Park View, D.C.

At last week’s ANC 1A meeting, the Neighborhood Development Company requested support for a modification of their approved Planned Unit Development designed for 3321 Georgia Avenue (where the post office is). The Resolution in Support of the Modification to the PUD was approved unanimously (read resolution here).

In reviewing the design, there were some minor modifications form the design originally presented in 2010. The new design has fewer balconies, the residential entrance has been moved from Morton Street to Georgia Avenue, and the roof has been reworked a bit. All-in-all, I find this project to be very attractive and really like the entrance being moved to Georgia.

Below are some of the elevations shown at the February 12, 2014, ANC 1A meeting.

(View from Georgia & Morton toward the southeast)

(View from Georgia toward the northeast)

(View of the Morton Street elevation)

(The most recent roof concept)

Heights project from the northeast as it looked on August 4th.

I haven’t posted an update on the Heights project in quite a while. With all the other development going on in the neighborhood, I thought it only right to provide an update on this project as well.

In comparing the current state of construction with the rendering, the building appears to be topping out. While the NDC Website states that the Heights will be completed by April 2013, I understand that it is currently on budget and slightly ahead of schedule.

The Heights from the alley on August 11th

Neighborhood Development Company’s Heights project is beginning to rise above grade level. Above is a view for the northeast. Below if a view of the project form the northwest.

Rendering of the Heights development

Work is moving along well at the Neighborhood Development Company’s The Heights project located at Lamont and Georgia, NW. Demolition at the site in preparation of the development began in mid-January 2012.

The mixed use, mixed income development is designed to contain 69 units with 10,000 square feet of ground floor retail. The building is also planned to have 29 parking spaces.

As you can see from the photos below, in the past three months the building’s foundation has been poured and construction appears poised to begin rising above street level in the coming weeks.

Heights construction site, view from the northeast

Heights construction site, view from Lamont street looking south

Just a very quick update that work has finally begun at the southwest corner of Georgia Avenue and Lamont Street, NW. Demolition of the site should happen relatively quickly in preparation of the Neighborhood Development Company’s Heights development. With the exception of Landex’s Avenue project, 2011 showed little progress on Georgia Avenue and NDC’s developments seemed to completely stall. It’s good to see that these projects are still forthcoming even if far from their original timetable.

Demolition work has begun on NDC's Heights project

Proposed facade for the Heights on Georgia Avenue

What’s been going on with the Neighborhood Development Company’s (NDC) Heights and Vue projects? That’s a question that’s been on many residents’ minds this year.

The Heights — located on the southwest corner of Georgia and Lamont — was originally scheduled to break ground in the fourth quarter of 2010. That date has come and gone with no noticeable movement. According to NDC CEO Adrian Washington, as shared at the Georgia Avenue Community Development Task Force last night, the Heights is now looking to begin in January 2012. The chief problem was getting the financing package together. This now appears to be done with an expected closing date in December of this year. Once ground breaks, the project will take 16 months to complete.

The Vue, on the other hand, is much further behind. While that project has cleared zoning, it is now in the early stages of financing with no definite start date scheduled. NDC’s need to focus on the Heights and get that project moving forward was deemed the higher priority of the two projects.