Outside experts gave the business corridors in Van Ness and the 5000 block of Connecticut Avenue a closer look last year. Van Ness Main Street released the results of the two studies early this year. As we’ve reported previously, both studies had a lot to say about the former Intelsat campus and its impact on […]
Two visions for the former Intelsat/Whittle campus: As an education and civic center, or tearing it down and rebuilding with housing
Ward 3 Council member Matt Frumin has had his eye on the expansive Intelsat campus for some time. The 660,000 square foot complex sits on 13 acres. Its most visible entrance is at 4200 Connecticut Avenue. And it has been largely vacant since Whittle School & Studios closed in 2022. In 2023, Frumin wrote in […]
Neighborhood in the News: Owl’s Nest sale; Burger King redevelopment; Malabar opens
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 […]