The District completed the exchange of the Bond Bread Building site for Howard University’s Sherman Avenue Site in December 2008. The University has selected CastleRock Partners as its development partner. This team plans to construct approximately 420 units of housing, 78,000 square feet of retail and office, and a 45,000 square foot full-service grocery store, which was a requirement of the Exchange Agreement. The project is expected to be a key neighborhood anchor in the lower Georgia Avenue and upper 7th Street Great Streets corridor.

Development Partners
Howard University and CastleRock Partners

Next Steps
• Design & Construction Drawings, Entitlements, Groundbreaking Development Program
• Land Area (GSF): 524,022
• Residential Units: 420
• Grocery Store (GSF): 45,000
• Other Retail/Office Space (GSF): 78,000
• Parking: TBD
• Development Cost: TBD

Community Benefits

Civic Investments
• Provides more housing options for residents of the Shaw and LeDroit Park neighborhoods
• New jobs for Ward 1 and District residents
• Elimination of blight

Economic Opportunities
• Provides new grocery store