of visitors and development in the area over the next few years, and having strategies in place to prevent these neighborhoods from going the way of Adams Morgan or Georgetown. But, when people see that a number of the Nats parking lots are less than full during games, they feel that the entire parking plan is a "solution in search of a problem." * Even though the signs say that restrictions are enforced starting at 7:30 am seven days a week, the director of DPW said that Sunday enforcement begins at 1 pm. Churches have been given a number of visitor parking passes, and the long-simmering battle between churches and residents over parking was a big undercurrent at this meeting. Tommy says he will meet with every church and its surrounding neighbors to hammer out ways for problems to be addressed. * A lot of Capitol Hill Tower folks were at the meeting, but I've learned my lesson and will say little about their parking issues (since I get sniped at no matter what I say). As with most multi-unit residential buildings in the city, CHT residents do not get residential parking permits to allow them to park on streets. They do have an underground garage, but there is a battle between some residents and the building's developer over how the garage is being handled. Some have now been given visitor parking passes to allow them to park on nearby streets. * Tommy says the parking lot under the freeway at 8th Street should be available for public parking by the end of the summer. (I will file this in my large I'll-Believe-It-When-I-See-It folder.) And he's definitely eyeing the little-used "W" surface lot at the old Capper Seniors site at 7th and M as perhaps employee parking for Barracks Row, though no specifics were mentioned.
A Smattering of Ballpark Links
(Remember when I used to do two of these a day?) * Tim Lemke blogs about today's Sports and Entertainment Commission meeting, including that the ballpark "punch list" is down to about 11,000 items from the original 27,600, though there's only 15 "top priority" and 200 "high priority items." Also, the Nats haven't yet started paying their rent, because they say the DCSEC still owes them some required actions. (But once those actions are completed, the Nats will owe all rent from Opening Day onward.) * From a few days ago, a press release touting the Sports Commission's "purchase of 14,600,706 kWh of renewable energy credits (RECs)," offsetting 70 percent of the electricity use at the LEED Silver-certified ballpark. * Yahoo gnashes its teeth over attendance. And a bad review of the ballpark comes in from Johnstown, PA. (h/t BPG) * One of the biggies of Nats blogging is calling it quits--Chris Needham of Capitol Punishment. Great run, Chris, sorry to see you go. My site stats will suffer greatly from the loss of your coveted What to Read Today links. Parking Meeting Tonight, Metro Work to Impact Getting to the Ballpark This Weekend and June 7-8
* A reminder that tonight is Tommy Wells's community meeting to get feedback on how the new on-street parking regulations are going in Near Southeast, Southwest, and on Capitol Hill. It's at 7 pm at the Capitol United Methodist Church, at 5th and Seward Square, SE (on the south side of the Square). I'm sure it'll be a blast. * Metro is needing to do replace a switch at Mt. Vernon Square, necessitating four weekends worth of major delays on the Yellow and Green lines, starting this weekend and going through June 8. Here's Metro's press release detailing how service will be impacted, and how they will attempt to handle the crowds at Nationals Park during the May 10 and 11 and June 7 and 8 home games: "People attending these games should add more time into their schedules if riding or connecting to the Yellow and Green Line as there will be longer waits for trains before and after the games." This quote from WMATA in today's Post story is a little more stark: "If fans 'leave the stadium and keep walking straight to Half Street [the Navy Yard station entrance closest to the stadium], there will be such a backup that they won't be able to walk around the crowd.' " Fans are being told to build in 30 to 45 minutes into their trips. There will be special shuttle trains between Navy Yard and L'Enfant Plaza, along with shuttle buses starting at the end of the seventh inning that will run between Navy Yard and Federal Center SW. Plus, the N22 shuttle from New Jersey and M to Eastern Market and Union Station will run every five minutes. Read the press release for further details; here's Dr. Gridlock, too. Half and O - The Best Before and Afters of All
    I've been waiting a loooooong time for this particular set of before-and-afters. With thanks both to Mother Nature for the beautiful day (after a rainout last Thursday) and to the Nationals for indulging me, I now have a set of before-and-afters for the old intersection of Half and O streets, SE. And, as you can see from above, it's a little different. The intersection died almost exactly two years ago, replaced now by second base and shallow centerfield. I cannot vouch for 1000-percent matches between the old and new angles (I didn't bring a GPS with me to pinpoint my positions, and ground level is now about 15-20 feet below where it was in 2006), but I think it's close enough for you to get the idea. The two shots above are (top) looking north and (bottom) looking west, with the old black Ziegfield's building visible in both "before" shots. But you can see all of the angles (in bigger images) here. UPDATE: And, since the archive photos are kind of small, here's some larger images of the view from around second base. I'll figure out how to add them into my official ballpark galleries later....
