The 6 Big Residential Projects (And Conversions) In The Works For Southwest DC

• April 16th

by UrbanTurf Staff

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Today, UrbanTurf heads down to a portion of Southwest DC to see what large residential projects are still on the boards. If we missed a big development, 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 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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45 Q Street

D.B. Lee Development is at work on a new 11-story development at 45 Q Street SW (map) that will consist of 60 apartments above a190-room Moxy hotel and a 3,700 square-foot market and café. Ten of the units will be affordable to households earning up to 60% of area median income (AMI), and the unit mix will span from studios to two-bedrooms with dens.

The ground floor will have folding garage-style window walls between sidewalk seating and the market. There would also be 41 long-term bicycle spaces and valet parking for at least 55 vehicles below-grade. 

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Last Stop Liquor Redevelopment

Work has yet to begin on a 10-story, 49-unit development at the site of the Cap Liquor store across from Nationals Park (map). The project will incorporate the façade of the rowhouse at 1307 South Capitol Street SW, and will also include 3,500 square feet of ground-floor retail, 4,560 square feet of second-floor office space, and 17 long-term bicycle spaces. 

All of the units will be one- or two-bedrooms, and six of the units will be Inclusionary Zoning (IZ). Rich Markus Architects is the designer. 

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South Capitol Street 7-Eleven

At the end of 2023, JBG Smith sold the former 7-Eleven site at M and South Capitol Street (map) to WC Smith, and the new owner plans to move forward with the approved residential project for the site. However, WC Smith was granted a two-year extension of the plan approval, so we may not see any movement for awhile. 

As approved, the new development would deliver 615 units across two phases, starting with the south portion (249 units above over 23,000 square feet of retail). The development will also include 19 affordable units, including a three-bedroom; 299 below-grade parking spaces; and 130 long-term bicycle spaces. Gensler is the architect.

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Westminster Church Living

An approved redevelopment of Westminster Presbyterian Church at 400 Eye Street SW (map) will eventually deliver a 90 foot-tall building with 99 market-rate condos, 123 senior units, and 18,500 square feet of ground-floor space for the church. The senior units will be for households earning up to 50 and 60% of AMI until affordability covenants expire, at which point up to 20 units would remain affordable per IZ. The building would also include a below-grade parking level with 60 vehicular and 76 long-term bicycle spaces. Development partners include Bozzuto; KGD Architecture is the designer.

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Portals IV

Republic Properties Corporation is looking to replace the surface parking lot beside the Bureau of Engraving & Printing's coal shaker facility at Maryland Avenue and D Street SW (map) with a 13-story, 353-unit building. The fourth Portals building would include a 2,500 square-foot public rooftop restaurant/bar, 237 parking spaces, and an indoor pool amenity. WDG Architecture is the designer.

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421-Unit Conversion at The Portals

Last year, Lowe Enterprises joined forces with London-based private equity firm Henderson Park to convert the 8-story office building at 1250 Maryland Avenue SW (map) into a 421-unit residential project. As part of the conversion, the building, designed by Beyer Blinder Belle, will be reskinned with a contemporary facade redesign and a three-story addition will be constructed with modest setbacks that are meant to balance the new design with the massing of surrounding buildings.

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Annex on 12th (Formerly The Cotton Annex)

At the beginning of 2022, Douglas Development got zoning approval to shrink their plans to adapt and construct an addition to the historic Cotton Annex building (and former home of the Department of Agriculture) at 300 12th Street SW (map). Douglas then sold the building to Carmel Partners, which set about converting the building into a 562-unit apartment building that delivered last year. BKV Group, DCI and Champalimaud Design designed the conversion. 

Photo courtesy of Ray Cavicchio Photography.

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/the_6_big_residential_projects_and_conversions_in_the_works_for_southwest_d/23404.