3414 11th Street, NW
Thanks to Jeremy for sending us the great news yesterday:
“Longtime vacant property 3414 11th St NW next to Queen’s English has been sold and a full gut renovation is underway. (more…)
horses ass award
“Dear PoPville,
Is Howard University Going to Finally Do Something With the Abandoned CVS at 7/Florida NW?? (more…)
7th and Q Street, NW rendering via the Maven Group
Robert writes: “On the Maven Group’s website as part of their portfolio for Summer 2020 but have seen no activity…”
Info about the project per the above: (more…)
2329 Champlain Street, NW
“Dear PoPville,
Just a bit mind-numbing considering all the development on that block during the past 20 years. And that property giving off a boarded-up vibe for much of that time.
Must be nice to have the equity to hold out for that ultra pay day. Or to be able to take advantage of lax regulations and overly permissive tax write-offs. (more…)
7th and Q Street, NW
Looks an awful lot like it did in December and before…
“Dear PoPville,
Have you heard anything about this notorious corner? Back on November 5, 2015, you reported the placards showing Ambar was coming and there was demo work done but it as been vacant/abandoned for months now. Would love to know what is going on with this prime space.”
“Dear PoPville,
I am writing to nominate these two properties on the unit block of Q Street, NW for the PoPville Horses Ass Award.
As you may recall, the house started to fall down earlier in the year and nothing has been done with either property since then.”
(The image looks northeast from the intersection of 8th and V Streets, NW.)
“Dear PoPville,
I nominate these two buildings on the 2100 block of Georgia Avenue, NW for the Horse’s Ass award. These derelict properties are on the site of the once planned Howard Town Center. The development, proposed years ago, received an $11 million tax break in 2012 (over the objection of DC’s CFO) before being canceled in 2013 after a falling out between Howard University (the property owner) and Cohen Siegal Investors (the developer).
The two parties locked in a legal dispute ever since. The most recent news available (June 2015) is that the DC Court of Appeals overturned an earlier ruling and sent the matter back to a lower court.
This is a painful horse’s ass nominee, from ANC Rep Jonah Goodman, with it’s own website:
“Welcome to 414 Shepherd St
This is the story of what happens when development goes wrong and the District of Columbia is unable to respond. This is all happening right now at 414Shepherd Street, NW, Washington DC.
View the full Property Information Verification System Report (PIVS).
The current significant issues are:
Structural damage to both neighboring properties
Erosion under neighboring properties and in neighboring yards due to both lack of foundation and lack of soil retention
Standing water in the basement of the property
Large hole / hazard in the front yard only mitigated by one piece of caution tape
Health issues / concerns to pregant neighbor as children of neighbor
Open property in front and backyard used to dump trash
General neighborhood blight”
Read the full correspondence with DCRA here.
“Dear PoPville,
May I nominate a property in Mt. Pleasant for the Horse’s Ass award on Popville? A developer is trying to flip 1756 Kilbourne Place NW – he wants to convert the rowhome into condominiums, including popping up a new third story, which would be the first on the street – so the neighborhood is already furious (yes, the common story of development in DC right now). Adding insult to injury is the fact that he has let the property become completely blighted. There are open windows, waist-high weeds, trash, busted concrete, etc. The property did get slapped with a yellow “vacant property” notice, but that does not seem to have inspired the developer to do any maintenance work.”