Friday, October 26, 2012
D.C. officials advised potential bidders about green space and Georgetown neighbors' preferences.
Developers seeking clarification on potential development opportunities on the West Heating Plant, a 2-acres parcel at Georgetown's southeastern most corner, were left without much clarity after an Industry Meeting held by the General Services Administration (GSA) Thursday. GSA is overseeing the sale of the excess federal property on 29th Street just north of K Street, NW, bordering Rock Creek and the C&O Canal. No auction date has been set. Though GSA's description of the site assumed the potential land use for the property would be similar to that of neighboring properties, which are primarily mixed use, residential and hotels, the Office of Planning said the the W-2 zoning would not be applied at this site. The existing building is …
Monday, October 8, 2012
Jones, Lang, LaSalle is marketing the surplus federal government property, the West Heating Plant.
Industry representatives interested in throwing their hats in the ring for the West Heating Plant site, will have an opportunity to learn more about the auction at an Oct. 25 meeting. The General Services Administration, which is overseeing the sale of the excess federal property on 29th Street just north of K Street, NW, secured the services of Jones, Lang, LaSalle for marketing the property. The property description on the brokerage company's specialized website for the West Heating Plant (www.georgetownheatingplant.com) boasts: "Located in Georgetown, one of Washington D.C.’s oldest and most exclusive neighborhoods, the Georgetown Heating Plant presents a rare opportunity to acquire an asset with unparalleled redevelopment potential. …
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Friday, September 28, 2012
The community would like to see part of the federal property become park land after its auction later this year.
Office of Planning Director Harriet Tregoning urged the General Services Administration to include a copy of the West Heating Plant site's comprehensive plan, which includes a large swath of green space, in any materials distributed to bidders in the upcoming auction of the federal property. The West Heating Plant is a surplus federal propery at the southeasternmost edge of Georgetown, bordered by Rock Creek Park, the C&O Canal, the Georgeown Waterfront and 29th Street. It is currently unzoned. GSA's environmental assessment examined the possiblity of fully developing the site, to include converting the existing structure into residential or office use and building a new structure on adjoining open space and a silo pad. Georgetown civic …
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Community leaders will meet to discuss the site's future.
The General Services Administration now plans to auction off the West Heating Plant beginning on an undetermined date in November, according to The Washington Post. Behind the scenes, the delays in the auction have given neighbors and city agencies the opportunity to continue to discuss and plan the future of the surplus federal land and building at 29th and K Streets, NW adjacent to Rock Creek Park and the C&O Canal. Georgetown civic groups and Ward 2 Councilman Jack Evans are lobbying for zoning restrictions and possibly a set-aside of park land on the federally-owned property. The Citizens Association of Georgetown (CAG) and the Friends of the Georgetown Waterfront Park (FOGWP) requested that future development on the site be limited to…
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Letters detail the efforts of Ward 2 Councilman Jack Evans and neighborhood organizations to influence the General Services Administration.
As time ticks down to the General Services Administration (GSA) auction of the West Heating Plant later this fall, Georgetown civic groups and Ward 2 Councilman Jack Evans are lobbying for zoning restrictions and possibly a set-aside of park land on the federally-owned property. The West Heating Plant is a surplus federal property at 29th and K Streets, NW adjacent to Rock Creek Park and the C&O Canal. The property is not zoned, though GSA recently assumed in its draft Environmental Asessment (EA) that a W-2 mixed-use zoning would be most likely. In that document, the agency estimated that a future developer might expect to include 181 new residential units and as much as 181,210 square feet of commercial and retail space on the site. In a…
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Monday, July 30, 2012
Comments on the sale of the large federal property are due August 29.
The General Services Administration (GSA) released an environmental assessment (EA) of the West Heating Plant sale, finding that a new development that would potentially include 181 new residential units and as much as 181,210 square feet of commercial and retail space would generally have minor or moderate impacts in both the long-term and short-term on the surrounding community. The West Heating Plant is a surplus federally-owned property at 29th and K Streets NW adjacent to Rock Creek Park and the C&O Canal. GSA plans to sell the property in an online auction this fall. Federal agencies are required to evaluate the potential impacts such a sale may have on the human environment. Currently, the property is not zoned, meaning there is no…
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Thursday, July 5, 2012
The West Heating Plant borders Rock Creek Park and the C&O Canal
Neighbors are lobbying the General Services Administration to place restrictions on the auction of the West Heating Plant in order to protect adjoining park lands and to prevent the new owner from building any new structures. The West Heating Plant is a federally owned property at 29th and K Streets NW adjacent to Rock Creek Park and the C&O Canal. It is scheduled for auction this fall. "It could be a true disaster for Georgetown," said Steve Crimmins, a neighboring property owner. His fear is that the auction winner will want to recoup the costs of being the highest bidder by maximizing the development of the site. Crimmins said the existing 13-story structure is already a monolith and any additional development would severely impact …
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
The Georgetown Advisory Neighborhood Commission will meet July 2 at 6:30 p.m.
Georgetown's Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) will consider two projects on current or former federal property and a permit application for the Wisconsin Avenue building that collapsed on Thanksgiving Day at public meeting Monday. The ANC2E meets at Georgetown Visitation School (1524 35th St. NW) at 6:30 p.m. West Heating Plant (29th and K Streets) The sale of this federal property is scheduled for September and the ANC wants to begin organizing the community's opinions and wishlists for the land once it is sold. It was sell as-is and is currently not zoned. At a previous ANC meeting, neighbors were interested in having a portion of the lot become a continuation of the Georgetown Waterfront Park. Old Post Office (1215 31st St. NW) …
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Congressional hearing raises questions about timing and efficiency in sale of surplus federal buildings.
The West Heating Plant will most likely be zoned as W-2 to allow a mixed-use development on the surplus federal property once it is sold at auction later this year. Unfortunately for curious Georgetowners, that was one of only a few substantial tidbits gleaned Tuesday from a congressional subcommittee hearing on the the General Services Administration (GSA) sale of excess federal properties. Monday the GSA hung giant banners on the side of the building announcing the impending sale of the property, which is expected to go to auction in late September. GSA is seeking a brokerage firm to help market the property and hopes to close on the sale before the year's end. The subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency …
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Congressional subcommittee pushes for sale of federally-owned Georgetown property.
A congressional subcommittee is using the West Heating Plant in Georgetown as an example—an example of how the General Services Administration's (GSA) "poor management" is "bleeding the taxpayers," according to a news release about the event. The subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Managements will hold a public meeting at 10 a.m. at the West Heating Plant — the federal property on 29th Street just north of K Street in Georgetown. Get daily and breaking news email updates from Georgetown Patch by signing up for newsletters here. "Sitting on Our Assets: The Georgetown Heating Plant" features just one witness: Mr. Flavio Peres, the deputy assistant commissioner for Real Property Utilization and Disposal at …
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Thomas H Walker
9:41 am on Monday, September 24, 2012
Funny how taxpayers want the Government to get the most from their unused assets in a sale until that sale involves them. Then all of a sudden the correct answers is the Government should provide the asset for free parks, etc and forgo the financial benefit to the taxpayers of highest and best use. more ›