Development winds shifting north to Shaw/Howard University!

[MDAllstar]

Originally Posted by 11KAP

i wonder why shaw was slept on so long.

Well, the area north of Florida Ave. was left as a waste land because Howard University held onto the land and did not develop it. Now they are developing the neighborhood along with everyone else.

[MDAllstar]

Originally Posted by KStreetQB

Okay. If you discount all of the projects under 100 units or 100,000sqft, you're still looking at a billion dollars of investment in the past three years in Shaw. If you go further and discount all of Shaw south of RI, (like the massive City Market at O, or the Jefferson Apartment Group projects on 7th Street) you can't ignore Progression Place and the Wonderbread Factory which are right off of the south border of Howard's campus.

Those really broke the stagnation that has defined Shaw for the past 40 years.The development pipeline is quite impressive in the neighborhood, and as soon as one crane disappears from the skyline, we have another one pop up.


A concentration of projects and crime.

I referenced City Market at O, Progression Place, and the Jefferson Apartment Building when I said 7th street development. I was talking about the area north of there around Howard University.

[11KAP]

precisely.

[KStreetQB]

Originally Posted by 11KAP

^ man please. none of that is stopping developers now.

You asked why it has taken so long. That is the answer.

If you asked, "why is it being developed now?" that would be a different answer to a different. But that's not what you asked.

[11KAP]

^ well is crime down so much now, they
figure this is a good time to rebuild?

is that better?

[Spade]

Hopefully this momentum stretches a bit more to the North in Petworth/Park View. But yeah, the Shaw/Howard area is booming.