365 Units for JBG's Crystal City Office-to-Residential Conversion
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Several months ago, UrbanTurf reported on JBG Smith's plans to round out the planned Crystal City Central District with an eye-catching office-to-residential conversion. Now, more details for that plan are coming to light.
The 97,601 square-foot site that houses an office building at 1750 Crystal Drive (map) currently straddles both the C-O and C-O Crystal City zones. The applicant seeks to have the property rezoned as C-O Crystal City in order to pave the way for plans to retrofit the building into a mixed-use property with 365 apartments above 5,167 square feet of commercial space and 203 below-grade parking spaces.
Of the 365 residential units, 138 would be studios, 108 would be junior one-bedrooms, 80 would be one-bedrooms, and 39 would be two-bedrooms. The project wouldn't trigger affordable housing requirements.
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As designed by HKS Architects, the first two floors of the existing building would be pulled back to enhance the streetscape and the exterior facade would be replaced with a skin of precast panels and glass. Six terraced stories would be added atop the existing structure, creating a 21-story building.
Amenities would include a second-floor courtyard, residential amenity space on the 20th and 21st floors, and a roof deck on the 21st floor that would include multiple seating areas and a pool surrounded by ornamental trees and planter walls.
The building would complement the four-building "North District" being created along Crystal Drive between 15th and 18th Streets, which will include a 50,000 square-foot Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, a boutique grocer, restaurants and 120,000 square feet of retail. It will also sit adjacent to a new pedestrian plaza at 18th Street that will lead to a new Metro station entrance. There is potential to eventually cultivate a sculpture garden in this open space.
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This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/365-units-for-jbgs-crystal-city-office-to-residential-conversion/13408.
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