Topping out Park Place

photos © Bill Crandall

Today Mayor Fenty, Ward 4 Councilmember Muriel Bowser, Donatelli Development and other officials celebrated the 'topping out' of the Park Place project at Georgia and New Hampshire Avenues. "Topping out" means the concrete superstructure of a building is finished. Park Place, above the Petworth metro, is a six-floor building which when complete will have 161 condominium units and 17,000 square feet of retail space. Twenty percent of the condo units will be sold at less than 60% of the area median income, which Bowser's office says makes them part of her efforts to bring affordable housing to Ward 4.

A lot of credit has to be given to Fenty, who helped push the project when he was Ward 4 Councilmember, and to Chris Donatelli for his vision in bringing such a quality community-oriented project to that spot.

An exciting announcement from Ward 1 Councilmember Jim Graham was that CVS has signed a letter of intent to build a two-story building on the triangular lot on the south corner of the intersection, where the farmers market used to be held (see bottom photo).

Click on any photo to enlarge. Also see the photo gallery here, with a couple of extra images.

Comments

[kvb]

CVS isn't the most exciting announcement but nevertheless it does a fill a need for the neighborhood. Does anyone know if Donatelli has started doing any planning for the lot that sits diagnally across from Park Place (on Quincy St.)?

[Son]

Thanks for posting the photos and event recap. I wanted to attend but work trumped it.

Glad to hear something is going up on the vacant triangle! Yet another CVS but it's convenient to have a pharmacy close by.