RSS FeedStables Building (410-412 8th St NW) Up For Lease
The Stables Building at 410 and 412 8th St NW built in 1906, a well worn Penn Quarter original edifice, has been home to all sorts of uses and is now up for lease. A quick online search reveals that this address has hosted:
DC’s GED (General Equivalency Degree) testing center (this was a most recent use as the web page indicates the testing center was moved to the Sumner School on 17th Street NW on September 1, 2010)
The (Marriott) Hospitality Public Charter School (middle of the page)
DC’s Commission on the Arts and Humanities (top quarter of the page)
The Dance Institute of Washington (middle of the page)
University of DC’s Practical Nursing and Nursing Assistant Program
Now it can be yours to occupy as the all too familiar commercial for lease signs are posted in the ground floor windows stating the full building is available with an accompanying listing posted online. The details? The building has a total of six floors with each floor clocking in at 6987 square feet for a total of just over 41K square feet billed with tall ceiling heights, operable windows, and a class C rating. (For a guide to office building ratings, check here.)
We’d love to see this building get a nice makeover – some ground level retail and an office tenant would do nicely. Maybe the market is ready to support a residential conversion to apartments or condos?
Happy Thanksgiving From Penn Quarter Living!
We just wanted to take a minute to wish all of our readers a happy Thanksgiving!
The Going Out Gurus have an article naming Penn Quarter the best neighborhood to dine in the area during these relatively slow nights of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. We couldn’t have said it any better: Penn Quarter offers some of the city’s best – and busiest – eateries for such dining; the relatively slow nights after Thanksgiving are perfect for attempting such a feat.
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Here’s what we were reading last week about neighborhood news in DC. Have neighborhood thoughts? Leave them in the comments!
Mount Vernon Triangle – Wal-Mart is coming to 801 New Jersey Ave NW (cross street: H St NW), for better or for worse, making it walkable from the PQ. Want to read about the community’s reactions and see the renderings? [The Triangle 1] & [The Triangle 2] & [Wal-Mart’s DC Website]
Downtown – Everything you ever wanted to know about Woodies (Woodward and Lothrop), a storied and former Washington retailer, and the Woodies building bounded by 11th and 10th and F and G Streets NW. [Streets of Washington]
Capitol Hill – Quaint neighborhood street (Walter St SE) raises money for a good cause with chili. [The Hill Is Home]
Downtown/Penn Quarter/Chinatown – We’ve been approached by this scam artist pretending to be a soldier with no money to get home. Giver beware! [Life In Mount Vernon Square] & [Prince of Petworth 1] & [Prince of Petworth 2] – Hat tip: Si
Mount Vernon Triangle – The Arts at 5th and I is showing activity. [DC Metro Urban Diary] & [The Triangle]
Penn Quarter – What retail store would you like to see next on F Street NW? (Apple is in the lead.) Our friends at The Internationalist pose the question to the community. [The Internationalist]
Franklin Square – A Wayback Machine for the Franklin School. Looks…um…pretty much the same. [DC Metrocentric]
Shaw – Signs that the Convention Center Hotel project is starting…that squat building at 9th and L Streets NW went poof! [Renew Shaw]
Merzi Opening Soon? (415 7th St NW)
Progress is evident at Merzi, 415 7th Street NW, both online and in person as the external signage is now up in full facing both 7th Street NW and the National Mall. Per the website, Merzi “serves a new take on quick, healthy, flavorful Indian-inspired cuisine” and both a job advert as well as the menu are now taped to the inside of the front glass window. A quick peek through the window revealed work going on over the weekend and interior progress that might portend an opening within a month. What do you think about the impending addition of this fast casual concept to the Penn Quarter?
Hat tip: Cheryl