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The Citadel

The Citadel Building is located in Washington, DC’s hip and trendy Adams Morgan neighborhood and has gone through many different purposes since it was built in the 1940’s.  The building has served as the National Arena featuring a public roller rink with bowling alley before becoming the Citadel Motion Picture Center in the mid 1980’s.  Douglas Development acquired the building in the mid-2000’s and converted it into a mixed used retail and residential building featuring a grocery store, lofty apartments and underground parking.  Construction financing was provided by Lafayette.

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FACTS

  • 73,215 rentable square feet (46,445 sf retail, 26,770 sf residential)
  • Built 1940; Acquired 2004; Redeveloped 2006 & 2013
  • Three-story mixed use building
  • The Citadel Apartments opened in Spring, 2013 featuring 39 loft style apartments.  For apartment leasing information click here.
  • Parking on two-levels below grade with 70 parking spaces
  • Metro Access:  Five blocks from Columbia Heights or U Street (Green, Yellow Lines)

TENANTS

Retail Tenant:

  • Harris Teeter
  • Cross Fit

Residential:

  • 39 loft apartments

The Woodies Building

From the late 1800’s until its closing in the 1990’s, this historic building was the home to the legendary Woodward & Lothrop flagship department store.  With the acquisition of this famous landmark, Douglas Development began a successful two-year entitlement process to rezone the property from a department store/arts use to office and retail uses.  After the entitlements were secured, the building’s interior was fully renovated and the facades restored.  A new two-story metal and glass roof addition provided an additional 60,000 square feet of class A office space.  Construction financing for the project was provided by HSBC Bank.

FACTS

  • 498,000 rental square feet (92,850 sf retail; 405,150 sf office)
  • Built in the late 1800’s; Acquired in 1999; Redeveloped in 2003-2005
  • Ten-story building featuring retail and class A office space
  • Encompasses one entire city block bound by F, G, 10th and 11th Streets
  • Metro Access:  Sits directly above Metro Center (Red, Blue, Orange Lines)

TENANTS

Retail Tenants:

  • H&M

Major Office Tenants:

  • General Services Administration
  • HGA
  • Morning Consult

Historic Row

After an extensive and competitive bidding process, Douglas Development was selected over many other highly qualified developers by the General Services Administration (GSA) to acquire the purposes of  renovation and redevelopment of the F Street Historic Row.  The construction consisted of an extensive historic renovation of buildings fronting F Street, construction of a new office tower to the south of the historic buildings and building of nine high end luxury apartments.  The construction financing was provided by Fremont Investment & Loan.

FACTS

  • 118,676 rental square feet (74,807 sf retail; 28,786 sf office; 15,083 sf apartments)
  • Built 1875; Acquired 1999; Redeveloped 2001
  • Eight-story building featuring lower-level retail and class A office space
  • Nine high end luxury apartments.
  • Metro Access:  Gallery Place/Chinatown (Red, Green, Yellow Lines) one block away; Metro Center (Red, Blue, Orange Lines) two blocks away

TENANTS

Retail Tenants:

  • NoPa Kitchen + Bar
  • Shake Shack

Major Office Tenants:

  • The New Republic
  • Washington Media Group
  • Varian Medical Systems

Apartments:

  • Nine high end luxury apartments

SPACES AVAILABLE

Office Space Available

  • View the 3D model created by FLOORED, INC of the available office space in this building by clicking here.

Apartments Available

  • Interested in leasing an apartment at this property click here.

Retail Space Available

  • This building will have available retail space.

Hecht Warehouse

This property was originally built in 1937 and expanded in 1948 as the central warehouse for the Hecht Company Department Stores. The six story building was constructed in a Streamline Modern style featuring glass block extensively, culminating in a twelve-point star shaped cupola at the corner that is illuminated at night.  Douglas Development purchased the building in 2011 and redeveloped the property into a mixed-use retail and residential complex in 2016. The warehouse features a 900+ parking garage, 300 apartments and 125,000+ SF of retail.

Meet The Neighbors; Hecht Warehouse District Ivy City, USA from Ivy City Films on Vimeo.

Hecht Warehouse from Ivy City Films on Vimeo.

