New condos in Georgetown will be built on the site of the World War II-era West Heating Plant at 29th and K Streets in Northwest DC. The site is adjacent to the Four Seasons Hotel, Rock Creek, and the C&O Canal. The plans call for about 80 high-end condominium units -- Four Seasons Private Residences.
The plant is a 93,000-square-foot building with eight floors, six above ground and two below, and sits on more than two acres of land. The former General Services Administration (GSA) plant previously served as a heating source for government facilities, but was decommissioned in 2000 and vacated in 2012.
The Georgetown Heating Plant fetched $19.5 million in an online auction with a starting bid of $500,0001 and weeks of bidding by five groups. The…
