Development

Renovation Looks About To Begin at 18th and Monroe St, NW Beauty in Mt. Pleasant

By Prince Of Petworth

Community Three Development is:

Community Three’s mission is to create value within communities through the successful development of underutilized real estate. Community Three seeks investments that, with the addition of relevant expertise, knowledge and skill, improve the fabric of the community while rewarding investors for their measured risk. Our company is committed to the timely evaluation of investment opportunities and mindful of its commitments to all stakeholders, with the ultimate goal of successfully implementing practical and innovative development solutions.

You can see some of their previous projects here.

According to the variance they are looking to make this into a 12 unit apartment.

I’ll be sure to follow up as construction starts/progresses.

Dear PoP – Major Demolition at 1737 Connecticut Avenue Northwest

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoP,

I work in a building that faces the alleway behind 1737 Connecticut Avenue Northwest and for weeks now there has been some major demolition going on.

They have removed the back three floors of the building (to open up more space in the alleway possibly) and are now working on the roof. From the looks of it, they are pretty much taking the building apart. It must be a very old building squeezed between others just as old. It’d be sad to see it completely replaced.

The word is: condos. As you’ll see in the shots, I was allowed to enter in the first floor from streetside and snap some pictures. It’s being gutted (and I mean gut-ted) at the moment. It looks like they’ve started to pull the roof off now. Hopefully the rain forecasted this week won’t be a problem.”

Wild. This is the former Anna Maria space that we spoke about a couple of weeks ago. I had no idea the demo was so extensive. It’ll be interesting to see how it ends up.

Couple more closeups inside after the jump. (more…)

Council Member Graham: Why is this Building Getting Torn Down?

By Prince Of Petworth

CM Graham writes in a message titled, Why is DC-HA Tearing down:

Old if not historic apartment building at 11th and Harvard? I know there is a good purpose coming—thye did tell me about that– and of course I know that the DC Housing Authority is highly independent of the DC government (a huge part of the problem)…

But why couldn’t the existing building have been used and preserved? Every time we tear up our historic fabric we must know that it cannot be reclaimed. I bet that building has been standing on that corner for 90 years.

Did DCHA consult with anyone on the demolition? Not me, I can tell you.

I am now asking DCHA Director Todman for an accounting of this. And, also, DCRA Director Majett whether all the demolition permits were in place.

We will be back to you.

We last spoke about this troubled building on June 1st. You can see what the building pre-demo looked like, here.

Columbia Heights – 2004 and 2011

By Prince Of Petworth


2004

“Dear PoP,

I thought your readers might be interested in a picture I took in November 2004 showing the area around 14th, Park and Kenyon in Columbia Heights. It was taken from upper deck of the Giant parking garage, under construction at the time. I’ve also included an image of the area as it looks today, from roughly the same vantage point.”

913 U St, NW Getting Completely Gutted

By Prince Of Petworth

Back in mid-April we learned that 913 U St, NW (next to Velvet Lounge) would be becoming a restaurant. Last weekend I saw how serious the renovations are:

I’m def. eager to find out how the space turns out and more importantly who will be moving in. Stay tuned.

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