It's been a good few weeks for neighbors in Capitol Riverfront.
After receiving ANC and Board of Zoning Adjustment nods for an unconventional parking arrangement, WC Smith, developers of the proposed 336-unit mixed-use building at 800 New Jersey Ave SE, announced that Whole Foods had signed a lease to move into the planned building.
Under D.C. zoning rules, above-ground parking spaces cannot be located too close to public streets, unless a variance is granted.
Construction is slated to begin on the eight-story building and its 336 loft-style units in the second quarter of 2014. Bethesda-based SK+I Architectural Design is designing the building to meet LEED Silver specifications; the project’s green roof is one facet of those requirements. Other amenities at 800 New Jersey Ave. SE will include a rooftop deck and pool and ten-foot ceilings.
It is to be the second phase of the Square 737 project, whose first phase, the
Park Chelsea, is already under construction.
The Park Chelsea is “a 432-unit, class-A rental building bordering the new three-block Canal Park in the Capitol Riverfront district,” says Carol Chatham, vice president of marketing and communications at WC Smith.
That building will feature the apartments plus 1,500 square feet of retail at ground level.
The overall complex at Square 737 is located two blocks from Navy Yard Metro. Its overall anticipated completion date is 2017.