The District, through the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, is pleased to issue this Solicitation for Offers and invites development teams to respond. The District seeks a highly-qualified development team to plan, finance, build, and operate a project, or projects, on the following sites: a 5,757 square foot parcel located at 3825-29 Georgia Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20011 (“3825-29 Georgia Avenue”) and on a combined 3,792 square foot parcel located on 3813 and 3815 Georgia Avenue, NW (“3813-3815 Georgia Avenue”). The mix of uses may include mixed-income housing, community-serving retail, and cultural amenities. Offerors are not limited by the uses described herein; however, Offerors are encouraged to design creative development programs that address the stated preferences of the District and the community stakeholders.

Located in the northwest quadrant of Washington, DC, Petworth is a historic neighborhood oriented around Georgia Avenue comprised of medium-density residential and retail development. The Georgia Avenue corridor is defined by the District of Columbia’s Office of Planning as extending along the Avenue between Euclid Street at the south to Decatur Street at the north.

The Petworth neighborhood, from where the Metro station derives its name, is the largest and most well-known of the nearby communities. Petworth is defined as roughly from 14th Street, NW in the west, to Rock Creek Church Road in the east, to the south by Spring Road and Decatur Street in the north. The neighborhood is home to about 20,000 residents and existing retail establishments, mostly along Georgia Avenue. Several public schools are also part of the neighborhood as are locations for District social services.

The neighborhood developed as part of northward growing streetcar suburbs along the extension of Georgia Avenue from downtown Washington, DC, to Silver Spring, Maryland. The community prospered in the 1920's as a middleclass neighborhood with the construction of many houses of worship, schools and residences.

Both subject sites are located on the eastern side of Georgia Avenue between Quincy Street and Randolph Street N.W. 3825-39 Georgia Avenue is identified as Square 3028, Lot 0818 in the Petworth neighborhood in Washington, D.C. 3813-3815 Georgia Avenue is identified as Square 3028, Lots 0051 and 0052, respectively, also in Petworth. 3825-29 Georgia Avenue is a vacant square lot of approximately 5,757 square feet. 3813-3815 Georgia Avenue is a 3,729 square foot lot with two, two-story plus basement masonry buildings containing a combined 4,815 square feet of gross area above grade.

It should be noted that 3815 Georgia Avenue, NW currently has an application pending before the District of Columbia’s Historic Preservation Review Board for designation as a historic landmark. As such, ODMPED encourages the Offeror selected to develop 3813-3815 Georgia Avenue to coordinate with the District of Columbia’s Historic Preservation Office as early as possible.

Note: ODMPED Will consider offers for the disposition of either 3825-29 Georgia Avenue or 3813-3815 Georgia Avenue, or both. ODMPED will not consider offers which seek to separate 3813 Georgia Avenue from 3815 Georgia Avenue or Offers which seek to separate 3825 Georgia Avenue from 3829 Georgia Avenue.

The deadline for responses to this Solicitation is 5 pm (EST), on July 11, 2008.

• 3813-3815 and 3825-3829 Georgia Avenue, NW Solicitation for Offers*

• Pre-Offer Conference Presentation*
• 3813-3815 & 3825-3829 Pre-Offer Conference Q&A*
• Pre-Offer Conference Attendees*

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