This is how the new apartments are being billed just on the other side of the river:
Per www.dcmud.blogspot.com:
The recently formed joint venture - between Tritec Development and JBG - has just begun construction on its 141-unit apartment, Kennedy Row, on East Capitol Street in Hill East, just two blocks from RFK Stadium.
Construction on the 42,629-s.f. site, under general contractor Clark Builders Group, will take approximately 18 months, and the first apartments will deliver in April of 2013. Kennedy Row will be managed by JBG's residential property management arm (we're told the Kennedy Row website is coming next month).
But all we get are reduced rate senior citizens homes and the proposed Minnesota/Benning Phase II. According to Alexander and her Ward 7 Development Summary it is being billed as:
$108 million project focusing primarily on residential and will include 370 housing units and 20,000sq feet of retail space...There will be 325 affordable rental units
(60% AMI). This is a PRIME location for enticing people to cross that bridge! (Even if it is right by a railroad). Why are we missing the opportunity here? We should make that an office/mixed use building with restaurants etc. and gut the shopping center and build condos there. Revitalize the downtown area! What am I missing? Take a look at what they did by PG Plaza! http://www.oneindependence.com/home.html. COME ON. There's a movie theatre over there to Mayor Gray. Get on it.
The Eden Place project is 100% affordable although you can make up to 120% of AMI.
The Parkside development is going to throw up 1,500-2,000 apartments right next door to Mayfair Mansions, a notorious project. Who is going to pay market rate to live there?
How are we going to get people into the area who can raise the income level in order to entice stores to come to ward 7 if all we are building is massive affordable housing? That's why the apartments on Pennsylvania Ave aren't fairing well and have multiple complaints. (I know people who live there).
You won't be able to get the people you seek at least not the critical mass.
ReplyDeleteSadly this is how Black Democrats stay in power, they toss some crumbs to the poor and they vote them into office.