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Developer: JBG
US Department of Transportation
1200 New Jersey Ave., SE
11-acre portion of old Southeast Federal Center, along M Street SE between New Jersey and 4th
Construction of 1.1-million-sq-ft USDOT HQ started summer 2004, completed spring 2007
Retail tenant: Starbucks
Developer: JBG
- Full Neighborhood Development MapThere's a lot more than just the projects listed here. See the complete map of completed, underway, and proposed projects all across the neighborhood.
- What's New This YearA quick look at what's arrived or been announced since the end of the 2018 baseball season.
- Food Options, Now and Coming SoonThere's now plenty of food options in the neighborhood. Click to see what's here, and what's coming.
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- Anacostia RiverwalkA bridge between Teague and Yards Parks is part of the planned 20-mile Anacostia Riverwalk multi-use trail along the east and west banks of the Anacostia River.
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- Virginia Ave. Tunnel ExpansionConstruction underway in 2015 to expand the 106-year-old tunnel to allow for a second track and double-height cars. Expected completion 2018.
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- Rail and Bus Times
Get real time data for the Navy Yard subway, Circulator, Bikeshare, and bus lines, plus additional transit information. - Rail and Bus Times
Get real time data for the Navy Yard subway, Circulator, Bikeshare, and bus lines, plus additional transit information. - Canal ParkThree-block park on the site of the old Washington Canal. Construction begun in spring 2011, opened Nov. 16, 2012.
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- Nationals Park21-acre site, 41,000-seat ballpark, construction begun May 2006, Opening Day March 30, 2008.
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- Washington Navy YardHeadquarters of the Naval District Washington, established in 1799.
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- Yards Park5.5-acre park on the banks of the Anacostia. First phase completed September 2010.
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- Van Ness Elementary SchoolDC Public School, closed in 2006, but reopening in stages beginning in 2015.
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- Agora/Whole Foods336-unit apartment building at 800 New Jersey Ave., SE. Construction begun June 2014, move-ins underway early 2018. Whole Foods expected to open in late 2018.
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- New Douglass BridgeConstruction underway in early 2018 on the replacement for the current South Capitol Street Bridge. Completion expected in 2021.
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- 1221 Van290-unit residential building with 26,000 sf retail. Underway late 2015, completed early 2018.
- NAB HQ/AvidianNew headquarters for National Association of Broadcasters, along with a 163-unit condo building. Construction underway early 2017.
- Yards/Parcel O Residential ProjectsThe Bower, a 138-unit condo building by PN Hoffman, and The Guild, a 190-unit rental building by Forest City on the southeast corner of 4th and Tingey. Underway fall 2016, delivery 2018.
- New DC Water HQA wrap-around six-story addition to the existing O Street Pumping Station. Construction underway in 2016, with completion in 2018.
- The Harlow/Square 769N AptsMixed-income rental building with 176 units, including 36 public housing units. Underway early 2017, delivery 2019.
- West Half Residential420-unit project with 65,000 sf retail. Construction underway spring 2017.
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- Novel South Capitol/2 I St.530ish-unit apartment building in two phases, on old McDonald's site. Construction underway early 2017, completed summer 2019.
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- 1250 Half/Envy310 rental units at 1250, 123 condos at Envy, 60,000 square feet of retail. Underway spring 2017.
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- Parc Riverside Phase II314ish-unit residential building at 1010 Half St., SE, by Toll Bros. Construction underway summer 2017.
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- 99 M StreetA 224,000-square-foot office building by Skanska for the corner of 1st and M. Underway fall 2015, substantially complete summer 2018. Circa and an unnamed sibling restaurant announced tenants.
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- The Garrett375-unit rental building at 2nd and I with 13,000 sq ft retail. Construction underway late fall 2017.
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- Yards/The Estate Apts. and Thompson Hotel270-unit rental building and 227-room Thompson Hotel, with 20,000 sq ft retail total. Construction underway fall 2017.
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- Meridian on First275-unit residential building, by Paradigm. Construction underway early 2018.
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- The Maren/71 Potomac264-unit residential building with 12,500 sq ft retail, underway spring 2018. Phase 2 of RiverFront on the Anacostia development.
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- DC Crossing/Square 696Block bought in 2016 by Tishman Speyer, with plans for 800 apartment units and 44,000 square feet of retail in two phases. Digging underway April 2018.
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- One Hill South Phase 2300ish-unit unnamed sibling building at South Capitol and I. Work underway summer 2018.
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- New DDOT HQ/250 MNew headquarters for the District Department of Transportation. Underway early 2019.
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- 37 L Street Condos11-story, 74-unit condo building west of Half St. Underway early 2019.
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- CSX East Residential/Hotel225ish-unit AC Marriott and two residential buildings planned. Digging underway late summer 2019.
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- 1000 South Capitol Residential224-unit apartment building by Lerner. Underway fall 2019.
