Fenty Announces Landex Corp as Park Morton Developer
Mayor Fenty was at Park Morton this morning to announce the selection of the developer for Park Morton … which was Landex Corp.
According to today’s online Washington Business Journal, Landex also secured a contract to buy the property from Central Union Mission at Georgia Avenue and Newton which will be the first phase of Park Morton, helping to secure the deal.
Below is an excerpt from the Washington Business Journal.
Landex Corp. plans a $130 million, 500-unit redevelopment of the Park Morton public housing project in the Park View neighborhood of Northwest Washington, D.C., after being selected as D.C.’s development partner by Mayor Adrian Fenty.
Fenty made the announcement Wednesday at Park Morton, one block east of Georgia Avenue NW. The 174-unit community is one of four public housing projects the city plans to turn into mixed-income communities under its New Communities initiative.
The Mayor’s press release can be read here>>
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Park View, D.C. 
October 7, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Exciting to see some momentum here – can’t wait to see a proposal.
September 21, 2012 at 7:05 am
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December 26, 2013 at 10:46 am
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February 10, 2014 at 3:01 am
[…] At the end of last week, the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) sent Landex Corporation, along with their partner the Warrenton Group, a letter giving notice of the District’s decision to terminate negotiations with Landex for the redevelopment of Park Morton. The letter acknowledges that Landex had been chosen as the Developer of Park Morton following DMPED’s Request for Proposals. The decision was announced by Mayor Fenty in October 2009. […]