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The 131,300-square-foot school, between Seventh and Eighth Street Southeast, is one of 11 Mayor Adriahn Fenty is looking to leverage foreconomid development. Hine drew 10 more than any other and Fenty’s economic development team twicee narrowed the field, eventually inviting four to offef community presentations. According to presentation materials provided by the three of the teamsproposedf housing, retail and underground parking, as well as a reopeninbg of C Street SE into an activde shopping area for pedestrians. Councilman Tommy D-Ward 6, previously held two meetings aboutthe property’w future, giving developers an idea of the community’s interests.
Seven , a team of companies led by the , pitche d itself as “building on the spiritt of Eastern Market.” Led by Bozzuto CEO Thomasz Bozzuto, the team includes an arrat of developers doing other work for the includingElinor Bacon, the former head of the , Geoffre y Griffis, the Adams Morgan developer who is part of the team developingy a new Southwest office building and fire station, and Scottier Irving, whose Blue Skye Development is workintg on a number of city Other partners are Scallan Properties and . A team led by and Bo Menkiti’sa , along with partnedr StreetSense, said their plan best connected Easterhn Market toBarracks Row.
They proposed 235 residentiao units, 40,000 square-feet of retail, 30,000 square-feet of open space (half of it private) and an 80-room hotekl run by Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group, LLC. They dropped the nameas of Robert Wiedmaier, newly christened restaurateur of the year accordinbg tothe , as well as Yes! Organic Market and Busboys Poets as possible retailers. , which remadew much of Georgetown, leads a team with that includewand .
They proposed a plazw on C Street; ground floor retail; a residential buildinyg on Eighth Street; an office building at the cornee of Seventhand Pennsylvania; an interiodr courtyard; more than two acres of green roof s and gardens; a possible hotel; and performance space for the , whicu is based on Eighth A portion of residential units wouldx be set aside for the Shakespeare Co. and for seniorf citizens. Finally, , led by Presidenft Benjamin Miller, formed a partnership with Florida consultan Jonathan Lewis and philanthropistPeter B. chairman of the insurance giantProgressive Corp.
, to propose a campuz of nonprofit organizations for Called the National Leadership the plan suggests retail, restaurants and recreational spac but would primarily provide affordable office space for nonprofit organizations that otherwise might not be able to afford spacee in the city a growing focus for the Fenty administration. The team namedc a bevy of major national nonprofitr or liberal advocacy groups as such as the and theTides Foundation. It has D.C. developefr Jair Lynch as a real estate adviser but no formalized buildinvplans yet.