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Homes by Navy Yard include a growing number of new developments, both new apartment buildings and new condos, including the Velocity Condos on Capitol Hill built in 2009 and the Foundry Lofts, which wrapped up construction in 2011.

The Yards Foundry Lofts at 301 Tingey Street SE are renting for about $2,536 to $3,323 for 755-square-foot 1 bedroom apartments. Two-bedroom apartment homes rent for between about $3,000 and $5,100.  These 170 luxury loft apartment homes by Navy Yard Metro are located in an old warehouse that was once the site where workers put together machinery for WWII military fleets called the Pattern Joiner Ship. Many of its units have views of the Anacostia and downtown D.C.

The Foundry Lofts homes by Navy Yard also include 33…

A Petworth home set a record high sales price for the neighborhood in February. The property on Princeton Place in Northwest Washington, DC is just a few blocks from the Georgia Ave-Petworth Metro station. The home was listed for $749,900, but after eight days on the market, the closing price soared to $770K.

The three-level attached row home was built in 1920, but has a newly renovated contemporary style with an open floor plan. The Petworth home is 2,780 total square feet of finished space with 1,920 above ground and 860 square feet in the basement. The front of the home is brick painted yellow, while the rear is vinyl siding.

The Petworth home includes four bedrooms -- three upstairs and one in the basement. It also contains three full baths and…

522 RIGGS RD NE, WASHINGTON, DC 20011

List Price: $248,753

This is a reasonable price for a home in Riggs Park just 5 blocks from the Fort Totten metro station.  This home is dated and needs some work but could be a nice home for the right buyer. 

1509 CHANNING ST NE, WASHINGTON, DC 20018

List Price: $299,000

This home in Woodbridge has been on and off the market since December.  It is a short sale that is currently tenant occupied.  The home has great bones and would make a solid home for a buyer willing to do some fixing up. 

702 4TH ST SE, WASHINGTON, DC 20003

List Price: $449,900

Homes on Capitol Hill are rarely this affordable.  This is a 2 bed/1 bath attached home within walking distance to the Eastern Market metro station.  A buyer…

The District is a new residential development at 14th and S Streets in Northwest Washington, DC. The location is on the border of the Logan Circle, Dupont Circle, and U Street Corridor neighborhoods, just three blocks from the U Street Metro station. It is also the site of the former Whitman-Walker Clinic, a historic building that will be integrated into the project.

The original project was called District Condos with a plan to sell condominium units. But in November 2011, the developer opted to create boutique rental apartments instead, and change the project name to the District.

The District is a seven-story mixed-use building with a glass and brick facade by The JBG Companies and Grosvenor. The ground floor will feature 18,800 square feet of…

The DC Streetcar on H Street, a much-anticipated streetcar project on H Street and near Capital Hill, is moving forward. The Department of Transportation in late February presented renderings of the DC Streetcar on H Street to the DC Commission of Fine Arts and the Historic Preservation Review Board. These presentations put the DC Street Car on H Street one step closer to reviving a form of transportation popular more than 50 years ago in the District by late next year or early 2014.

The DC Streetcar on H Street will be the first phase of the DC Streetcar project, followed by segments in Anacostia and in other parts of the city after that. The main goal with the DC Streetcar on H Street is to link neighborhoods with an alternative mode of transportation…

The Wonder Bread Factory in Shaw neighborhood, where row houses and condo conversions are dominating the market, is now well past the day it was supposed to welcome its first tenant who signed on late last year, but those plans recently abruptly came to a halt.

The Wonder Bread Factory in Shaw, which was to be the first at the revamped building at 641 S. St. NW, first leased 20,817 square feet to WorkSpaces LLC and planned to move in when the project is complete in January 2013.

But since then, WorkSpaces LLC has backed out of the deal, as it abruptly canceled plans just after announcing it had hired four new employees to the location. It also said it would close its New York and Baltimore locations.

Douglas Development Corp., which is renovating…

Shaw area properties seem to be in the next up-and-coming neighborhood in the District, right next to Logan Circle and the U Street corridor.

Here, recent Shaw area properties listings include a $399,000, 1BR, 730-square-foot condo on Florida Avenue and a $249,000, 1BR, 453-square-foot studio on Marion Street.

Like many communities on the outskirts of Washington D.C.’s long-established downtown and Dupont areas, the Shaw area properties have been slower to change but now the area welcoming a surge of enhancing development that’s triggering a hot housing market.

The Shaw area is referred to as the “Harlem of Washington D.C.” for its rich black culture.  This community is in Northwest along Florida Avenue is predominantly known for Howard University…

The new Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) building at 655 K Street in the Mount Vernon Triangle of Northwest DC will serve as the new headquarters for the organization. The site is part of a development by Douglas Development Corporation east of the Washington Convention Center and north of the current National Public Radio headquarters in Ward 2.

The Douglas Development Corp. site overlooks Mount Vernon Square and is a huge development between L, K, 6th and 7th Streets. The plan calls for 1.2 million square feet of office, retail, residential, and hotel space.

The new AAMC building on Square 451 marks the first occupant of the Douglas development. The building will be LEED Gold certified with 287,500 square feet of office, conference,…

The Congressional Cemetery Dogwalking Program allows members to walk their dogs off-leash throughout more than 35 acres of fenced property located at 1801 E Street in Southeast DC. This is a rare opportunity for city dogs to have so much space to roam free. Of course, there are other dog parks within the District, but few, if any, can boast 35 acres. 

In the mid 1990’s a group of neighbors, who walked their dogs in Congressional Cemetery, started charging themselves to help defray the cost of mowing the grass. The group became official in 2007.

Membership in the Congressional Cemetery Dogwalking Program lasts one year from March 1 through February of the next year. The waiting list opens on January 15, but sometimes spots become available in the…

A Brightwood home sold for a record amount recently. The home was located at 5821 4th Street NW at Oglethorpe, just a few blocks north of Missouri, and was listed for $649,000. It closed at $656,000 on February 15. The three-level Brightwood home that sold for a record amount was a contemporary, detached home built in 1939.

The home has four bedrooms and four full baths, all freshly renovated last year and has hardwood floors throughout. This is a 3,000-square-foot home with a new white gourmet kitchen, luxury bath, breakfast bar and custom closet. Brightwood is a community with very active community association, but this particular property required no HOA fees.

Along with Shepherd Park, Brightwood is one of the most northern communities in…