Sixteen months after a court vacated the approvals for Northwest D.C.'s $720M McMillan redevelopment, the project has received the second of two approvals necessary to bring it back to life.
The Mayor's Agent for Historic Preservation issued an order dated April 3 approving the mixed-use development at the abandoned, 25-acre McMillan Sand Filtration site on North Capitol Street.
This represents a significant step in reviving the project, but the development team still faces the potential for a second appeal that could delay it further before construction can begin.
The 22-page order concludes that the benefits of the project outweigh the preservation losses of demolishing sand filtration cells on the site. It determines that the project is one of special merit, and that the demolition is necessary to construct the development.
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