Georgetown Post Office Faces Another Setback After Old Georgetown Board

The Old Georgetown Board reviewed the updated plans for the Georgetown Post Office and sent the architect off with homework.

Eastbanc's plans for the Georgetown Post Office have faced several recent setbacks, first the Office of Planning (OP) decided that a commercial use was not appropriate and now the Old Georgetown Board (OGB) had plenty to criticize about the new residential design. The new planned structure will be a three-story residential building, home to nine condos to meet OP's demands. CORE Architect's project architect, Guy Martin, faced the OGB Thursday and left without project approval. Before they got to work, board member Stephen Vanze commented, “You're able to get a lot done in a month,” in reference to the quick switch from commercial to residential designs. At the previous meeting when the design still called for a commercial building, Vanze …

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Real Estate Roundup: First Edition of 2011

Recent sales, a brave open house on New Year's weekend and a few new homes hit the market.

The excitement of a New Year typically takes a bit longer to spread into the residential real estate market. With many buyers, sellers and agents taking a break to travel or spend the holiday season with loved ones, active listings and sales volume generally slows down considerably in late December and early January. “People tend to buy and sell properties as their schedules dictate,” said Ian Wakefield of Evers & Company Real Estate. Wakefield was one of the very few agents holding an open house over the New Year’s holiday weekend, showing a unique property at 3160 O Street, NW, located within a block of Wisconsin Avenue. The 2,286 square foot Victorian duplex is zoned for residential, office or retail. The upper two stories of the …

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Southeast vs. Northwest: 30th and P Streets

Both Northwest and Southeast 30th and P Streets are quiet residential areas, but their residents spoke out in very different ways during the most recent election.

The farther you go from M Street in Georgetown, the quieter the streets become. Cars move across the upper part of the village along P Street at 30th, going from Rock Creek Parkway to Wisconsin Avenue without the bustle and traffic of the main drag. A Mini Cooper and a Land Rover stop in front of Morgan's Pharmacy and as they drive toward Rose Park will pass Griffin's Market on their right. Small retail nestled among serene residential streets gives this part of the neighborhood a feel of a time long gone. At 30th and P Streets in Southeast's Dupont Park neighborhood, small one- and two-story homes sit on quiet streets. As I took photos of the neighborhood and wandered along its streets, a driver pulled over to see what I was up to. "Is …

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Georgetown 2010 Residential Real Estate Recap

Georgetown residential real estate made gains in 2010, emerging from the downturn relatively unscathed.

Homeowners nationwide have a reason to be envious of Georgetown, and not just because of the area's picturesque streetscape, collegiate basketball prowess or esteemed cupcakes. Unlike most markets across the country, the Georgetown real estate market seems to be emerging from the housing downturn relatively unscathed. Sales volume, median pricing and average time-on-market all registered noticeable improvements in 2010. After a decidedly shallow and brief correction, Georgetown residential properties demonstrated their resilience in 2010. According to data released by Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc. (MRIS), per-square-foot home sales prices in Georgetown climbed 16.3 percent in 2010, with the median sales price hitting $878…

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