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435 Apartments, Open Space and Climbable Art: A Detailed Look at the Plans For the Takoma Metro

Eights month after a new proposal to redevelop part of the Takoma Metro station came to light, the public can now get a real sense of the development coming to the site.
Developer EYA and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) filed a planned unit development (PUD) with DC yesterday that outlines the scope of a mixed-use project for the 6.7-acre site at Eastern Avenue and Cedar Street NW (map) and included some of the first renderings of the development. Moya Design Partners is the project architect.
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The proposed development would deliver 430-440 studio to two-bedroom units,15,000-18,000 square feet of retail/service uses, and a new Metro zone adjacent to the Metro station to provide improved Metrobus and Metrorail operations. Two acres of open space will be split across a park space along Eastern Avenue and an activated retail plaza with terraced steps at the Metro entrance along Carroll Street.
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"The open space is intended for passive recreation use and also creates a significant buffer area between the building and the residential properties on the Maryland side of Eastern Avenue," the PUD stated. "This area includes meandering pedestrian paths as well as a ten-foot wide shared pedestrian/bicycle path that provides a more direct route to the Metro entrance. A central gathering space that will include a 'signature' piece of public/climbable art is proposed in this area as well."

Roughly 65 of the apartments would be affordable to households earning up to 60% of area median income (AMI), and there would be 250 residential and retail parking spaces. The development's transit zone will include a new WMATA bus loop, ten bus stops two bus layover spaces, and a separate lane dedicated to 14 Kiss & Ride spaces, and bike & ride facility.
The development team states that upon approval of the PUD application and issuance of building permits, construction is expected to take approximately 30 months.
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This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/435_apartments_retail_and_open_space_a_detailed_look_at_the_plans_for_the_t/20358.
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