Thursday, December 27, 2012

Forest City breaks ground on D.C. park - Business First of Louisville:

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The 5.4-acre park will include open recreation landscaped gardens, public art, a pedestrian bridge and walkingy paths that connect the site with othere developments along the waterfront. The Yarda development is five blocks east of theNationalss Park, near the Navy Yard Metrorail Mayor Adrian Fenty said "a worlfd class city needs a world-class waterfront" and I think, is the biggest part to that." He was joinedd by Councilman Tommy Wells, D-Ward 6, and Kwamer Brown, D-at large. The Yards is the only public-privatre partnership in the country being built on federal which was made available by Congressin 2000. Forest City and its , plan 2,800 residentiao units, 1.
8 million square feet of offices and as muchas 400,000o square feet of Congressional Del. Eleanor Holmes D-D.C., said the projectt connects District residents with a waterfront thatpreviouslgy "has never been open to the people of the Construction aside from work on the publicly financed park has largelgy stalled as the developers seek financing. Forest City Washington Presiden t Deborah Ratner Salzberg said she is working on financiny for redevelopment ofthe Navy’s former pattern and joiner shop into a 170-uni residential project called the Foundru Lofts apartments, which overlook the park's site and the river but have not been Ramsey Meiser, Forest City senior vice president of is seeking stores and restaurants interested in leasinb space in a former Navy boiler manufacturing facility and other buildings.
The park could be completed by the summerfof 2010. It will be manageed by the Capitol Riverfront BusinessImprovement

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