Posts tagged Foulger Pratt
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A controversial development in Eckington moves forward with improved benefits
The local Advisory Neighborhood Commission just approved a community benefits package, allowing the Eckington development project to go forward. However, that package did not come together until after some controversy. Keep reading…
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DC wants to see storefront retail on this Eckington block. It’ll get a self-storage facility instead.
The shrinking size of residences in Washington, DC is boosting demand for more self-storage facilities in the city limits. That's at least what one developer wants residents of Eckington and NoMa to believe when it comes to a new storage facility that it plans to build in their neighborhood. Keep reading…
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Housing or industry? In this DC neighborhood, it’s a tough choice.
A planned new development in Eckington faces opposition on an unlikely front: its request to change the current industrial zoning to build a mixed-use residential building. Amending the zoning would keep with nearby developments, but begs the question of where Washington DC should preserve its limited industrial land, and how much it should save. Keep reading…
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Residents of these apartments will be able to walk straight out their front door and onto the Met Branch Trail
Where the Metropolitan Branch Trail meets R Street in DC's Eckington neighborhood, there's a fenced off piece of land that will soon become a park. The developer that owns half of the site has plans for a housing and retail building that goes hand in hand with the park, trail, and surrounding neighborhood. Keep reading…