Much of the coming wave of residential development in D.C. is focused on condos, with high-priced shiny buildings coming to transit-rich areas like downtown (CityCenterDC) and the U Street NW corridor (too many to count). But one element that sets D.C. real estate apart is single-family rowhouses, and it would be a mistake to think [...]

Within seven to nine years, the area around Brookland's Metro station will be built up with artist studio spaces, condos, townhouses and "college town retail—coffee shops, sit-down restaurants, book shops, bike shops" as one representative for developer Jim Abdo put it.
But Abdo's not the only developer sticking a shovel in neighborhood soil soon.  Just down [...]