Noma In Neutral: The Status Of 2,500 Units In The Noma Pipeline

• May 8th

by UrbanTurf Staff

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Below, UrbanTurf takes a look at the residential pipeline southeast of Florida Avenue and North Capitol Street up to the railroad tracks. If we missed a large project in our rundown, shoot us an email at editor(at)urbanturf.com. 

In case you missed them, here are the other neighborhoods UrbanTurf has covered thus far 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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2 Patterson Street

A development team led by Monument Realty still has plans for a 13-story building delivering 577 studio to four-bedroom apartments above 12,000 square feet of retail and 4,500 square feet of community space at 2 Patterson Street NE. The project has been in the works since Mayor Bowser awarded the development rights in 2019, and it continues to sit in pre-construction limbo.

The development will also include a new public park and 48 units for households earning up to 30% of area median income (AMI), 147 units for households earning up to 50% of AMI, 130 for households earning up to 80% of AMI, and 217 for households earning up to 120% of AMI. Morningstar Community Development, The May Firm, and Community Housing Partners round out the development team, with KGD Architecture serving as designer.

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DCHA Headquarters Redevelopment

The DC Housing Authority sold the ground lease for its headquarters at 1133 North Capitol Street NE in 2022, paving the way for a three-phase development that could eventually deliver up to 1,100 residential units. MRP Realty, CSG Urban Partners, and Taylor Adams Associates are part of the development team.

The Iris, a 13-story, 430-unit building, was the first to deliver in 2025.

As for what comes next: the land associated with Phases 2 and 3 was to be leased back to DCHA for approximately 42 months after the 2022 closing, after which those parcels could be put into development. That leaseback period would have concluded around late 2025, but no groundbreaking announcement for Phase 2 or Phase 3 has emerged as of this spring.

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Burnham Place

It has been a long road for Burnham Place, which is named for Union Station designer Daniel Burnham. Akridge won the air rights back in 2002 and then purchased those rights in 2006, but it has seen a series of stops and starts over the last 20 years.

The plan across 15 acres could result in a 12-building development with three million square feet of mixed-use above the station's railyard, delivering over 1,300 residential units, office space and retail, hotels, and public plazas and a central space that bisects the project. It would sit between First Street and G Place NE (map) and the historic Railway Express Building at 900 2nd Street NE (map). Shalom Baranes is the project architect.

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/noma_in_neutral_the_status_of_2500_units_in_the_noma_pipeline/24606.