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FACTS

  • 463,648 rentable square feet
  • Built in 1937 – 1948; Acquired 2011; Redevelopment 2016
  • 125,000+ square feet of retail and restaurant space
  • 335 modern residential units
  • 1,250 space parking garage

TENANTS

  • MOM’s Organic Market
  • Target (Coming Soon!)
  • T.J. Maxx
  • Nike
  • Petco
  • Big Chief
  • La Puerta Verde
  • Dock 2
  • Ari’s Diner
  • Planet Fitness
  • Pidzza
  • Sip & Dry
  • BicycleSPACE
  • Gravitas
  • Compass Coffee (Coming Soon!)
  • Bikram Yoga
  • Crossfit Hierarchy
  • Appointed
  • Ivy City Trading Company
  • Studio 52
  • Dunn Lewis MC
  • City Winery
  • Kick Axe
  • Monarch Paint
  • For Apartment Leasing contact Kettler at 202.838.2749.Click here for the Hecht Apartment website

Uline Arena

Uline Arena was recently re-development in the burgeoning NoMa neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The 2.5 acre site is located at the intersections of Delaware Avenue NE, M Street NE and 3rd Street NE, with Congress Street NE dying into the property. The property is currently occupied by the Arena building (historic), the Ice House building (historic), and two other commercial buildings, most used as parking structures. The Arena building, best known for being the venue for the first American concert given by The Beatles, is also architecturally significant due to its concrete barrel vault roof and structural concrete arches. The Ice House building is the original ice manufacturing facility which provided ice for the skating rink within the Arena building. It was there where Mr. Uline created his patented equipment which became so successful that the Arena building became necessary.

The single-story Arena building was converted into a single level of retail below three levels of office space. The Ice House building has additional ground level retail space with a portion of the first level being dedicated to office. Above this there are two additional levels of office space. Parking is also available on site.

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FACTS

  • 70,000 SF of retail with prime street frontage on three major streets
  • 174,000 SF of office space
  • Built in 1945; Acquired in 2004, Re-developed in 2016
  • 167-space, 4-level parking garage
  • Metro Access:  Adjacent to NoMa (Red Line)

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Wonder Bread Factory

In the early 1900’s in the Washington, DC’s Shaw neighborhood, confectioners worked in this now historic factory baking Wonder Bread and tasty Hostess Cakes.  The factory closed in the 1980’s, moved its operations elsewhere and the building sat vacant for almost 20 years.  Douglas Development began transforming and preserving this historic building in 2012 into a unique loft-style office environment with high ceilings and large glass windows throughout the building.

FACTS

  • 98,000 rental square feet
  • Built 1913; Acquired 1997; Redeveloped 2012-2013
  • Four-story class A office
  • 27 underground parking spaces
  • Metro Access:  Adjacent to Shaw (Green, Yellow Lines)

Property delivered June 2013.

The Atlantic Building

Prominently situated on one of the East End’s most vibrant corners, the Atlantic Building seamlessly integrates seven historic buildings and facades with a new ten-story, trophy class office building next to Ford’s Theatre, a national historic landmark.  With deference to historic detail, the modern brick and glass aesthetic of the new structure captures the rich heritage and vibrancy of this central site in historic downtown Washington, DC.  Notable is the 1887 Atlantic Building exterior, Washington’s first privately constructed high rise building with elevator service.  Historic exteriors were retained and historic interior elements incorporated to compliment the fully modern, state-of-the-art building.  Construction financing was provided by a syndicate of lenders led by PNC Bank.

FACTS

  • 284,512 rentable square feet (29,172 sf retail; 355,340 sf office)
  • Built 1887; Acquired 1999 to 2002; Redeveloped 2004 to 2006
  • Ten-story building featuring street level retail and trophy class office space
  • Adjacent to the historic Ford’s Theater (site of President Lincoln’s assassination)
  • 322 below grade parking spaces
  • Metro Access:  Metro Center (Red, Blue, Orange Lines) are adjacent to the building

TENANTS

Retail Tenants

  • Anthropologie
  • Illumin8 Studios (Coming Soon!)
  • J. Crew
  • Lou Lou
  • Ford’s Theater Box Office
  • Peruvian Connection

Major Office Tenants:

  • Alston & Bird, LLC
  • Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
  • Medtronic Inc.
  • Peruvian Connection
  • Private Equity Growth Capital Council

1155 F Street NW

Located on the East End on the bustling F Street corridor, 1155 F Street incorporates three historic commercial properties with a new twelve-story office tower.  Between the three historic buildings on 11th Street and the new tower on 12th Street, a stunning glass enclosed atrium lobby fronts onto F Street.  This dynamic, light-filled space successfully combines the exposed brick and mortar aesthetic of the historic buildings with the modern glass, metal and stone treatment of the new structure.  Applauded by preservationists and office tenants alike, this building has become a government affairs hub featuring many Fortune 500 companies.