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Map Residential Office Retail/Recreation/Hotel Infrastructure
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Completed Projects
Capper Building #2 
400 M Street
139-unit apartment building
for low-income senior citizens
and workforce-income-level residents
Construction begun December, 2005
Opened November 2007
400mdc.com
Capper Seniors #1
5th Street and Virginia Ave.
160 units of public housing
for senior citizens
Construction begun March, 2005
Completed December 2006
Capitol Hill Tower
New Jersey Ave. & K Street
340+ co-ops
To include ground-floor retail
Construction begun Spring, 2004
Delivered 2nd Quarter, 2006
www.capitolhilltower.com
Marine
Bachelor Enlisted Quarters
7th and L Streets
166 units
Construction begun 2002
Delivered Summer 2004
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Currently Under Construction
Jefferson at Capitol Yards
70 I Street (left)
Developed by JPI
448 rental units
Three underground parking levels
Construction begun Sept. 2006
Delivery Summer 2008
capitolyardsdc.com
Axiom at Capitol Yards
100 I Street (right)
246 rental units
Three underground parking levels
Construction begun Sept. 2006
Delivery June 2008
capitolyardsdc.com
Onyx on First
1100 First Street
Developed by Faison and
Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund
226,000 sq ft, 14 stories
approx. 260 apartments
Construction begun Sept. 2006
Delivery Q3 2008
onyxonfirst.com
909 at Capitol Yards
909 New Jersey Ave.
Developed by JPI
237 rental units
6,000 sq ft retail
Construction begun June 2007
Delivery Mid-2009
capitolyardsdc.com
Half & N Streets
Monument Realty
350 units
Ground-floor retail
Construction begun early 2007
Delivery 2009
www.halfstreet.com
Velocity Condos
1025 1st Street
Cohen Companies/ADC Builders
14 stories, 200 condos
Ground-floor retail
Construction begun June 2007
Delivery 2009
www.velocitycapitol.com
The Yards/Pattern Shop Lofts
3rd and Tingey
Developed by Forest City
Renovation of Pattern/Joiner Shop
170 apartments
Interior demo begun 2008
Delivery 2009
www.dcyards.com
1345 South Capitol
Camden Development
276 units
Some ground-floor retail
Site clearing begun Dec. 2007
Project on hold
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In the Pipeline
Capitol Quarter
120 market-rate and
91 workforce-rate homes
at old Capper/Carrollsburg
public housing site
Construction to begin early 2008
www.eya.com
23 Eye at Capitol Yards
23 I Street
Developed by JPI
421 two-story loft units
30,000+ sq ft retail
Construction Beginning 2008
capitolyardsdc.com
The Yards/Factory 202
5th and M
Developed by Forest City and
PN Hoffman
Renovation of Gun Assembly Building
271 condos
Delivery 2011
www.dcyards.com
1006 7th Street
12 condos
Ground-floor commercial space
No timeline
The Yards/400 Tingey
Developed by Forest City
170-190 apartments
Delivery 2011
www.dcyards.com
Half & N Streets Project
Northwest corner
Monument Realty
100 units
No timeline
Velocity Phase II
Half and K
Sister building to Velocity
No timeline
800 New Jersey Avenue/
120 Canal Street
residential portion of mixed-use
to include 2 bldgs., 600 units
Ground-floor retail
No timeline
Florida Rock Residential
Half & Potomac
320,000 Square Feet
Construction probably not
to begin before 2011
New Capper Apartment Buildings
2nd Street Between I and M,
Facing Canal Park
Three buildings,
approx. 550 units,
all income levels
Construction probably not
to begin before 2010
DPW Trash Transfer Lot
2nd and K streets
Approx. 322 units,
all income levels
Construction probably not
to begin before 2010
First Street Landing
WASA site, 1st and O
800 units
No timeline
Square 701 Residential
Willco Construction
1st and N streets
12 stories, 430 units
No timeline
