St. E's And More: A Look At The Congress Heights Residential Pipeline

• May 1st

by UrbanTurf Staff

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Today, UrbanTurf checks in on the status of the development pipeline over in Congress Heights, which largely centers around the redevelopment at St. Elizabeth's. 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 we have covered thus far this year:

• The 6 Big Residential Projects (And Conversions) In The Works For Southwest DC
• The Two Projects That May (Or May Not) Be In The Works At DC's Starburst Intersection
• The Hotel, The Flatiron And 1,100 Units In The Works At Union Market
• The 5 Projects In The Walter Reed/Takoma Development Pipeline
• Mall Conversions, Trader Joe's And The Thousands Of Units Coming To Friendship Heights
• The Final Two Developments On The Boards Around The Wharf
• The Thousands Of Residences Still In The Works At National Landing
• The Nearly 3,000 Units Still In The Works At Buzzard Point
• Stalled Or Full Steam Ahead: The 3 Developments In The Tenleytown and AU Park Pipeline
• Jose Andres, Heating Plants And The 10 Developments Coming To Georgetown
• Podcast Studios, Outdoor Rooms and A Get Down: The 3,500 Units on the Boards For Navy Yard
• The 1,000 Units In The Works Along 14th Street
• The 7 Developments On The Boards Around Howard University

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St. Elizabeths East

The St. Elizabeths campus (map) remains the most active development site in the neighborhood. There are 750 residential units, 600,000 square feet of commercial space, two hotels, and a hospital still on the boards for the sprawling redevelopment. Redbrick LMD and Gragg Cardona Partners are the master-planners of the development.

• Parcel 13

Neighborhood Development Company shut down operations last year, and DC is looking for a development partner to take over the former developer's plans for the nearly four-acre Parcel 13 (map) which calls for 295 market-rate and 126 affordable rental apartments, 20,865 square feet of commercial space, and 240 below-grade parking spaces. The affordable units would be for households earning up to 30% and 50% of area median income (AMI). Bonstra Haresign designed the development at the site. 

• Parcel 15

A five-building development is in the works at Parcel 15 (map). The 650,000 square-foot project, designed by Adjaye Associates and Hickok Cole, will include a 178,000 square-foot office building, a hotel, and residential buildings with upwards of 300 units. At least 150 of the residential units will be affordable to households earning 30-80% of median family income. 

There will also be an 80,000 square foot public park, as well as a commercial center with 30,000 square feet of retail, dining opportunities, and a grocer. A portion of the retail will be devoted to incubator space for eight local businesses, and the Jose Andres Group will provide support and guidance to the Chefs-in-Residence program. 

A timber retail pavilion will operate at Parcel 15 until work begins on the larger development. 

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Terrace Manor Redevelopment

Developers W.C. Smith and Anacostia Economic Development Corp. completed a redevelopment at Terrace Manor last summer, which included a 130-unit all-affordable building for households earning up to 60 percent of median family income (map). 

The unit mix spans one- to three-bedrooms, and the Stoiber + Associates designed development includes 60 vehicular and 40 long term bicycle spaces in a below grade garage. 

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3836-3848 South Capitol Street SE

A PUD approved in 2019 to redevelop the two residential buildings at 3836-3848 South Capitol Street SE (map) received a two-year extension at the end of 2023 that expires at the end of this year. The development will include 106 units, and enable residents of the existing 30 apartments on the site to return. The units would be affordable to households earning up to 30%, 50%, and 60% of AMI. There would also be 17 parking spaces and 36 bicycle spaces. Kaye Stern Properties is the developer and Torti Gallas Urban is the architect.

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/st_es_and_more_congress_heights/23458.