Catholic U Announces Developer for its Brookland Site
Catholic University recently announced that they have selected Jim Abdo to complete a nearly 9 acre development project on their south campus site in Brookland (see map). According to Washington Post, the development will include “a dense mix of restaurants, shops and housing, all centered around a new clock tower”. Details of the plan remain vague, as Abdo intends to conduct community meetings to get feedback before finalizing his design. The project would dramatically change the neighborhood bringing, about 800 new units of housing and extending the commercial corridor from 12th Street NE down along Monroe Street to better connect the University to the Brookland community. The next step will be for Abdo’s firm to obtain a Planned Unit Development (PUD) approval from the D.C. Zoning Commission for a mixed-use development, which is expected to take about a year and will require close work with the Brookland neighborhood, city officials and the university to determine the best vision for the property.
For more information read the article in The Washington Post
