Brookland Avenue

EYA Opens New Townhome Community: Chancellor’s Row at Brookland Metro Station

Washington, DC – This Saturday May 8, BUILDER Magazine’s 2009 “America’s Best Builder”, EYA, will celebrate the grand opening of its 7th new home community in Washington, DC at Chancellor’s Row.

Chancellor’s Row is a new townhome community located just four blocks from Brookland/CUA Metro station (three stops from Union Station on the red line). Situated on a beautiful 10-acre parcel of the St. Paul’s College, the new neighborhood will offer gorgeous views of century-old DC landmarks – all within walking distance to countless shops & restaurants, and the theater, fitness and cultural amenities of Trinity University and Catholic University.

New townhome designs at Chancellor’s Row complement the classic rowhome architecture DC is known for. Brick exteriors are accented by front porches, historic paint colors and cornice detailing. Inside, the homes will be built to the nation’s most comprehensive green building program – LEED for Homes. ENERGY STAR labeling of the homes also contributes to energy savings and a more comfortable indoor environment for homeowners.

New home buyers at Chancellor’s Row will enjoy such included features as rooftop terraces, garage parking, gourmet kitchens and expansive community open spaces. Home prices start at $469,900.

For more information go to EYA.com

When: Saturday May 8th 2010

Where:650-T Jackson Street NE

Time: 11am-6pm

Brookland Artspace Lofts

Reminder about Brookland Artspace Lofts Groundbreaking tomorrow, April 30th at 12:00 Noon. National Endowment of the Arts Chairman, Rocco Landesman, will be an honored guest and speaker at this event.

This is the ground breaking of the partnership between Dance Place and Artspace to create an arts community in the greater Brookland area of NE DC. This development will include 41 affordable live/work units for artists and their families with gallery and studio space.

For Dance Place, the Brookland Artspace Lofts will include a new performance and rehearsal space, an education center and administrative space. The Grand Opening is scheduled for June 2011.

To keep updated on the progress of the project, apply for residence, or to sign up for email updates, visit http://www.artspacewashdc.org or
http://www.artspace.org/properties/danceplace

When: April, March 30th, 2010

Where: Dance Place, 3225 8th Street Northeast Washington, DC 20017

Time: 12:00 PM

Dance Place

The Washington Business Journal announced last week that the D.C. Neighborhood Investment Fund has been opened for proposals with a deadline of May 3rd 2010.

Development projects must be in one the 12 neighborhoods to quailify, this list includes both Brookland and Edgewood among others.

According to the WBJ:

Builders in a dozen D.C. neighborhoods are eligible to apply for up to $145,000 in pre-development grant money through the D.C. Neighborhood Investment Fund.

The fund, created as part of the agreement to build Nationals Park, has $5.2 million available this round to support development of either affordable housing projects of at least 10 units, facilities providing community benefits or mixed-use projects that propose some combination of housing, office space and community facilities.

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Money can be used toward developers’ costs related to planning, environmental work, accounting, market studies, soil testing, legal services and other expenses.

With the D.C. Neighborhood Investment Fund being offered to new development in Brookland and Edgewood one wonders of which of the upcoming development will receive it:

• ABDO/Catholic University South Campus Development
• Colonel Brooks Development
• Brookland Artspace Lofts
• EYA’s Chancellor’s Row
• Ronald McDonald House
• Others?