The Owl’s Nest has been sold. Listed for sale a little more than a year ago at $10.5 million dollars, the historic home at 3031 Gates Road has been sold for substantially less: $6.86 million. The TTR Sotheby’s listing agent had said the Owl’s Nest would be the perfect home for a diplomat, an ambassador, […]
Apartments planned for the former ‘Rock ‘n Roll’ Burger King property in Van Ness
Three Van Ness properties are under contract to a single buyer that intends to build apartments on two of the lots. The buyer: Highcrest, a DC-based developer. The properties: the former Van Ness Burger King and drive-thru, a portion of the parking lot on the other side of the alley behind the restaurant, and the […]
A new purpose for Days Inn parking structure, the end of a streatery, and more news from ANC 3F’s Nov. 18 agenda
ANC meetings often make news. Sometimes ANC meeting agendas do, too. Take, for example, the agenda for ANC 3F’s meeting on Tuesday, November 18th (below). Note the agenda item about 3415 Yuma Street NW. That’s the parking structure behind the Days Inn, and you might recall that the hotel’s operator put the property up for […]
Neighborhood in the News: A real estate story that’s also a ‘how we met’ story, and DC’s creepy cryptid tale
Not many real estate articles open with a “how we met” story. But this one does, and it’s about our now-former neighbors, Bill and Peggy Breer. The Breers, who met in Japan 65 years ago, built their Japan-inspired Forest Hills home in 2001. It’s now for sale. The Breers will be missed, and our public […]
The Van Ness Days Inn intends to sell its adjacent parking structure for redevelopment
The owner of the Days Inn property at 4400 Connecticut Avenue wants to sell the parking structure behind the hotel for redevelopment, and is seeking ANC 3F’s support on the first step toward clearing the way for a sale: Reducing the number of parking spaces it must provide for guests. Speaking on behalf of the […]
The former Van Ness Burger King property is for sale
The precariously anchored awning in front of the former Burger King at 4422 Connecticut Avenue has been removed. And that’s not the biggest change we could see at the site. The property, managed by Rockville-based Alvin L. Aubinoe, Inc., has been listed for $6,750,000. Two lots are for sale: the former drive-thru restaurant, and the […]
A housing survey asks: What do Forest Hills, Van Ness, Cleveland Park and Woodley Park residents think of “Gentle Density”?
Mac Hyde, a Virginia Commonwealth University graduate student and former Cleveland Park resident, asked us to share this survey, created to further his research exploring ways to add more housing units in neighborhoods from Forest Hills south to Woodley Park. In return, we asked him to provide more background. Hyde will also share the survey […]
Neighborhood in the News: Another ambassador moving in; Rent on the rise; The real birthplace of the U.S. atomic age
After living in hotels and other temporary homes in Washington for the past two years, Israeli Ambassador Michael Herzog is getting a new and permanent official residence. And it’s in Forest Hills. The mansion at 3301 Fessenden Street NW was built in 2019 and originally listed for $15 million dollars. The list price when it […]
Neighborhood in the News: What’s next for a satellite firm HQ-turned-school? And, Connecticut Ave. safety project timeline gets extended
The many lives of 4000 Connecticut Avenue: What would you do with a 660,000 square-foot complex, steps from transit, UDC, embassies and the Van Ness and Cleveland Park communities? The Washington Business Journal reports the former Intelsat headquarters and former Whittle School campus is now, officially, for lease, and being marketed to prospective tenants under […]
ANC 3F: Jair Lynch contract on Days Inn expired
The Days Inn at 4400 Connecticut Avenue is still on the market. According to ANC 3F, Jair Lynch Real Estate’s contract on the property has expired, and the site is being marketed to new developers. The commissioners had been preparing a resolution in support of the hotel’s redevelopment, and they will proceed with a vote […]