South Capitol and N Residential Project
Northeast corner
Monument Realty
185 units
No timeline
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Completed Projects
US Dept of Transportation HQ
1200 New Jersey Ave.
1.35 million sq ft, 11 acres
Construction begun Fall 2004
Opened April 2007
20 M Street SE
Half and M Streets
190,000 sq ft Class A
Ground-floor retail
Construction begun August, 2005
Completed March 2007
www.20mstreetse.com
Federal Gateway
1100 New Jersey Ave.
10 stories, 297,000 sq ft
Ground-floor retail
Completed 2003
Maritime Plaza I/II
1201 M Street/1220 12th Street
Two buildings, 345,000 sq ft
Completed 2001/2003
Navy Yard Metro Center
80 M Street
7 stories, 275,000 sq ft
Completed 2001
300 M Street
8 stories, 300,000 sq ft
Ground-floor retail
Completed 2001
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Currently Under Construction
100 M Street
Opus East
240,000 sq ft, 130 ft high
Ground-floor retail
Construction begun Sept. 2006
Delivery late 2008
33% leased as of 6/07
www.100mse.com
55 M Street
Monument Realty
275,000 sq ft
Ground-floor retail
Construction begun early 2007
Delivery 2009
www.halfstreet.com
1015 Half Street
Opus East
411,000 sq ft
Ground-floor retail
Construction begun January 2008
Delivery late 2009
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In the Pipeline
The Yards/401 M Street
Southeast Federal Center
Developed by Forest City
300,000 sq ft office space
Ground-floor grocery store
Delivery 2011
www.dcyards.com
Florida Rock
100 Potomac Ave.
Office portion of mixed-use
to include 2 bldgs., 470,000 sq ft
Ground-floor retail
Construction could begin fall 2009
1111 New Jersey Ave.
Donohoe Cos.
200,000 sq ft, 12 floors
Delivery expected in 2010
225 Virginia Ave./
Old Post Plant
Plans to move MPD to this building
fell through in August, 2007;
City reportedly looking for a
tenant to assume their sublease
Federal Gateway Two
250 M Street
William C. Smith
9 stories, 200,000 sq ft
Construction expected to begin mid-2008
Delivery 2010
600 M Street
Forest City Washington
Two buildings, 500,000 sq ft
Construction could begin Spring 2009
99 I Street
DRI/Transwestern
1st, Half, K and I Streets
825,000-sq-ft office/retail project
Three phases; first phase to begin in 2008, delivery in 2009
May be completed by 2012
SC1100
1100 South Capitol Street
Lawrence Ruben Co.
350,000 sq ft
No timeline
Square 701 Office
Willco Construction
1st and M Streets
324,000 sq ft office
Ground-floor retail
No timeline
Maritime Plaza Phases III/IV
12th & M Streets
Lincoln Properties
Two additional office buildings,
175,000 sq ft each
No timeline
1000 South Capitol
Lerner Enterprises
320,000 sq ft
no details, no timeline
50 M Street
Monument Realty
130,000 sq ft office
No timeline
800 New Jersey Avenue/
120 Canal Street
Office portion of mixed-use
to include 2 bldgs., 600,000 sq ft
Ground-floor retail
No timeline
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Completed Projects
Currently available Retail:
Food and Beverages:
Starbucks, New Jersey and M
Five Guys burgers, 2nd bet. L and M
Subway, on 2nd between L and M
Sizzlin' Express, 4th and M
Restaurant at the Courtyard by Marriott, New Jersey and L
Market Deli, 1st and L
Wendy's, 23 I Street
McDonald's, South Capitol and I
Quizno's, 8th and M
Chicken Tortilla, 8th and L
Al's Deli, 8th and L
7th and L Market, 7th and L
Services:
CVS, New Jersey and M
Chevy Chase Bank,
New Jersey bet. L and M
Congressional Cleaners,
New Jersey bet. K and L
Dogma Day Care, 9th and Virginia
Nat'l Capital Spay/Neuter Clinic,
10th and L
Exxon, 11th and M
BP Amoco, South Capitol and L
A-1 Auto Garage, 1st and K
Splash Car Wash, 10 I Street
Large-Scale Projects:
Large-Scale Projects:
New Nationals Baseball Stadium
South Capitol to 1st
and N to Potomac Ave.
