In news from last night's
Zoning Commission meeting (and thank the heavens that DCOZ has gotten its
live webcast up and running again), the commission gave final approval to the office building proposed for
100 M Street, a 263,000-sq-ft tower being developed by
Opus East. Opus is planning to do its construction contemporaneously with the
Faison residential project just to its north, and indications are that they plan to start work by the end of this year. A side note--Opus was unable to procure lot 0800, a 1,485-sq-ft empty triangular lot that runs along the southeast portion of Opus's land, abutting the north-south alley at New Jersey Avenue. It makes no real difference in Opus's plans, but is another interesting example of people not selling to developers, which is a fine-enough stand except for when you have a lot that will then be unable to ever have anything built on it....