Construction will start in the spring to turn the Old Post Office into the latest Trump Hotel. Delivery is expected late next year and the small shops that currently occupy the building have already begun to vacate.

This week, the city chose a design team, Mecanoo and Martinez & Johnson, to renovate the central public library. What remains to be seen is whether the library will stand alone or whether it will (to Ralph Nader's chagrin) add a residential component. Stay tuned.

The plan to turn the $26 million Dupont Mansion into a boutique hotel was a bust, but thus far, the plan to turn the monstrosity into studio apartments has garnered better reception.

Douglas Development's plans for this former warehouse are exciting in that it will bring apartments and a Mom's Organic Market to the relatively empty Ivy City. Also, they've promised reasonable rental prices.

This former heating plant will be renovated by starchitect David Adjaye and turned into the most expensive luxury condos in the city. At least it will be if the plans can get through approval from the neighborhood preservationists and advisory boards.

The latest plan for this site of the Beatles' first American concert is that Douglas Development will turn it into office space. Stay tuned as anyone has yet to see so much as a single rendering for that. Photo by Elvert Barnes.

This mostly abandoned campus which pioneered medical help for the mentally ill has become one of the most dynamic developments in Southeast D.C. Several local colleges want space there. Several government agencies are moving there. There's a cool retail-heavy Gateway Pavilion, but the contractor just got fired. There's an ice slide. Stay tuned as it continues to evolve. Photo by E.L. Malvaney

Groundbreaking should start this year so that the library will become the colorful oasis that the folks at CORE have envisioned.