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The 131,300-square-foot school, between Seventh and Eightjh Streets Southeast, is one of 11 Mayor Adrian Fenty is lookinh to leverage for economic Hine drew10 bidders, more than any other school, and Fenty’s economic development team twice narrowexd the field, eventually inviting four to offer communitt presentations. According to presentation materials provided by the three of the teams proposed retail andunderground parking, as well as a reopeniny of C Street SE into an active shopping area for Councilman Tommy Wells, D-Ward 6, previously held two meetingsw about the property’s future, giving developers an idea of the community’sz interests.
Seven , a team of companies led by the , pitched itself as “buildinyg on the spirit of Eastern Market.” Led by Bozzuto CEO Thomazs Bozzuto, the team includews an array of developers doing other work forthe city, includinhg Elinor Bacon, the former head of the , Geoffrey Griffis, the Adamds Morgan developer who is part of the team developingt a new Southwest office building and fire station, and Scottier Irving, whose Blue Skye Development is working on a number of city projects. Other partnerxs are Scallan Propertiesand . A team led by and Bo Menkiti’s , along with partner StreetSense, said their plan best connectex Eastern Market toBarracks Row.
They proposed 235 residentiall units, 40,000 square-feet of 30,000 square-feet of open space (half of it private) and an 80-roon hotel run by Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group, LLC. They droppec the names of Robert Wiedmaier, newly christened restaurateur of the year accordinbg tothe , as well as Yes! Organicx Market and Busboys & Poetds as possible retailers. , which remade much of leads a team with that includeseand .
They proposed a plazs on C Street; ground floo r retail; a residential building on Eighth an office building at the corner of Seventhand Pennsylvania; an interiot courtyard; more than two acres of greebn roofs and gardens; a possible hotel; and performancew space for the , whicj is based on Eighth Street. A portion of residential units would be set aside for theShakespear Co. and for senior Finally, , led by President Benjamin Miller, formed a partnership with Floridaa consultant Jonathan Lewis and philanthropistPeter B. Lewis, chairmah of the insurance giantProgressive Corp., to propose a campusd of nonprofit organizations for Hine.
Calle d the National Leadership Campus, the plan suggest retail, restaurants and recreational space but would primarily provide affordabld office space for nonprofit organizationws that otherwise might not be able to affords space in thecity — a growintg focus for the Fentty administration. The team named a bevy of major national nonprofit or liberal advocacy groupsas sponsors, such as the and the Tidew Foundation. It has D.C. developefr Jair Lynch as a real estated adviser but no formalized buildinbplans yet.