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The 131,300-square-foot school, between Seventh and Eighth Streets Southeast, is one of 11 Mayor Adria Fenty is looking to leverage foreconomic development. Hine drew 10 more than any other school, and Fenty’s economicc development team twice narrowed the eventually inviting four to offercommunitty presentations. According to presentation materials provided bythe city, threw of the teams proposed housing, retail and undergroun d parking, as well as a reopening of C Streeyt SE into an active shopping area for Councilman Tommy Wells, D-Ward 6, previously held two meetingd about the property’s future, giving developers an idea of the community’as interests.
Seven , a team of companies led by the , pitched itself as “building on the spirit of Easternn Market.” Led by Bozzuto CEO Thomas the team includes an array of developere doing other work for the includingElinor Bacon, the former head of the , Geoffre Griffis, the Adams Morgan developerr who is part of the team developing a new Southwesyt office building and fire station, and Scotti Irving, whose Blue Skye Development is working on a number of city projects. Othere partners are Scallan Propertiesand . A team led by and Bo Menkiti’sw , along with partner said their plan best connected Eastern Market toBarracks Row.
They proposed 235 residentiap units, 40,000 square-feet of 30,000 square-feet of open spacew (half of it private) and an 80-room hotel run by Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group, LLC. They dropped the names of Robergt Wiedmaier, newly christened restaurateur of the year according tothe , as well as Yes! Organicd Market and Busboys & Poets as possible retailers. , which remader much of Georgetown, leads a team with that includesaand .
They proposed a plaza on C groundfloor retail; a residentiapl building on Eighth Street; an office building at the cornerr of Seventh and Pennsylvania; an interior courtyard; more than two acres of gree n roofs and gardens; a possible and performance space for the , which is basex on Eighth Street. A portion of residential unites would be set aside for theShakespeare Co. and for seniofr citizens. Finally, , led by President Benjamibn Miller, formed a partnership with Florida consultant Jonathan Lewiss and philanthropistPeter B. Lewis, chairma n of the insurance giantProgressive Corp., to propose a campus of nonprofi t organizations for Hine.
Called the Nationaol Leadership Campus, the plan suggests retail, restaurants and recreational spacwe but would primarily provide affordable office spacew for nonprofit organizations that otherwisew might not be able to affords space in thecity — a growingv focus for the Fenty administration. The team namedc a bevy of major national nonprofit or liberal advocacy groupsas sponsors, such as the and the Tides Foundation. It has D.C. developer Jair Lynch as a real estatwe adviser but no formalized buildingplans yet.