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Agora Apartment Building/Whole Foods
800 New Jersey Ave., SE
Land purchased by WC Smith from the Washington Post in 1999
Planned 334-unit apartment building with a ground-floor Whole Foods Market; construction begun June 2014, leasing and move-ins underway January 2018
Whole Foods Official Opening Oct. 18, 2018
- Full Neighborhood Development MapThere's a lot more than just the projects listed here. See the complete map of completed, underway, and proposed projects all across the neighborhood.
- What's New This YearA quick look at what's arrived or been announced since the end of the 2018 baseball season.
- Food Options, Now and Coming SoonThere's now plenty of food options in the neighborhood. Click to see what's here, and what's coming.
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- Anacostia RiverwalkA bridge between Teague and Yards Parks is part of the planned 20-mile Anacostia Riverwalk multi-use trail along the east and west banks of the Anacostia River.
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- Virginia Ave. Tunnel ExpansionConstruction underway in 2015 to expand the 106-year-old tunnel to allow for a second track and double-height cars. Expected completion 2018.
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Get real time data for the Navy Yard subway, Circulator, Bikeshare, and bus lines, plus additional transit information. - Rail and Bus Times
Get real time data for the Navy Yard subway, Circulator, Bikeshare, and bus lines, plus additional transit information. - Canal ParkThree-block park on the site of the old Washington Canal. Construction begun in spring 2011, opened Nov. 16, 2012.
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- Nationals Park21-acre site, 41,000-seat ballpark, construction begun May 2006, Opening Day March 30, 2008.
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- Washington Navy YardHeadquarters of the Naval District Washington, established in 1799.
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- Yards Park5.5-acre park on the banks of the Anacostia. First phase completed September 2010.
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- Van Ness Elementary SchoolDC Public School, closed in 2006, but reopening in stages beginning in 2015.
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- Agora/Whole Foods336-unit apartment building at 800 New Jersey Ave., SE. Construction begun June 2014, move-ins underway early 2018. Whole Foods expected to open in late 2018.
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- New Douglass BridgeConstruction underway in early 2018 on the replacement for the current South Capitol Street Bridge. Completion expected in 2021.
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- 1221 Van290-unit residential building with 26,000 sf retail. Underway late 2015, completed early 2018.
- NAB HQ/AvidianNew headquarters for National Association of Broadcasters, along with a 163-unit condo building. Construction underway early 2017.
- Yards/Parcel O Residential ProjectsThe Bower, a 138-unit condo building by PN Hoffman, and The Guild, a 190-unit rental building by Forest City on the southeast corner of 4th and Tingey. Underway fall 2016, delivery 2018.
- New DC Water HQA wrap-around six-story addition to the existing O Street Pumping Station. Construction underway in 2016, with completion in 2018.
- The Harlow/Square 769N AptsMixed-income rental building with 176 units, including 36 public housing units. Underway early 2017, delivery 2019.
- West Half Residential420-unit project with 65,000 sf retail. Construction underway spring 2017.
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- Novel South Capitol/2 I St.530ish-unit apartment building in two phases, on old McDonald's site. Construction underway early 2017, completed summer 2019.
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- 1250 Half/Envy310 rental units at 1250, 123 condos at Envy, 60,000 square feet of retail. Underway spring 2017.
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- Parc Riverside Phase II314ish-unit residential building at 1010 Half St., SE, by Toll Bros. Construction underway summer 2017.
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- 99 M StreetA 224,000-square-foot office building by Skanska for the corner of 1st and M. Underway fall 2015, substantially complete summer 2018. Circa and an unnamed sibling restaurant announced tenants.
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- The Garrett375-unit rental building at 2nd and I with 13,000 sq ft retail. Construction underway late fall 2017.
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- Yards/The Estate Apts. and Thompson Hotel270-unit rental building and 227-room Thompson Hotel, with 20,000 sq ft retail total. Construction underway fall 2017.
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- Meridian on First275-unit residential building, by Paradigm. Construction underway early 2018.
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- The Maren/71 Potomac264-unit residential building with 12,500 sq ft retail, underway spring 2018. Phase 2 of RiverFront on the Anacostia development.
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- DC Crossing/Square 696Block bought in 2016 by Tishman Speyer, with plans for 800 apartment units and 44,000 square feet of retail in two phases. Digging underway April 2018.
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- One Hill South Phase 2300ish-unit unnamed sibling building at South Capitol and I. Work underway summer 2018.
