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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…

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 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…

Two unit properties in Washington, DC used to be a hassle. But now the mayor of DC, Vincent Gray, is encouraging population density by making it easier for homeowners to create two unit properties. This is all part of the mayor’s Sustainable DC Plan released this month. The proposal aims to make DC “the healthiest, greenest, and most livable” city in the country over the next two decades.

By 2032, the plan targets to add 250,000 new residents to the DC population. Where are all of these people going to live? Right now, DC has approximately 300,000 residential units, which includes houses, condos, cooperatives, and apartments. 

In order to allow for the influx of new residents, Action 1.4 of the Built Environment section of the Sustainable DC Plan aims…

Upcoming real estate development in Petworth includes condominiums, apartments, restaurants, and a grocery store. The Petworth neighborhood is known for 1920s to 30s era brick row homes, many of which have been renovated and resold. The Northwest DC neighborhood has experienced a flurry of development and revitalization lately.

Georgia Avenue is the main commercial thoroughfare in Petworth with local restaurants and shops. The owners of the Blaguard in Adams Morgan have purchased the property at 3911 Georgia Avenue. After nine months to a year of renovation, they plan to open a new bistro with a beer garden on the back patio.

The “Goins Building” at Shepherd Street and Georgia Avenue in Petworth is also slated for redevelopment after a long vacancy.…

A Columbia Heights property auction will take place next week on Wednesday, February 27 at 1 PM. That’s just one hour after the auction in the Trinidad neighborhood. So if you don’t win the first one, you can head to the next one!

The Columbia Heights property auction is for a three-level 1,116-square-foot townhouse at 758 Fairmont Street, NW between Sherman and Georgia Avenues.  You may recall that that the Sherman Avenue Streetscape project recently upgraded the neighborhood -- adding a median with trees, sidewalks, and more.  The location is also walking distance to the Metro and Howard University.  In addition, the property is just blocks from the shops and restaurants on 11th Street, which the New York Times calls the new “hip strip” in…

A real estate auction in Trinidad will take place next week on Wednesday, February 27 at noon. If you’ve been priced out of the market, want to design your own new home, or are a real estate investor, this might be the opportunity for you.

The real estate auction in Trinidad is for an end unit townhouse, so you’ll have three sides with windows, instead of just two.  The property is located at 1408 Morse Street NE and bids start at $250,000.

The majority of the home is brick with siding on the back third.  It is a three level colonial townhouse built in 1924 with a covered porch in the front and an attached garage with private driveway in the back.  The property is being sold “as-is,” which is a state of disrepair at the moment with missing windows, a…

Blagden Alley development is coming to the Shaw neighborhood. A mixed-use development originally called the Flats at Blagden Alley was slated for the two parcels connected at Blagden Alley, namely 917 M Street, NW and 1212 9th Street, NW, just one block from the Mount Vernon Square Metro station.  In 2007, Walnut Street Development backed out due to market conditions, but another developer, Self Help, Inc., seized the opportunity for over $9 million. Yet in 2009, the empty lots went back on the market with an asking price of over $10.9 million. In 2012, Altus Realty Partners took over the project.

The Blagden Alley development encompasses 24,279 square feet of land on two separate lots. The original plans called for retail on the ground floor of 9th…

Monroe Street Market is a massive new $200 million mixed-use development in Brookland, adjacent to the Brookland-CUA Metro station. The complex will span five city blocks at the southern edge of Catholic University on Monroe Street in Northeast.  The project aims to unite the university and the surrounding Brookland neighborhood, and promises to bring new life to an underused area of land in DC.

When finished, Monroe Street Market will consist of 720 apartments, 45 townhouses, 83,000 square feet of retail, 15,000 square feet for art studios, a 3,000 square-foot community arts center, and 850 underground parking spaces. A prominent feature of Monroe Street Market will be a large plaza, directly across Michigan Avenue, named Bishop O’Connell Square in…