Park View, D.C.

Proposed facade for the Heights on Georgia Avenue

According to an announcement issued by Councilmember Graham today, the Neighborhood Development Company (NDC)/MiCasa Inc. project, “The Heights on Georgia Avenue“, is poised to begin construction in the next 60 to 90 days. The development is currently planned with 50% affordable and 50% market rate housing and will be located on the southwest corner of Lamont Street and Georgia Avenue.

Full announcement below:

Dear Friends, I am pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached between the Fenty administration and the developers of the Heights on Georgia Avenue that will allow the project to begin construction in the next 60 – 90 days. 

The Council of the District of Columbia was also instrumental in advancing the project by passing crucial legislation I authored  to provide a tax relief for the affordable housing portion of the project and to realign the public alley to the rear of the property.

The building, to built at the corner of Georgia Avenue and Lamont Street (the current site of a vacant lot and a pawn shop) will consist of a mix of 50% market rate and 50% affordable one, two and three bedroom rental units constructed on top of 10,000 square feet of neighborhood serving retail.  The building will comply with The Green Community Initiatives (roughly equivalent to LEED Certified standard) and the District’s Green Building Code. It will feature an accessible green roof with fourteen different types of vegetation, photovoltaic panels, passive solar heating and cooling, a central water system and water conserving / Energy Star appliances and fixtures among many other environmentally friendly attributes.

The project is being developed by a partnership between MiCasa, Inc., a local non profit, and the Neighborhood Development Company, another locally based company.  The companies have developed numerous award-winning projects in Ward 1 and the Georgia Avenue corridor.

Another solid step forward for lower Georgia Avenue…joining the senior wellness Center (opens tomorrow!), CVS, Park Place Apartments, Bruce Monroe interim Park, New Community on the way for Park Morton…

Bests CM Jim Graham

This entry was posted on September 9, 2010 at 11:11 am and is filed under Development, Housing. You can subscribe via RSS 2.0 feed to this post's comments.

Tags: Development, Georgia Avenue corridor, Park View