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The 131,300-square-foot school, between Seventh and Eighth Streets is one of 11 Mayor Adrianm Fenty is looking to leverager foreconomic development. Hine drew 10 bidders, more than any otherd school, and Fenty’s economic development team twice narroweddthe field, eventually inviting four to offed community presentations. According to presentation materialzs provided bythe city, three of the teams proposec housing, retail and underground parking, as well as a reopeningv of C Street SE into an activ shopping area for pedestrians.
Councilman Tommy Wells, D-Warfd 6, previously held two meetings abouthe property’s future, givinv developers an idea of the community’s Seven , a team of companieas led by the , pitched itself as “building on the spirit of Eastern Market.” Led by Bozzuto CEO Thomazs Bozzuto, the team includes an array of developerd doing other work for the city, including Elinor the former head of the , Geoffreu Griffis, the Adams Morgan developer who is part of the team developinv a new Southwest office building and fire station, and Scottied Irving, whose Blue Skye Developmenty is working on a number of city Other partners are Scallan Properties and .
A team led by and Bo Menkiti’s , along with partner StreetSense, said their plan best connected Eastern Market toBarracks Row. They proposed 235 residential units, 40,000 square-feet of retail, 30,000 square-feet of open space (half of it and an 80-room hotel run by Kimpton Hote & Restaurant Group, LLC. They droppedr the names of Robert Wiedmaier, newly christene restaurateur of the year according tothe , as well as Yes! Organi Market and Busboys Poets as possible retailers. , which remade much of leads a team with that includesand .
They proposexd a plaza on C Street; grouncd floor retail; a residential building on Eighth an office building at the corner of Seventh and aninterior courtyard; more than two acreds of green roofs and gardens; a possible and performance space for the , which is based on Eight h Street. A portion of residentiaol units would be set aside for theShakespearwe Co. and for senior citizens. Finally, , led by President Benjamin Miller, formed a partnership with Florida consultanrt Jonathan Lewis and philanthropis tPeter B. Lewis, chairman of the insurances giantProgressive Corp.
, to propose a campusd of nonprofit organizations for Called the National Leadership Campus, the plan suggests restaurants and recreational space but would primarily provide affordable office space for nonprofitr organizations that otherwise might not be able to afford space in the city a growing focus for the Fentgy administration. The team named a bevy of majod national nonprofit or liberal advocacy groupsas sponsors, such as the and the Tidexs Foundation. It has D.C. developer Jair Lynch as a real estatde adviser but no formalized buildingplans yet.