The 5 Projects In The Walter Reed/Takoma Development Pipeline

• March 25th

by UrbanTurf Staff

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Even with a number of new buildings delivering last year, there are still several developments in the works on the uppermost stretch of Georgia Avenue and along the northeastern border of Maryland.

Below, UrbanTurf takes an updated look at the residential pipeline in these DC neighborhoods, starting westward in Takoma, then south down Georgia Avenue. If we missed a large project, just shoot us an email editor(at)urbanturf.com.

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

• 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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The Glade on Laurel

The Glade on Laurel, a 356-unit apartment project at 6830 and 6896 Laurel Street NW (map), delivered last year. The unit mix is mostly larger one-bedrooms, along with studios and two-bedrooms; 28 Inclusionary Zoning (IZ) units are affordable to households earning up to 60% and 80% of area median income (AMI). Eric Colbert & Associates is the architect. 

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6928 Maple

Petra Development appears to still have plans for a 49-unit project at 6928 Maple Street NW (map). All of the residential units in the 50-foot tall development would be affordable to housing voucher recipients, and there will be 23 long-term bicycle spaces and seven secured surface parking spaces. 

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Takoma Metro Development

Developer EYA and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) have a 435-unit mixed-use project in the works for the 6.7-acre site at Eastern Avenue and Cedar Street NW (map). A large part of the Moya Design Partners-designed development will be two acres of open space split across a public park along Eastern Avenue and an activated retail plaza with terraced steps at the Metro entrance along Carroll Street. 

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Beech Tree Place

Beech Tree Place, an all-affordable development that replaced the two-story multifamily buildings next door to the Juanita E. Thornton/Shepherd Park Neighborhood Library at 7428 Georgia Avenue NW (map), delivered last year. The 65 units are affordable to households earning up to 50% of AMI, and the unit mix spans from studios to three-bedrooms. 

The five-story development includes a rooftop solar array and has a handful of parking and carshare spaces. Lock7 Development is the developer and Torti Gallas is the architect.

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The Parks at Walter Reed

The redevelopment of the 66-acre former Walter Reed Army Medical Center campus continues and will eventually deliver over three million square feet of mixed-use, including more than 2,100 residential units; 150,000 square feet of retail; two charter schools; office, hotel and creative space; and 14 acres of green space.

Hines, Urban Atlantic, Triden and architect Torti Gallas Urban are the master planners. Here's what's next on the residential front:

• Parcels A-G

Toll Brothers will construct 47 townhouses and 94 stacked bi-level condos at Georgia Avenue and Fern Street NW (map). The three-bedroom units would be arranged in rows; each townhome will have a two-car garage and each condo will have one garage space. Twelve of the units will be affordable to households earning up to 80% AMI. The developer is also the design architect, and The Eisen Group is the architect of record.

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Parcel Z Townhouses

Hines and Urban Atlantic are working on a new 37 townhouse development at Parcel Z on the southwestern edge of The Parks (map). The proposed project will include the construction of 3- and 4-story for-sale townhomes. The townhomes, three of which will be set aside as affordable, will spread out over approximately 3,000 square feet and each have individual garages.

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Parcel HK

NVR and Urban Atlantic have plans in the works for 62 new townhouses at Parcel HK near Dahlia and 13th Street NW. BKV Group is the architect for the new development. 

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/the_5_projects_in_the_walter_reed_pipeline/23325.