Sidney on the Avenue located at 3318 Georgia Avenue is going rental. Seems like a number of condos are turning over to rentals. Is the trend of previously designated condo projects switching to rentals a good thing or a bad thing?
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Development
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A whole apartment building is for sale on Park Road just west of 13th Street. Prime, prime location. Do you think they’ll become condos? High end rentals? Low end rentals?
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We talked about them here. Well a reader found a wild you tube video showing their construction:
I’ll be checking out the open house this weekend so stay tuned for an update…
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In the most anti-climactic news of the week, the Ellwood Thompson deal was finally signed bringing the grocery to the DC USA Complex in Columbia Heights. Don’t get me wrong, I think this is great news. It was simply known for quite a while. I guess I’m a little disappointed because I and a number of local bloggers had recieved an email tip saying “Heads up // big DC culinary news coming this week…”. So I guess I was hoping that a Peter Lugar’s Steakhouse was going to open up in DC. Anyway, I think the drawing looks great. And from what I hear the store will be a great addition to the neighborhood.
They did produce a great video about the store:
From the press release:
“The local, organic and natural market is slated to open in fall/winter of 2009 and will be nearly 15,000 square feet. In addition, this growth will bring 90-110 new jobs to the area, everything from managerial to general positions, with great benefits and a unique and meaningful working environment.
Like the Richmond store, each department of the Columbia Heights market will emphasize local products found within a 100-mile radius. Offerings will include naturopathic vitamins, supplements and personal care, local produce, bulk, meat and seafood, wine, cheeses and fresh baked goods. Prepared foods from Ellwood’s Kitchen will be led by award-winning chef and vegan cookbook author, Jannequin Bennett. It will cater to intentional eaters as well as provide a variety of natural, organic, and ethnically diverse dishes. Those who elect to eat vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, and/or raw foods will find plenty of options in all departments. There will be inside and outside community seating with wireless internet available.
Ellwood Thompson’s will also offer incentives for conservation and recycling in the form of monetary envirocredits for walking, biking and mass transit and reusing shopping bags, water and food containers.”
So I guess the question is will you shop at Harris Teeter in Adams Morgan, the Giant on Park Road or the upcoming Ellwood Thompson’s?
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A commenter had inquired when the demo was going to take place. I noticed a demo vehicle in the parking lot so it seems the demo will be imminent…
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For the expats: lots of progress. The tan brick has mostly all gone in and many of the windows are starting to go in. View with the northern part of the building after the jump. (more…)
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The Condos on the east side of 14th and Florida are finally starting to rise. Remember this is the spot that had the huge whole in the ground for what has seemed like many, many months. When this project and the project across the street are completed it’s going to make this corner look so much better.
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The building on the Taylor and Georgia is starting look pretty good. Can you taste the dried mango from YES! Organic Market?
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This is the building near the Wendy’s on Georgia Ave. There will be housing on the upper floors and a health center on the ground floor.
This is the spot where the Gold’s Results Gym was supposed to go in before they bailed.
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I thought I had seen some workers in their a couple of months ago. This is the first time I’ve seen a for sale sign at this prime location at 1357 U Street. Seems like another bar has to go into this location right? It would be pretty sweet if it remained a live music spot. But I think anything would be an improvement as this building has been closed for way too long now…