View 14–located at the corner of 14th St. and Florida Ave. NW–earlier this year during construction.
When I interviewed View 14 developer David Franco last week, I figured that—whatever I ended up writing—some commenter would eventually bring up the $5.7 million tax abatement that the project received earlier this year. (And which I already wrote [...]

Fight the Tower: Blum and Franco convinced Comcast to remove an eyesore.
Towering Accomplishment: Battling Comcast and Winning
If there were a list entitled “Corporate Behemoths You Don’t Want to Mess With,” Comcast might claim the top spot.
Type “Comcast and hate” into Google and 2.15 million results pop up. The first offers “A new reason to hate [...]

So View14, the long-awaited apartment building at the corner of 14th St. and Florida Ave., is finally open for leasing. The first move-ins will be occurring before the end of the month, according to developer David Franco of Level 2 Development. There are still construction workers bustling around throughout the building, but Franco insists the [...]