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- Capper Seniors 2.0Reconstruction of the 160-unit building for low-income seniors that was destroyed by fire in 2018.
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- Chemonics HQNew 285,000-sq-ft office building with 14,000 sq ft of retail. Expected delivery 2021.
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This lovely vista shows the footprint of the new Department of Transportation Headquarters a few months before construction began, and gives a good feel for what M Street looked like for many years. (see enlargement, and also the Southeast Federal Center page) (10/03)
The June 2008 dusk version of the M Street vista, taken from a slightly different angle, at the New Jersey and M intersection, 14 months after the building opened. And with the Starbucks displayed front and center, to the joy of coffee drinkers throughout the neighborhood. (6/5/08) 
Looking at the Southeast Federal Center and DOT land from Poplar Point, across the Anacostia River, in January 2003. (01/03)
The same location, nine years later, with DOT long since having remade the vista, but now with the work at the Yards changing the view even more. (01/12)
Looking south across M Street on New Jersey Avenue, a few months before construction began. New Jersey Avenue will be extended into the Federal Center land (perhaps all the way to the river, if they can figure out how to get it around the WASA plant [far right]), and is the eastern boundary of the DOT land. (10/03)
November 3, 2019 - The same location on a not-at-all gray day 15 years later, with the extended New Jersey Avenue now open for business, and with new traffic lights in place at the intersectio. Midway down the block is the main entrance to DOT.
The terribly inviting 3rd and M entrance to the Southeast Federal Center, in January 2003. (01/03)
May 19, 2019 - The same location, 14 years later. Third Street, which splits the two DOT buildings, will not be opened to traffic and will instead be a pedestrian plaza; but it has been constructed in such a way that it could eventually be reopened to traffic if the feds ever stop being so ridiculously paranoid.
The equally terribly inviting 4th and M entrance to the Southeast Federal Center, in October 2003. 4th Street will be opened to vehicular traffic when the DOT HQ opens in Spring 2007. (10/03)
June 16, 2018 - The same location, 13 years later, with the building now open for business, 4th Street south of M open to traffic, and the Twelve12 apartment building now at left.
M Street, from just west of 5th Street, as digging at DOT was just getting underway in March, 2004. (03/04)
July 17, 2016 - The same location, 12 years later, showing the eastern front of the eastern DOT building, as well as Twelve12 and its ground-floor Harris Teeter peeking up above the wall.
A wide-angle lens view of the back of the DOT HQ, as seen from 4th and Tingey. The old industrial building at front and center, Building 167 (the old Boilermaker's Shop), is actually not part of the DOT project but instead has been renovated as part of the Southeast Federal Center redevelopment. The red brick building at far left, Building 170, may someday be renovated to provide 8,000 sq ft of retail, with an additional 10,500 sq ft possible if a second floor is created. (12/06)
Looking back up 3rd Street through the DOT construction, from 3rd and Tingey, in August 2005. Building 170 is at left. (08/05)
The same location, 16 months later, with exterior construction and the streetscaping of the the 3rd Street pedestrian plaza close to finished. (12/06)
The landscaping of a walkway behind the eastern DOT building, seen from the 3rd Street pedestrian plaza (Building 167, not part of the DOT project, is at right). The entrances to these walkways are each framed with a iron sculpture of a different style of bridge. (12/06)
Building 170, on the northwest corner of 3rd and Tingey. A photo more memorable because soon after taking it I was chased off the lot by an overzealous Federal Protective Services officer. (12/06)
The southwest corner of the 11-acre DOT site, with the southwest plaza at center and Building 170 at right. (3/18/07)
Looking north in May 2004 through the DOT construction from Tingey Street, at what will be the new south end of New Jersey Avenue, looking along the sightline of where the re-opened New Jersey Avenue will run. 1100 New Jersey Ave. (aka 140 M Street, aka the Federal Gateway) is the tower at center. (05/04)
The same location, just under three years later, with DOT (front) and Capitol Hill Tower (rear) now part of the skyline. And the Capitol Dome, too, as you look up New Jersey Ave. (3/18/07)
The main entrance to the DOT HQ, on the "new" New Jersey Avenue between M and N. Check out the fun sign! (3/18/07)
A festively stylized shot of the 4th street entrance to the DOT HQ, between M and Tingey. (12/06)
Sneaking a peek into the DOT land in October 2003, at 4th Street just south of M. You want pavement, you got pavement. (10/03)
The same location, 14 months later and nearly a year into construction. (12/04)
The view from above M Street as digging ended and concrete pouring got underway. These are two photos collaged into one, hence the fish-eye like feel, and poor perspective that makes the area to the right of the photo look so much larger than the area to the left, which isn't the case. (09/04)
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Democrats Looking to Name USDOT for Rep. Oberstar
August 4, 2010
Pedestrian Struck at First and M; Driver to be Charged
August 4, 2010
Capital Bikeshare Coming to Near Southeast
May 14, 2010
Summer with the BID: Movies and Music
March 8, 2010
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