Home | Newsletter | Advertise

DDOT May Be Headed to New Navy Yard Headquarters

  • May 15th 2018

by Nena Perry-Brown

✉️ Want to forward this article? Click here.

DDOT May Be Headed to New Navy Yard Headquarters: Figure 1
Previously-approved design of 250 M. By Hickok Cole Architects. Click to enlarge.

Ground has not yet broken on the office building planned at 250 M Street SE (map), but it might already have a tenant. The Department of General Services has announced its intent to lease office space at the new buiding for the District Department of Transportation's (DDOT) new headquarters.

DDOT would lease 145,000-165,000 square feet of space for 15 years with an option to renew for an additional five years. WC Smith was granted zoning approval for the office building ten years ago and DDOT is currently headquartered a block away at 55 M Street SE.

In order to ensure the building is constructed based on current market conditions and DDOT's needs as the lone office tenant, WC Smith will file an application to modify the previously-approved planned-unit development (PUD) this summer. The application would request to reduce the building height from 130 feet to 108 feet, putting it at nine stories. The application would also seek to reduce the parking from 197 spaces across four below-grade levels to 177 spaces across three below-grade levels.

The amount of ground-floor retail space, which ANC commissioner Meredith Fascett reported would be used for a transit store, would be reduced to allow DDOT to create a conference room in the southeast corner.

If all goes according to schedule, the applicant is hoping to get the necessary approvals and break ground by next January, enabling DDOT to move in by early 2021.

Similar Posts: 

See other articles related to: ddot, wcsmith

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/ddot-may-be-headed-to-new-navy-yard-headquarters/13982.

Pipeline: New Condos & Apartments Coming to the DC Area

DC Real Estate Guides

Short guides to navigating the DC-area real estate market

We've collected all our helpful guides for buying, selling and renting in and around Washington, DC in one place. Start browsing below!

First-Timer Primers

Intro guides for first-time home buyers

Red Flags Revealed During a Home Inspection Top 5 Tax Breaks For Homeowners Tax Relief for DC Homeowners
Condo Fee Tutorial What is a Rent Back? 10 Ways To Tell If a Home Renovation is Well Done
Obtaining a Basic Business License For Your Rental What is an Adjustable Rate Mortgage? The Splitting the Rent Formula
How Much Cash Do You Need to Buy a House? Is This Condo Building Financially Healthy? Interest Rates and Mortgage Points
The Scoop on Mortgage Insurance

Unique Spaces

Awesome and unusual real estate from across the DC Metro

The Most Intriguing Loft in DC The R Street Firehouse DC’s One-Room House
Dupont Circle’s Old Frat House To Become Alley Home Best Transition From a Garage To a Home The Roundhouse
Tilden Gardens Restaurant-Turned-Home Hits Market Next Week Logan Circle’s Most Intriguing Garage Frank Lloyd Wright Goes Green in Kensington
Sears Bungalow Gets a Modern Makeover Old Town General Store Becomes Three-Level Home Making the Most of a Skinny House
A Studio 27 Renovation on Capitol Hill Once a Carriage House, Now a Home The Bank that Became a Home
From Pie to Hooch to Heroin to Home The Live-Aboards of Gangplank Marina A Treehouse with Rock Creek Park As A Backyard
Modern Tranquility in Sperryville Saddle Up For Stable Living Throwing a Curve at 550 Square Feet
A Modern Hilltop Retreat Tilden Street Restaurant Becomes Spacious Home Focus on Design: A Vastu Unit at 22 West
The DC Area’s First Net Zero Home A Yankee Goes Green DC’s First Carbon Neutral Home
Eco-Friendly Alley House Off H Street The Gym, The Stables and The Firehouse