Rachel Kaufman : Development News

Lock 7 Development purchased the three properties in October and plans a nine-unit condo building in Park View.

The 82 units are in a converted historic vocational school at 27 O St NW.

MetroTowns Parkside, an affordable community that was the vision of the late Abe Pollin, is about to deliver its second phase of townhomes.

The project hits the market early 2014. Don't ask about the chicken feathers.

Details have emerged about a long-speculated-about project in the heart of Brookland. 

The proposed 210-unit building has received support from smart-growth and environmental advocates, and now waits for a WMATA board vote.

On Dec. 2, Mayor Vincent Gray cut the ribbon on a new playground in Hillcrest in Ward 7. "It's like night and day," Hillcrest Community Civic Association president Karen Williams says.

The Province, a four-unit condo project in the heart of Adams Morgan, is coming online.

On Friday, Nov. 15, Mayor Vincent Gray and other notables officially cut the ribbon at Benning Park Community Center Playground, the latest D.C. park to be renovated with all-new equipment, and announced that eight more playgrounds would be renovated.

The charter school already operates pre-K, kindergarten, and elementary school at the Webb campus, a former DC public school, and will open a middle school in summer 2014.

The Public Option, a new restaurant from a local entrepreneur, is coming to Rhode Island Ave NE in spring 2014.

The family-owned business says its aging building is in dire need of its upcoming facelift.

Storey Park, a 700,000 square-foot mixed-use building in NoMa on the site of the former Greyhound bus terminal, should break ground in June 2014.

Banished? Productions used crowdfunding to raise the capital to build space for a tool library, design studio and headquarters for the "avant-pop" production company.

A proposal to create six new apartments in Shaw is moving forward.