Narrative Description

Interstate 395 cuts a concrete canyon through the District’s downtown core that has stymied an unprecedented surge of investment from moving from the East End to Union Station and Capitol Hill. Development rights to build above the interstate had been ensnarled in litigation for nearly two decades. Working with developer Louis Dreyfus, the District is planning a $1.1 billion mixed-use development above the Center Leg Freeway that will re-establish connections between these neighborhoods and add to the vitality of the city’s booming downtown. With the legal issues put to rest, the District and Dreyfus are planning a project that will include a mix of both rental and for sale housing, retail and commercial office space. Beginning in 2013, the proposed project could generate as much as $400 million in new tax revenue during the next 25 years – on a site that has not generated a penny in decades.

Development Partners

Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development and Louis Dreyfus

Location

The area bounded by Massachusetts Ave, E Street, between 2^nd & 3^rd Streets, NW – Ward 6 (excluding Lot 58 in Square 56

Next Steps

• Land Disposition Agreement executed in early 2008.
• The PUD Process began in the Fall of 2008.

• Office (GSF): 49,000
• Retail (GSF): 14,000
• Parking: 119
• Development Cost: $22 million