The Southeast waterfront was home to the Nacotchtank tribe before Charles Pierre L’Enfant made it the main commercial center of the nation’s new capital in 1791.
It became Washington’s earliest industrial center and played a vital role in DC’s commercial development throughout the 19th century, providing lumber and raw materials for the expanding city.
Seven residential buildings under construction. Four office buildings. A million SF of new leasing in the last 12 months. 7M SF of development to be completed by 2019. That’s why we’re excited to be holding our annual summit on Northeast DC this Wednesday morning, on location in NoMa.
Developer: Roadside Development
Design/construction team: Shalom Baranes Associates, Cecconi Simone, Perkins Eastman, JCA Architects, Clark Construction, and Crisack Construction
Size: 1 million square feet (93,000 sq m)
Spanning two full city blocks, City Market at O (CMO) is a mixed-use redevelopment project in the District of Columbia’s historic Shaw neighborhood. CMO has catalyzed nearly $1 billion of new investment in Shaw and helped stabilize the area. Since 2011, the year construction started, surrounding property values have increased significantly and the demographic profile of the neighborhood has become more diverse. CMO has become the retail center of Shaw, creating an important linkage between downtown and neighborhoods to the north.
Outside of The Wharf, NoMa likely has the most ongoing construction within a three- or four-block radius in the entire region at this moment.
Bisnow: When did Roadside start developing in Shaw?
Richard: We bought the O Street Market, which was four acres, in 2001. So we’ve been involved in planning projects in Shaw since late 2000. Our footprint now is big in Shaw and we’re very happy to be playing in that sandbox.
Bisnow: Describe Roadside’s current work in Shaw.
Richard: City Market at O is 80% complete. It will be 1M SF of development, including 640 residential units, with 90 of them affordable housing for seniors, a 182-room Cambria Suites hotel and nearly 100k SF of retail. We’re under construction on the last tower, which is 143 units. We’re also planning a 72-unit condo project at the corner of 8th and O streets, and redeveloping the old Grimke School on Vermont into a residential, retail and community complex.