Note that the posited groundbreaking for the development project at Bloomingdale's landmarked McMillan Sand Filtration site is projected for 4th quarter of 2013.
Horrible news? Fantastic news? What do you think?
Major D.C. projects to kick off in 2013
Washington Business Journal by Michael Neibauer, Staff Reporter
Date: Thursday, February 23, 2012, 11:54am EST
Get your shovels ready. Next year may be a very busy one for big-time groundbreakings in the District.
Work on six projects — the ones we talk about most often, the ones whose total cost tops $4 billion — may kick off in 2013, according to a schedule provided to the D.C. Council by the deputy mayor for planning and economic development. All feature land that is owned by D.C. and managed, at least in part, by the deputy mayor`s office.
The fun starts in the first quarter of 2013 with the St. Elizabeths east campus (total cost unclear) and Southwest Waterfront ($1.16 billion) redevelopments. Second-quarter groundbreakings feature another pair of projects — EastBanc`s West End development ($152.2 million) and Hine Junior High School ($191.4 million), a Stanton-EastBanc venture.
In the third quarter of 2013, we may see work start on Property Group Partners` Interstate 395 air rights project ($1.2 billion) and the William C. Smith/Rappaport Skyland Town Center ($260 million).
And in the fourth quarter, according to this schedule, construction will kick off at the McMillan Sand Filtration Site ($775 million).
The Donohoe Cos` project at Fifth and Eye streets NW has been pushed back to the third quarter of 2014.
The timelines are, naturally, subject to change. Planning and zoning, financing, legal disputes — any number of issues could throw the schedules off. And Mayor Vincent Gray, as a rule, does not participate in or greenlight groundbreakings unless the project is actually ready to break ground.
Still, seeing a best-guess groundbreaking date in writing is progress.
Deputy Mayor Victor Hoskins has a date with the council`s Committee of the Whole Thursday for an oversight hearing.
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