Primp Beauty Bar Opening on U Street Dec. 15th and the Old State of the Union Building Up For Sale

by Prince Of Petworth December 6, 2013 at 4:30 pm 7 Comments

1515 U Street, NW

The owner of Primp Beauty Bar coming to the former RCKNDY Home/Office furnishing space at 1515 U St, NW is opening Dec. 15th. To start hours will be 10am-7pm. After the first week they will be closed on Mondays.

The long closed former State of the Union space (to the left in the photo above next to Republic Gardens also for sale) is located at 1357 U Street, NW. The listing says:

“2 level bldg w/huge 1st level w/lrg open spa less blk to “U” St METRO. Nr shell w/ high ceilings and exposed brk walls.Not occupied. Sale may be subject to lease and/or right of first refusal held by another. Tremendous location, almost at 14th St ;; half blk to Reeves Municipal Ctr; nr theaters,clubs city’s newest & most fashionable condos & restaurants.1355 U St also for sale”

It’s yours for $2,200,000.

Anonymous

“Sale may be subject to lease and/or right of first refusal held by another.”
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Hold on – is someone actually renting out and living in the second floor of that bldg?!?! That’s usually what first right of refusal means in DC.
Anonymous

For that price I’d buy it and turn it into a single family home, then I’d sit on the front porch yelling at everyone to “quiet down!”. Ridiculous for a shell without a liquor license and an existing tennant lease.
spirit equality

I believe the location where that beauty bar is opening is where Sisterspace Books used to be located. I miss that place.

As for State of the Union, formerly the heart of the U Street music scene, it’s sad that the space has gone unused for so long and that it is unlikely to become a music venue again with that steep $2.2 million price tag.
anonymous

It may help to sell if they got rid of the homeless that have turned this spot into their home. I understand everyone needs a place to stay but the homeless that use this spot as a home have really destroyed it. Last piece on the block that looks like a tornado hit it.
candy

weird but the For Sale sign seems to be on Republic Garden
- Prince Of Petworth
  
  They are both for sale.
  - Ronald
    
    They’re both so run down they’d need half a million each to just to make them sanitary and structurally sound. I’d never be able to eat, drink, or dance in either of them without remembering the smell of hot urine in august wafting from their stoops. Barf.

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