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627-631 H St NW To Become Office + Retail (Former China Doll & Lei Garden Buildings)
Originally tipped off from the next ANC 2C03’s agenda (pdf), we dug the following up from the Office of Zoning’s schedule: Case Number : 17673 Case Name : Application of Gallery Square LLC (Yeni Wong’s development)Case Summary : (Area Variance,Special Exceptions) pursuant to 11 DCMR§§ 3103.2 and 3104.1, for a special exception from the rear […]
7th Street Promenade? Just A Thought..
Recently, we’ve read about residents in Dupont Circle promoting a campaign to create a pedestrian promenade on a five block stretch of 17th St NW. They even put together a website: www.17thstreet.org. It started to make us wonder if 7th St NW, between D St and H St could one day find itself a pedestrian […]
Fenty Expands District Presence At Retail Convention
Following in Williams’ footsteps, Fenty attended his first International Council of Shopping Centers’ annual convention — the largest gathering of retail-related professionals in the country and a place to make deals. The District’s booth increased in size this year from 600 to 2,000 square feet. It seems that grocery stores are still an issue, with […]
918 F St Office Building Under Contract (Deal Closes In Jan 2008)
Many of us have seen the For Sale signs on the 918 F St NW windows (National Union Building). It is a 30,977 square feet office building with 7 floors and it’s located next to the new Ventana condominium. A bit of searching has led us to discover that the building has found a buyer […]