Delays, A Hotel Approval and Nearly 1,100 Units: Where Union Market's Development Pipeline Stands

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by UrbanTurf Staff

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Nearly 1,100 residential units are under construction or planned around Union Market, about the same number that have delivered in the area over the past few years. 

Below, UrbanTurf takes a look at what remains in the residential pipeline for Union Market. If we missed a project, shoot us an email at editor(at)urbanturf.com. 

In case you missed them, here are the other rundowns we have published this year:

• The Nearly 1,500 Units Still In The Works For Friendship Heights
• The 6 Big Residential Projects In The Works Around National Landing
• Hotels, Heating Plants & Conversions: The 10 Big Projects In The Works In Georgetown
• The Nearly 3,000 Units Still In The Works For Navy Yard
• The 4 Developments On The Boards Around Howard University
• The Roller Coaster Development Scene In Tenleytown and AU Park
• The Nearly 2,000 Units Still In The Works At Buzzard Point

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1331 5th Street NE

Last year, Gallaudet University and JBG SMITH filed for a two-year extension of the approved planned-unit development for this 647-unit residential development along 5th Street NE (map). 

The development, designed by Selldorf Architects, will have 33,500 square feet of retail space and approximately 345 parking spaces. About 10% of the residential units will be set aside for renters earning no more than 50% or 80% of median family income. 

The plan for Parcel 4 is part of Gallaudet and JBG SMITH's larger vision to deliver over 450,000 square feet of office and administrative space, 129,000 square feet of retail, and up to 1,769 residential units on either side of 6th Street between Morse Street and Neal Place NE (map). 

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Emblem

An affordable development near Union Market with a design reminiscent of one of New York's most iconic buildings is scheduled to deliver this summer.

Emblem is a 12-story, 115-unit affordable development at 301 Florida Avenue NE (map) from a development team that includes The NRP Group and Marshall Heights Community Development Organization. The project was designed by PGN Architects (now Michael Graves Architects) in the style of New York's Flatiron building. 

The units in the mixed-use rental building will be affordable to income levels at 30% and 50% area median income (AMI). The new building will have 3,000 square feet of ground-floor retail, and amenities on the second floor including a toddler room, a library/computer lab and a gym.

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Penn and 4th

EDENS has not one, but two new residential buildings on the boards for the Union Market area. Penn and 4th is a two-building residential development that will take the place of the Motel 6 building and Maurice Electric parking lot just off of New York Avenue (map). The buildings -- named 4th and Penn -- are designed by HKS Architects and Michael Marshall Design, respectively. There will be a total of 375 apartments, as well as 190 below-grade parking spaces and approximately 30,000 square feet of retail. Approximately 13% of the units will be affordable. 

One of the more interesting aspects is the activated alley space that bisects the new development. Designed by David Rubin Land Collective, this paseo running from 4th to 5th Street NE will provide a neighborhood retail experience within the development. Retail will also flank 4th, 5th and Penn Streets. 

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1271 5th Street NE

EDENS has received approval for a seven-story hotel with 130 rooms at the site of a two-story commercial building at 1271 5th Street NE (map). The new hotel would sit between an apartment building at 500 Morse Street and the planned 600-unit project mentioned at the top of the rundown. 

The upper levels and penthouse of the new project would house hotel rooms and related hotel uses, with a possible restaurant in the penthouse; the ground floor would include the lobby, as well as potentially a restaurant or other commercial, retail, and/or service uses.

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/delays_a_hotel_approval_and_nearly_1100_units_where_union_markets_developme/24512.