1 S Street SW

Buzzard Point

A long-planned apartment development at the tip of Buzzard Point is getting scaled back — at least for its first phase. Steuart Investment Company has filed an application with the DC Zoning Commission requesting a change to its proposed mixed-use project at 1 S Street SW, the former concrete plant site at the corner of S Street and Half Street. When pitched back in 2021, the first phase called for a 13-story building with approximately 434 residential units and ground-floor retail; the revised Phase 1 would trim that count to approximately 335 units, with the units and retail space in the western portion of the building pushed to a later phase of the redevelopment. The application also proposes swapping out the ground-floor retail space along South Capitol Street for additional residential units — each with individual street-facing entrances and private gardens. The development team, which includes MRP Realty, cited years of difficult retail leasing experience at nearby Buzzard Point projects as evidence tha