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Capper Seniors 2.0
900 5th St., SE
A 162-unit $17.3 million apartment building; construction begun 2004, delivered 2006
First new construction in the Capper/Carrollsburg Hope VI Redevelopment
Damaged severely by fire on Sept. 19, 2018; reconstruction underway Fall 2019
- 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.
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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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- Rail and Bus Times
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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Sept. 20, 2018 - On Sept. 19, 2018, a four-alarm fire that began in the attic spread across the entire top of the Capper Seniors building, leaving the roof destroyed and the top floors heavily damaged. Donations to help the displaced residents can be made to the Arthur Capper Seniors Recovery Fund.
Looking at the northeast corner of 5th and K Streets, SE, starting before the construction of the first building, through the fire and demolition and to the construction of the second building.
Jan. 12, 2020 - Old and new.
For years, the boarded up Capper Apartment building, built in 1958 and abandoned in the mid-1990s, was the focal point at the bottom of the 6th Street SE exit from the Southeast Freeway. (09/03)
The same location, more than three years later, a few months after Capper Seniors #1 opened. (05/07) 
Another 2003 view of the 5th and Virginia site, looking west down Virginia, before the demolition of the Capper apartment building. (10/03)
The same location, three years later and completed. (12/06)
The northeast corner of 5th and K, seven months after the demolition of the Capper apartment building. (07/04)
Same spot, 3 1/2 years later, a few months after the building opened to tenants. (03/07)
Looking west across the playing field at the Marine Bachelor Enlisted Quarters to see the construction progressing on Capper #1; this view is the same as in the elevation above at left. (10/05)
A little over a year later, as Capper #1 is completed. (12/06)
Four views of the last standing Capper Apartment building, from almost exactly the same vantage point (5th Street, just north of the intersection of 5th and K). These old structures were the first public housing built in DC with elevators. Top left: boarded up and awaiting demolition (June 2003); top right: demolition almost complete (January 2004); bottom left: All gone (February 2004); bottom right: a few weeks after the building opened (January 2007).
Four more views of the last Capper Apartment building as it came down, from almost exactly the same vantage point (Virginia Avenue, west of 5th Street), in September 2000, January 2004, February 2004, and December 2006.
Capper Seniors #1 cuts a nice figure even from a few blocks away (seen here from the Courtyard by Marriott at 2nd and L). The homes across the street from Capper Seniors #1 are private residences, and will remain in place while the Capper/Carrollsburg revitalization happens around them. (01/11/07)
Two pre-construction renderings of new Capper Senior Building #1, at 5th and Virginia; they came pretty close to the real thing!
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