The 4 Projects in the Works (Or on Hold) Near DC's Starburst Intersection

• June 8th 2023

by UrbanTurf Staff

Today, UrbanTurf continues our tour of neighborhood developments around the region as we take a look at the residential pipeline in and around DC's Starburst intersection. 

The development pipeline east of DC's H Street Corridor has dwindled to just a handful of large projects that are either inching forward or nearly complete. If we missed a large development below, 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 9 Developments and 1,250 Units in the Works For Shaw
• Mall Conversions, Trader Joes? The 1,500 Units in the Friendship Heights Pipeline
• The 10 Developments in Southwest DC's Non-Wharf Pipeline
• The 10 New Developments in the Works for National Landing
• The Stacks, Brooklyn Bowling and a Vermeer: The 5 Developments on the Boards for Buzzard Point
• The 700 Units on the Boards Around The Wharf
• The 21 Residential Developments on the Boards For Downtown Bethesda
• The 1,100 Units That May (or May Not) Be Coming to Tenleytown and AU Park
• New Hotels, Mall Conversions And The 450 Units On The Boards For Georgetown
• Fitness Bridges, Food Halls and the 2,700 Units Coming to Navy Yard
• The 225 Units on the Boards in Adams Morgan
• The 560 Units in Development Along 14th Street
• The 6 Developments In the Works Along the DC Streetcar Line

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Hechinger Mall Redevelopment

It has been four years since developers MRP Realty and JM Zell went under contract to purchase the 40 year-old, 190,000 square foot shopping center at Hechinger Mall (map); plans for what comes next are still unclear at this time.

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Paxton

Foulger-Pratt is building an all-affordable development with 148 residential units at Benning Road and 16th Street NE (map). The design of the building accommodates dedicated program space for the Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) provider and Community of Hope to facilitate support of the families residing in the units set aside for PSH.

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1701 H St NE

A 180-unit building with 15,000 square feet of ground-floor retail at  1701 H Street NE (map) is nearing completion. There are eleven Inclusionary Zoning (IZ) units for households earning up to 50% of area median income (AMI) and at least six units for households earning up to 80% of AMI. The building will also have 45 below-grade parking spaces. Grubb Properties is the developer and WDG Architecture is the designer. 

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1801-1805 Maryland Avenue

Plans were filed with DC's Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA) back in 2021 for a 28-unit development at 1801-1805 Maryland Avenue NE (map). Eleven of the residences will be two-bedroom units and the remaining apartments will be one-bedrooms. The building, designed by Square 134 Architects, will have three surface parking spaces and ten bicycle parking spots. 

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/the_4_projects_in_the_works_or_on_hold_near_dcs_starburst_intersection/21117.