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- New DDOT HQ/250 MNew headquarters for the District Department of Transportation. Underway early 2019.
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- 37 L Street Condos11-story, 74-unit condo building west of Half St. Underway early 2019.
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- CSX East Residential/Hotel225ish-unit AC Marriott and two residential buildings planned. Digging underway late summer 2019.
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- 1000 South Capitol Residential224-unit apartment building by Lerner. Underway fall 2019.
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- Capper Seniors 2.0Reconstruction of the 160-unit building for low-income seniors that was destroyed by fire in 2018.
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- Chemonics HQNew 285,000-sq-ft office building with 14,000 sq ft of retail. Expected delivery 2021.
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May 19, 2019 - After about a decade of wanting a grocery store on Square 737, WC Smith was able to announce in October 2013 that it had a signed deal with Whole Foods to occupy 36,000 square feet in the ground floor of Agora, a 336-unit apartment building between 2nd and New Jersey along H Street, SE. Construction began in June 2014, with the building beginning leasing and first move-ins in January 2018. At right is the Park Chelsea, also part of WC Smith's "Collective" development.
May 19, 2019 - Looking north on New Jersey to see Agora's frontage.
Agora, Sliding from to September 2003 to May 2019
There was no connection to H Street from New Jersey until construction began on Agora. When complete, Whole Foods will front this stretch of road.
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May 19, 2019 - Two signs.
Oct. 15, 2018 - A first look inside the grocery store, a few days before its Oct. 18 grand opening. See more interior photos here.
April 14, 2018 - Agora as seen from its next-door neighbor, the Southeast Freeway.
June 16, 2018 - Part of Agora's construction includes a new block of H Street SE, which runs along the building's northern edge. And on the north side of the street, a dog park opened in Sept. 2018.
Jan. 5, 2019 - The aforementioned dog park, very much in the shadow of the Southeast Freeway. But the dogs don't mind. Probably.
Jan. 22, 2018 - The game room. For more interior photos, see this photo gallery.
Jan. 22, 2018 - A hint at the views from the building's still under construction roof deck. For more photos from the roof and elsewhere, see this photo gallery.
June 4, 2017 - The eastern end of Agora, as seen from a block to the south, at 2nd and I. This view of Agora has now gone away as construction continues on the Garrett.
Jan. 22, 2018 - Agora as seen from Garfield Park on the opposite side of the Southeast Freeway, with the Whole Foods space peeking out from underneath.
Another rendering of 800 New Jersey and the Park Chelsea, released before the agreement with Whole Foods was finalized (hence the familiar-but-not signage). This is seen from above New Jersey Avenue at H Street.
June 9, 2014 - WC Smith announced the start of construction on 800 New Jersey on June 9, 2014, and some associated excavation work was underway that day. (Image taken from the roof of the Park Chelsea.)
June 21, 2008 - Looking westward along H Street at its intersection with 2nd. After the demolition of the warehouse in 2000, Square 737 spent a number of years as a parking lot.
May 19, 2019 - The same location, now a complete street through to New Jersey Avenue, and finally once again available for photos after the completion of the Virginia Avenue Tunnel construction. Now under construction at left is the Garrett. 
July 18, 2006 - Before work began to redevelop Square 737, Canal Street ran on a strange northwest-then-north path through the block. Here is its intersection with H Street, with New Jersey Avenue laying just beyond the overgrowth.
July 18, 2006 - Looking north at the H/Canal intersection, at the gate into what was for many years a horse stable beneath the SE Freeway. (The stable closed in early 2013.)
Latest News
October 15, 2018
Whole Foods: The Preview
October 2, 2018
Wiseguy Pizza Opening Today, And a Few Other Tidbits
September 19, 2018
Official Whole Foods Opening Date: Oct. 18 at 9 am
January 22, 2018
Agora Now Open and Leasing; A Photo Tour
November 24, 2017
Whole Foods: Coming Soon, Sayeth the New Sign
February 27, 2017
Photo Update: Surveying the Landscape, Part I
February 12, 2016
February Update on Vertical Construction, Incomplete Edition
December 6, 2015
Park Chelsea Floor Plans, Prices--And Unveiling 'The Collective'
November 19, 2015
The Whole Foods Building? Say Hello to 'Agora'
November 12, 2015
Project Updates: Upward Bound, Plus Some Digging
October 12, 2015
Holes and Cranes, October Edition: Moving On Up