14 acre site
41,000-seat stadium
Architect: HOK Sport
Construction begun May 2006
Completed March 2008
Courtyard by Marriott
New Jersey Ave. & L Street
204-suite hotel
Restaurant
Construction begun Spring, 2004
Delivered: March 2006
Official Web Site:
www.courtyard.com/wasny
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Currently Under Construction
"Coming Soon" Retail:
Services:
FedEx/Kinkos, 20 M Street
Wachovia Bank, 20 M Street
US Dept of Transportation HQ
• New Jersey & Tingey Aves.:
3,800 sq ft of retail
in a new structure on the
Southwest Plaza;
• Along M Street:
Free-standing retail kiosks to be built
at New Jersey & M and
4th and M, plus
5-to-10 "seasonal" retail kiosks
along M Street
No timeline for completion
Half Street Hotel
Half Street between M and N
200-room Boutique Hotel
Construction begun early 2007
Delivery 2010
www.halfstreet.com
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In the Pipeline
Washington Canal Park
2nd Street between I and M
1.8 acre public park
$10 million project
Designer: Gustafson Guthrie Nichol
Timeline uncertain
The Yards/The Boilermaker Shop
Third and Tingey Streets
48,000 sq ft retail
Renovation to begin late 2007
Completion in 2009
Waterfront Park at The Yards
5.87-acre riverfront park
First phase expected to open in 2009
The Yards/401 M Street
Southeast Federal Center
Developed by Forest City
Ground-floor grocery store
Construction to begin 2008
Delivery spring 2010
www.dcyards.com
Diamond Teague Park
First Street Terminus
39,000-sq-ft public plaza
and ferry pier
$16 million project
Designer: Parsons Brinckerhoff
No timeline
New Capper Community Center
5th and K
28,000 sq ft, to include
daycare, rec center, game room,
computer lab, and meeting rooms
No timeline
Florida Rock
100 Potomac Ave.
84,000 sq ft retail, 235-room hotel
75-ft-wide waterfront "esplanade"
Paved walkways, asphalt bike trail
Public plaza
First phase of construction
may begin fall 2009
Maritime Plaza Hotel
12th & Water Streets
Lincoln Properties
8-story, 250-room Hotel
No timeline
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Completed Projects
Navy Yard Metro Station Expansion
Half and M Streets
Increase the number of fare gates
and vending machines; add two elevators;
relocate the station kiosk, fare gates and fare vendors from the mezzanine to the west entrance
Estimated cost: $20 million
Construction started Jan. 2007
Completed: March 28, 2008
South Capitol Street
Improvements
Streetscape improvements,
upgraded intersections,
jersey barriers replaced
with a tree-lined median
Widening and streetscape improvements of Potomac Ave.