FACTS

  • 253,535 rental square feet (35,356 sf retail; 218179 sf office)
  • Historic building built in the late 1800’s; Acquired between 1986 to 2006; Redeveloped 2007 to 2008
  • Historic buildings are four, five and six stories; 12-story new building with street level retail and trophy class office space
  • 271 below grade parking space
  • Metro Access:  Metro Center (Red, Blue, Orange Lines) one block away

TENANTS

Retail Tenants:

  • Walgreens
  • GAP
  • PRET A Manger
  • Truefitt & Hill

Office Tenants:

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • Home Depot USA
  • American Institute of CPA
  • Bryan Cave LLP
  • Franklin Square Group
  • Target Corporation
  • Fierce & Isakowitz LLC
  • OCP Research LLC
  • Intel Corporation
  • Servcorp Washington, LLC
  • Invictus Capital Partners, LLC
  • Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
  • Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP

AWARDS FOR THIS PROPERTY

  • Award of Excellence from the DC Preservation League
  • DC AIA Award for Excellence in Historic Resources
  • Mayor’s Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation
  • Excellence in Historic Resources Craftmanship Award

655 New York Avenue

655 New York features world class design mixed with historic buildings and a sleek new modern mid-rise glass building. This one-of-a-kind signature Douglas Development and Brookfield Properties project is an assembly of 19 historic buildings on a triangle shaped block between New York Avenue, 7th and L Streets in the city’s Mt. Vernon Square adjacent to the Washington Convention Center. The completed mega-complex features trophy office space and prime retail, helping to continue the renaissance of this neighborhood.

Watch Douglas Development move a historic building to preserve it within the 655 New York Avenue project.

 

 

FACTS

  • Total size of the project: 756,000 SF; 678,000 SF Office; 79,000 SF Retail
  • Historic buildings built in early 1900’s; Acquire from 2001 to 2013
  • Modern mid-rise tower to be 10-levels above grade
  • Adjacent to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center
  • Metro Access:  Adjacent to Mt. Vernon Square (Green, Yellow Lines)

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Canal House Hotel – A Tribute Hotel by Marriott

Perfectly situated in the heart of Georgetown, Canal House, A Tribute Portfolio Hotel, is a fresh voice in a historic and storied neighborhood. Taking inspiration from the iconic Chesapeake & Ohio Canal which started in 1828, Canal House aspires to be a pillar of connection and inspiration for Georgetown and beyond. Located only steps away from the C&O Canal, we are a modern marvel of ingenuity, designed with spaces built to keep discovery and social connection at their core. Our modern fixtures and sophisticated stylings bring guests into a luxurious getaway, while honoring our building’s storied past. Canal House’s uniqueness shines brightly through our two attached townhomes, library lounge, specialty suites, and private courtyard. Canal House of Georgetown welcomes visitors and locals alike to come stay with us and delight in the neighborhood!

The Canal House of Georgetown offers 108 guest rooms including specialty suites outfitted with nine-foot ceilings, custom bathroom vanities, closet units, and elegant light fixtures. The construction general contracting was performed by CBG, using Fillat+ as architecht. the scope of work included renovating an existing office building and two townhomes into a seven-story hotel comprised of six levels of concrete and one level of metal framing. The two renovated, wood-framed townhomes comprise the hotel’s lounge and specialty suites with a concrete wraparound structure creating a private, enclosed courtyard on the ground floor level. The hotel’s 6,000 square feet of common areas encompasses a restaurant and lounge on the main floor, fitness center, and meeting spaces.

FACTS

Canal House contains the 1,000,000th hotel room for a Marriott brand in the United States.

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