Home | Newsletter | Advertise

Massive 1,550 Unit Mixed-Use Project Proposed Near Rhode Island Avenue Metro

  • July 15th 2015

by UrbanTurf Staff

✉️ Want to forward this article? Click here.

Massive 1,550 Unit Mixed-Use Project Proposed Near Rhode Island Avenue Metro: Figure 1
 Rendering of planned project. Click to enlarge

A massive project that will bring almost 1,600 residential units to DC has been proposed near the Rhode Island Avenue Metro station. The planned unit development was filed with the city on Wednesday.

The development proposed by a group led by MRP Realty, will be built on the site of Rhode Island Center, a shopping mall that is now home to stores like Big Lots and Forman Mills. The project will consist of a whopping seven residential buildings totaling 1,555 units, and will be built over six phases. Eight percent of the residential units will be set aside as affordable, and every building will be anchored by ground-floor retail. As proposed, there will be approximately 2,000 parking spaces built for the new residential and retail components.

Massive 1,550 Unit Mixed-Use Project Proposed Near Rhode Island Avenue Metro: Figure 2
A look at where the buildings will be located. Click to enlarge.

All told, the development, designed by SK+I Architecture, will cover roughly six blocks directly across from the Rhode Island Avenue Metro station (map) making it the largest residential project to be proposed in DC in quite some time.

Below are a few renderings of the massive development.

Massive 1,550 Unit Mixed-Use Project Proposed Near Rhode Island Avenue Metro: Figure 3

Massive 1,550 Unit Mixed-Use Project Proposed Near Rhode Island Avenue Metro: Figure 4

Massive 1,550 Unit Mixed-Use Project Proposed Near Rhode Island Avenue Metro: Figure 5

If you are interested in being kept abreast of the status of the project near the Rhode Island Avenue Metro station, let us know by submitting your email below:

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/massive_1550_unit_mixed-use_project_proposed_near_rhode_island_avenue_metro/10124.

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