First Street, and I Street
Est. start date: Summer 2007
Completed: March 2008
Douglass Bridge
Makeover
Dismantling of 400 feet of the bridge
south of O Street, and lowering of an
additional 200 feet to start the bridge
at Potomac Avenue
Estimated cost: $27 million
Start Date: July 6, 2007
Completed: Aug. 30, 2007
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In the Pipeline
New South Capitol Street Bridge
Brand new Frederick Douglass Bridge, to be built
to the west of the current bridge;
also to include a new traffic circle
at the South Capitol Street and
Potomac Avenue interchange
Estimated cost: $400 million
Est. start date: 2011
Est. completion date: 2015
11th Street Bridges
Reconstruction, reconfiguration, and
addition of ramps and traffic flow
Estimated cost: $465 million
Est. start date: 2008
Est. completion date: 2011
M Street SE Light Rail
Long-range plan to have light-rail service
throughout DC, with multiple routes
using M Street SE
Test line in Anacostia to begin in 2007;
No timeframe for Near Southeast lines
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May 19-21: Nationals at home vs. Philadelphia; all games 7:10 pm. May 22: Zoning Commission hearing, final action expected on Case 04-14, second-stage PUD modification to RiverFront on the Anacostia (Florida Rock); Suite 220 South, 441 4th St., NW, 6:00 pm (available via live webcast). May 23-26: Nationals weekend home series vs. Milwaukee; 5/23 7:35 pm, 5/24 7:10 pm, 5/25 1:35 pm, 5/26 1:35 pm. May 28: (rescheduled from May 14) Zoning Commission hearing on PUD modification for 250 M Street to raise building's height to 130 feet; Suite 220 South, 441 4th St., NW, 6:30 pm (available via live webcast). May 29: Zoning Commission Southeast Federal Center Overlay District Review for new structures in the Waterfront Park at The Yards; Suite 220 South, 441 4th St., NW, 6:30 pm (available via live webcast). May 31: Congressional Bank Baseball Classic regional high school baseball tournament, to be played at Nationals Park. June 3-5: Nationals at home vs. St. Louis; all games 7:10 pm. June 6-9: Nationals weekend home series vs. San Francisco; 6/6 7:35 pm, 6/7 7:10 pm, 6/8 1:35 pm, 6/9 7:10 pm. June 20-22: Nationals weekend home series vs. Texas; 6/20 7:35 pm, 6/21 7:10 pm, 6/22 1:35 pm. June 23-25: Nationals at home vs. LA Angels; all games 7:10 pm. June 26: WMATA Planning, Development, and Real Estate Committee meeting, agenda could include approval of the term sheet for the sale of the Navy Yard chiller site at Half and L. June 27-29: Nationals weekend home series vs. Baltimore: 6/27 7:35 pm, 6/28 7:10 pm, 6/29 1:35 pm. 2nd-Half 2008: Expected delivery of: * The 260-unit Onyx on First apartment project by Faison and Canyon-Johnson; * Opus East's 275,000-sq-ft 100 M Street office building; * JPI's 70 and 100 I Street residential towers; * First phase of Diamond Teague Park, including water-taxi piers. And, expected starts of construction of: * The first units at the Capitol Quarter townhouse development;
* William C. Smith's 200,000-sq-ft office building at 250 M Street; * The first phase of DRI Development's Square 696 office/retail project; and * 23 I Street, JPI's fourth residential component of their "Capitol Yards" development. July 8-10: Nationals at home vs. Arizona; all games 7:10 pm. July 11-13: Nationals weekend home series vs. Houston; 7/11 7:35 pm, 7/12 7:10 pm, 7/13 1:35 pm. July 26:  Eagles concert at Nationals Park. Tickets go on sale May 19. July 29-31: Nationals at home vs. Philadelphia; all games 7:10 pm. Aug. 1-3: Nationals weekend home series vs. Cincinnati; 8/1 7:35 pm, 8/2 7:10 pm, 8/3 1:35 pm. Aug. 12-14: Nationals at home vs. NY Mets; all games 7:10 pm. Aug. 15-17: Nationals weekend home series vs. Colorado; 8/15 7:35 pm, 8/16 7:10 pm, 8/17 1:35 pm. Aug. 26-28: Nationals at home vs. LA Dodgers; all games 7:10 pm. Aug. 29-31: Nationals weekend home series vs. Atlanta; 8/29 7:35 pm, 8/30 7:10 pm, 8/31 1:35 pm. Sept. 1-3: Nationals at home vs. Philadelphia; 9/1 3:05 pm (weekday