For all the new jobs, ribbon-cuttings,  and phone calls from amazed, returning locals first glimpsing the Target—"You wouldn't believe where I just went shopping!"—the gentrification of 14th Street NW has encountered some persistent, nagging problems.
And I'm not talking about the ongoing, well-documented crime issues.
Several notable residential developers in the area have struggled to stay afloat [...]

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 [...]

It's been a long road for View 14. But after at least five years under development, the apartment building may get some occupants. Its leasing center is now set to open on November 1st, according to its website.
As I wrote last Spring, View 14 is an erstwhile condo project, turned apartment project. It’s located [...]

Early last month, Housing Complex reported on some emergency legislation for a 14th Street apartment building project called View 14. A resolution came before the D.C. Council allowing the building to be exempt from up to $5.7 million in city taxes to “avoid jeopardizing the success of View 14 given the current unfavorable economic climate [...]

Back in December, I blogged about the Allegro Apartments, a new building going up on 14th Street in Columbia Heights, a few short blocks away from the Giant. Well, the building is now complete, and earlier this week, the developer held its opening night party, apparently sponsored by On Tap Magazine and Grey Goose vodka. [...]