Development above I-395 will fill the gap in NW D.C.
Jeffrey Sussman, president of Property Group Partners (PGP), says the new Capitol Crossing project in Northwest Washington will transform the city and reignite neighborhood development in an area that’s been scarred for decades by Interstate 395 cutting through it.
Capitol Crossing, a 2.2 million square foot, multiuse development with office, retail and residential space, will be built above the recessed freeway between Second and Third streets, and E Street and Massachusetts Avenue. Plans for the residential component are not complete.
The development will help reconnect the Capitol Hill and East End neighborhoods, reopen F Street as a through street and incorporate part of G Street to the west of the building site.
PGP is working with the Jewish Historical Society to move its old building onto the site and develop a new museum as part of Capitol Crossing. PGP is also moving the rectory for Holy Rosary Catholic Church onto the property.
"We’ve been negotiating for the air rights and a little bit of land in this location for six years," says Sussman. "Now we’re doing all the design, development and engineering to build the infrastructure for this project and moving the utilities around. We expect to have occupants in the first building in 2017."
- The Washington Post, September 19, 2013
- The Washington Post, September 19, 2013
