2016 brought a myriad of changes to Washington, D.C. Want to learn more about your community? This article from Curbed goes into detail about which projects in each Ward are truly changing their respective neighborhoods.
Today is the day that groundbreaking begins on one of D.C.’s biggest and most contentious developments, the McMillan Sand Filtration site. The 25-acre project is expected to complete in 2018 with brand new medical office buildings, housing, and more.
The D.C. government has begun their search to find a firm to design and prepare the McMillan sand filtration site for redevelopment. Department of General Services released a solicitation, despite years of protests from community activists.
Currently, the 25-acre McMillan Sand Filtration site stands abandoned, empty, and without any use, save for being an eyesore, but soon it will house a number of brand new mixed-used developments