Today's print edition of the
Washington Business Journal reports that
HOK has been hired to design the new four-building 825,000-sq-ft office and retail project by
DRI Development on
Square 696, the block bounded by First, Half, I, and K. (Well, actually WBJ says it's
Nationals ballpark architect
HOK Sport that's been hired, but I might think that it's not the sports division of HOK that will be designing this office/retail development, unless there's going to be a soccer stadium on the roof.) DRI now has
an information page on Square 696 (also known as "99 I Street"), which says that the project will be developed in four phases, with expected start of the first phase in 2008 and delivery in late 2009; the entire project would be completed in 2012. My
Square 696 has some photos if you want to see the block's current state; and it should be noted that this is the block from which
AnA Towing decamped last week.