Advisory Neighborhood Commission 1B's design committee will get the first look at sketches of JBG's project between 7th and 9th on Florida Avenue NW this evening (6:30 p.m. at the Thurgood Marshall Center if you want to hear more about it). Meanwhile, the presentation of architect Miller Hull's design inspirations and contemplated massing for the [...]

So, over a year ago I pooh-poohed a rumor that a Trader Joe's was nosing around near 14th and U streets NW. Well, I've since heard from a very good source that Trader Joe's is, in fact, headed for the massive new development just getting underway on the intersection's southwest corner: The project formerly known [...]

In this week's cover story, I talk about how residential developers tend to stick with local architects who know the city's laws and personalities best. There were two exceptions: Eastbanc, with its West End project, and JBG. The latter has been working on a request for proposal system that will bring in bids from firms [...]

It's been nearly a year since the Third Church of Christ Scientist and their development partners finally got free of a lawsuit over razing the brutalist landmark at 16th and I Street NW. Since then, they've been planning the project that will take its place, and anticipate hitting the Historic Preservation Review Board next month. [...]

Developers are like racehorses: They all respond to the starting bell at the same time. With so many apartments and condos underway and in the pipeline—really, it's starting to feel almost 2007-ish around here—it's fair to ask: What happens when they're all done and on the market? There's a lot of pent-up demand in D.C., [...]

Another old apartment project is coming off the shelf! Bisnow reports that a partnership of local developer JBG and national real estate investor the Tritec Group want to break ground by the end of the year on a 141-unit apartment building at 1705-1729 East Capitol Street SE, right across from the newly-renovated Eastern High School.
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My column this week is about the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED for Neighborhood Development certification, which D.C. has more of than any one other city–because most of the city is shaped along their criteria anyway. As usual, there were a few interesting bits I couldn't fit. So here they are in a blog post:

Two [...]

Bisnow brings us this crazy rendering of what JBG is planning to build in the center of L'Enfant Plaza: A 650,000 square foot office building, featuring undulating glass walls that would clash fantastically with their stark rectilinear surroundings. Once the business with Heyman Properties gets sorted out, of course.

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DC North has an update on U Street's newest major project: A hotel at the corner of 13th St., where the Rite Aid currently sits.
After community push-back, developer JBG has agreed to chop off a floor, dropping down from ten to nine—though it maintains that anything less than that, and the project [...]