At the DC government’s annual March Madness event on Friday, multiple agencies announced several new development sites that will be offered to private developers this year. We took a closer look at the eight sites for which developers can submit proposals, ranging from 1,800 SF to 21 acres, in neighborhoods from NoMa to Hill East to Anacostia.
1. Lincoln Heights.
The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development is seeking a master developer to lead a major redevelopment on a 21-acre public housing development site in the Deanwood neighborhood. The request for proposals, set to be released this summer, will be the fourth public housing area targeted for mixed-use development as part of the New Communities Initiative. The 21-acre Ward 7 development site currently includes 440 public housing units and is zoned for low- to moderate-density development. Known as Lincoln Heights, the development site is adjacent to the Kelly Miller Middle School and recreation center and is bounded by 50th Street NE to the west and Division Avenue NE to the east. It is about a mile from the Benning Road Metro station.
2. 2 Patterson St. NE
DMPED will release a request for proposals this summer for high-density commercial and/or residential development on a 42K SF lot in NoMa. The site, at 2 Patterson St. NE, sits near the busy intersection of North Capitol Street and New York Avenue NW. It is surrounded by other development sites, included Skanska’s upcoming Tyber Place project, Wood Partners’ The Belgard project at 33 N St. NE and JBG’s Capitol Point development site. The development opportunity is part of the New Communities Initiative for the Northwest One community, a DC government effort to spark development of distressed public housing projects into vibrant mixed-use neighborhoods. The site’s inclusion is as an off-site property in the initiative, which included WC Smith’s development of its 2 M St. NE apartment building across the street from this site.