The Thousands Of Residences Still In The Works At National Landing

• March 5th

by UrbanTurf Staff

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Even with two more large apartment buildings delivering in Northern Virginia's National Landing neighborhood, there are still thousands of new units on the boards for the area. 

Below, UrbanTurf takes an updated look at the developments in the residential pipeline in the National Landing area. If we missed a project, just shoot us an email editor(at)urbanturf.com.

In case you missed them, here are the other neighborhoods we have covered thus far this year:

• 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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RiverHouse

JBG Smith's plans to add more residences at RiverHouse have grown substantially.

Earlier this year, the developer outlined plans to add 2,785 new units to the 36-acre, 1,670-unit community bound by Army Navy Drive, South Joyce Street and South Lynn Street (map). 

The new plans call for two new 22-story buildings, a new 16-story building and another building that would range in height from 12 to 22 stories. 

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Americana Hotel Redevelopment

JBG Smith's redevelopment of the former Americana hotel at 1400 Richmond Highway (map) is currently in the works. The redevelopment consists of a by-right 19-story building with 572 residential units above retail. bKL Architecture is the designer.

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Crystal House Expansion

In 2020, nonprofit Washington Housing Conservancy (WHC; co-founded by JBG Smith) acquired the 828-unit Crystal House apartments off 18th and South Eads Street (map) in order to preserve the existing affordable housing on the site. In 2021, Amazon acquired the development rights for the site and donated them to the county.

Now, True Ground Housing Partners is moving ahead with the first of seven new buildings that will be constructed on the site over the next five years. Construction on Crystal House 3, a new 430-unit all-affordable building, is expected to start this year. 

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South Bell Street Buildings

Zoe, the new 420-unit apartment building that is part of a two-phase development from JBG Smith at 2000 and 2001 South Bell Street (map) has started leasing. The second building -- Valen -- will rise 25 stories and deliver 338 apartments above 15,000 square feet of retail in the coming months. 

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Block M

In addition to the aforementioned under-construction buildings, Block M also includes plans to replace the building at 223 23rd Street (map) with two 30-story residential buildings, delivering a total of 1,440 units. Plans for this project have been delayed until construction costs come down. 

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Century Center Redevelopment

MRP Realty has plans for a 290 foot-tall project that would deliver 329 units above 7,625 square feet of retail to 2351 Richmond Highway (map). There would also be 322 spaces of parking on three below-grade levels, along with 134 bicycle spaces for residents. Amenities would include a pet spa, a gym, a clubroom, a rooftop pool deck, and a co-working lounge. SK+I Architecture is the architect.

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Hazel & Azure at National Landing

Hazel and Azure, a two-building development from Zom Living, delivered 490 apartments and ground-floor retail at Potomac Avenue between 29th and 33rd Streets S (map) earlier this year. Amenities at the new building include a rooftop pool, an outdoor deck and grilling area, a fitness and wellness spa, and coworking spaces with private offices. There are also plans for a boxing gym and coffeeshop on the ground floor of the development. bKL Architecture is the architect and LSG Landscape Architecture designed the outdoor space. 

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/the_thousands_still_in_the_works_at_national_landing/23257.