afternoon game), 9/2 and 9/3 7:10 pm. Sept. 15-18: Nationals at home vs. NY Mets; all games 7:10 pm. Sept. 19-21: Nationals weekend home series vs. San Diego; 9/19 7:35 pm, 9/20 7:10 pm, 9/21 1:35 pm. Sept. 23-25: Nationals final home stand, vs. Florida; all games 7:10 pm. 2009: Expected delivery of: * ADC Builders' 200-unit Velocity condo building at 1025 First Street; * JPI's 909 New Jersey Avenue 237-unit residential building; * Monument Realty's 275,000-sq-ft office building at 55 M Street. Spring 2009: Expected delivery of the redevelopment of Building 167 into 46,000 sq ft of retail and Building 160 into a 170-unit apartment building at The Yards; and also the possible start of 500,000-sq-ft office building at 600 M Street (site of the old Capper Seniors building). And the completion of the first phase of the 5.87-acre waterfront park at The Yards. 2010: Expected delivery of Opus East's 411,000-sq-ft office building at 1015 Half Street; and the second portion of Monument's Half Street project, including a 200-room hotel and 340-unit residential building along Half and N streets. 2011: Expected completion of the 320,000-sq-ft office building with a ground-floor grocery store at 401 M Street, a 270-condo renovation of Building 202, and possibly a new 180-unit apartment building at 4th and Tingey Streets in The Yards. Also, perhaps the start of construction of a new Frederick Douglass Bridge.
For past mile markers in the neighborhood's evolution, see my Near Southeast DC Timeline.
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Records added or updated recently displayed here; click the "archive" links to see additional detail and older records. All data from DC Government databases and RSS feeds. JDLand takes no responsibility for errors, omissions, etc. (read CapStat disclaimer). Data is retrieved daily.
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Recent Crime Incidents
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| 900 B/O NEW JERSEY AVE SE
| STOLEN AUTO
NO NARRATIVE IS AVAILABLE.
| STOLEN AUTO
| 05/05/2008
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| M ST SE & NEW JERSEY AVE SE
| ADW
NO NARRATIVE IS AVAILABLE.
| KNIFE
| 05/01/2008
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Recent Public Space Permits
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| 909 NEW JERSEY AVE SE
| JPI LIFESTYLE APT COMMUNITIES / IN-EFFECT
WATERSEWER
| 02/01/2008
| 05/19/2008
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| 70 I ST SE
| JPI / IN-EFFECT
STAGING; TREES
| 11/27/2007
| 05/27/2008
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| 70 I ST SE
| JPI / IN-EFFECT
STAGING; FENCES
| 11/06/2007
| 05/30/2008
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| 70 I ST SE
| JPI / IN-EFFECT
SIDEWALKS; STAGING; PROJECTIONS
| 11/06/2007
| 05/30/2008
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| 1200 SOUTH CAPITOL ST SE
| WASHINGTON GAS / IN-EFFECT
| 03/13/2008
| 05/31/2008
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| 812 3RD ST SE
| WASHINGTON GAS / IN-EFFECT
| 03/19/2008
| 06/02/2008
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| 302 L ST SE
| ELAINE PHELEN / IN-EFFECT
DUMPSTERS
| 02/05/2008
| 06/05/2008
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| 1015 HALF ST SE
| HALF STREET SE LLC / IN-EFFECT
VAULT
| 02/11/2008
| 06/07/2008
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| 1500 SOUTH CAPITOL ST SE
| WASHINGTON NATIONALS / IN-EFFECT
TEMPPARK; BANNERS
| 03/07/2008
| 06/08/2008
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| 1100 1ST ST SE
| CJUF II 1ST. STREET SE / IN-EFFECT
CRANE
| 12/13/2007
| 06/12/2008
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| 100 M ST SE
| OFUS EAST LLC / IN-EFFECT
WATERSEWER
| 04/10/2008
| 06/14/2008
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| 100 M ST SE
| 100 M STREET LLC / IN-EFFECT
| 01/23/2008
| 06/23/2008
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| 100 M ST SE
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