Bond Bread Redevelopment

Pleasant Plains

The Bond Partnership, consisting of the Menkiti Group, Fivesquares Development, and EDENS, will transform the Bond Bread Factory and Washington Railway & Electric Company (WRECO) buildings into a 600,000 square-foot mixed-use destination. The development will include 469 residential units, 180 hotel rooms, 50,000 square feet of largely street-facing retail and a nearly 20,000 square-foot public plaza. The new development plans to incorporate several aspects of the existing buildings into the new project, including the trusses from the WRECO building that will sit thirty feet above the public plaza and the original columns from the Bond Bread building. The team also envisions several outdoor uses throughout the project, including dining space and seasonal markets along V Street, as well as film screening and performance space along W Street. The central public space will have a number of access points, including a "secret" passageway off Georgia Avenue, according to the development team.