90-Unit Condo Project Pitched In Mt. Pleasant Gets Key Approval

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by UrbanTurf Staff

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A 90-unit condominium project proposed for a limestone mansion and adjacent buildings at the corner of 16th and Park Road NW cleared a major regulatory hurdle last week. 

At its April 23 meeting, DC's Historic Preservation Review Board voted 7-0 to find the massing for the project compatible with the neighborhood, though it noted that as the design continues to develop, particular attention should be paid to the projecting bays on 16th Street to reduce what the board described as their "clunky proportions" and to ensure they complement the overall composition and building design.

Dila Development, working with DC-based architecture firm 2Plys, will now move forward with a three-phase conversion. Phase one focuses on the historic mansion at 3224 16th Street NW — a limestone building that once embodied Mary Foote Henderson's early-20th century vision to line 16th Street with diplomatic palaces — which will become 21 condos.

The second phase will address 3220 16th Street, with a five-level addition built above the existing two-story school building. In the third phase, running concurrently with the second, the adjacent townhouse at 1604 Park Road NW will receive a multi-story addition above and behind its rear wing. When complete, the project will yield 64 units in the mansion parcel and 23 more in the Park Road parcel.

The development is looking to deliver in 2028.

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/90-unit_condo_project_pitched_in_mt_pleasant_gets_key_approval/24578.