A new 276-unit residential building right across from Washington Nationals stadium is now complete.
Camden South Capitol. Image: courtesy Camden Property Trust
Camden Property Trust unveiled its first DC development project, Camden South Capitol, on Wednesday. The 386,612 s.f. building was constructed by local Donohoe Construction Company and designed by WDG Architecture. The design features floor-to-ceiling windows.
The projects adds a slew of units to the Southwest, D.C., a neighborhood where the number of residents has quadrupled – from 1,000 in 2008 to 4,000 in 2012 – in the last four years, according to the area Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement District. Located at 1345 South Captiol Street SW, the building contains a mix of studios, one-bedrooms, and two-bedrooms of an average unit size of 832 s. f.
Camden South Capitol. Image courtesy: Donohoe Construction
There are two other residential projects under construction in the neighborhood. Forest City Washington continues work on its 218-unit residential and retail building at The Yards development, slated for completion in 2014. That project will include a Harris Teeter grocery store and VIDA fitness, adding retail and amenities to an area that has recently the seen the opening of several new resturaunts (Kruba Thai and Sushi, Potbelly, Gordon Biersch, and The Park Tavern.) WCSmith is set to deliver 430 units in fall of 2014 with its Park Chelsea project.
A $1.5 billion mixed-use project to redevelop the nearby waterfront is already under way and will add hundreds more units to the neighborhood over the next 20 years.
Pictured are: Richard Key (Regional VP at Camden Property Trust), Mark Bucci (VP of Construction for Camden), Ted Oberst (Donohoe Construction, Senior Project Manager). Image courtesy: Donohoe Construction.