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Top Local Development Projects Win Urban Land Institute Awards BY PATRICIA LESLIE
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Transit-friendly measures which promote mobility and walkability, sustainability, community and culture, and “celebrate visionary thinking,” were some of the criteria judges used to determine the winners of this year’s real estate Trends Awards announced at the annual conference of the Urban Land Institute Washington District Council. Winners were Market Square, Atlantic Plumbing, the Monroe Street Market, the Foggy Bottom Campus Plan, Georgetown University’s School of Continuing Studies and the NPR building on
North Capitol Street which is a few blocks behind Union Station. Also, Sheridan Station in Anacostia won the Juror’s Choice Award for its “passion and commitment to bringing high quality and environmentally sustainable affordable housing to our area.” The residential complex has a green roof, a residents’ business center, a fitness center, community meeting spaces and, in its units, Energy Star appliances. Across the street from the U.S. National Archives on Pennsylvania Avenue are the two Market Square properties which form an arc around the U.S. Navy Memorial. Market Square won the Legacy Award for “transformational
impact on its community.” Nelson Mills, president and CEO of Columbia Property Trust, the property owner, called Market Square “the gold standard of D.C. office space,” which has recently enjoyed two years of “dramatic renovations” to maintain its reputation as “the premier destination for high-profile corporate tenants on ‘America’s Main Street.’” Said Chris Roth, president of Eastern Operations for Trammell Crow which developed the property 29 years ago: “We were determined to deliver a quality development meant to stand the test of time” and the “Legacy Award has
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THE ATLANTIC PLUMBING DEVELOPMENT, seen here, was one of the winners of the Urban Land Institute Washington District Council’s 2016 Trend Awards. Atlantic Plumbing, located at 8th and V Streets in Washington, D.C., won the Housing Development Award. (P����: D��� C������/N���-P����)
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