Macklin Development

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Anonymous wrote:The amount of time Cleveland Park has been under construction is mind boggling.

When NIMBYs delay projects, that is what happens. so much of everything could have been completed years ago.

“The Promenade” is a total joke, a heat island that cost millions of dollars of taxpayer money with barely any trees, plants or seating. The ANC rep that the hope is that bars and businesses will provide seats and water flowers.

Yeah.. all that white concrete creates so much more heat than the black asphalt there used to... oh wait..

Somehow it does seem to. It is hotter than it was. Probably because it's nothing but an open expanse of concrete. FFS at least put some lampposts or planters on it. It's useless wasted space at the moment. What is it supposed to accomplish? It has no raison d'etre.

It was an open expanse of concrete before as well.

I get that you hate parking and are trying to hype this thing but gimme a break. It's pointless at the moment and a net negative. Maybe things will change after the vacuum cleaner and frame store get pushed out.

The ANC is working on it. Didn’t several ANC commissioners pose for a photo while giving the finger to these local businesses?

They won’t stop until it’s all chain stores. That’s their “vibrant“ goal.

The Smart-Aleck Growth group has grown tiresome and ridiculous.

The old CP civic community group people that had a pause button smashed on CP from 1975 to like 3 years ago is way freaking worse.

The quality of life in CP went over a cliff about three years ago.

2017 was when the Smart Growthers sounded the alarm that the neighborhood was struggling to keep businesses. Remember that roundtable Cheh hosted? The CP Business Association asked for a FLUM amendment to allow for taller buildings because the lack of people on the east side of Connecticut (due to the Park) and the low density of the west side beyond Connecticut proper (not just due to aging empty nesters) hurt. It is hard to compete commercially with more dense corridors and we all know there aren't enough commuters stopping by to sustain any businesses.

The ANC before this one passed a number of commonsense ideas to help local businesses maybe a week or two before those immature commissioners flicked off the sign. To my knowledge, there has been no follow through on those ideas.

My big complaint about this ANC is the lack of follow through on anything.

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Such as the effort to reopen the Uptown. The ANC commissioner for the area is mute on plans, over a year after a tenant was supposed to take the theater over. The Uptown is the centrepiece of Connecticut Ave.

She is more of a social media influencer than commissioner.

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It's true that Tammy Gordon's skill set is more as an organizer, social media influencer, and cheerleader for neighborhood businesses, but she's good at that role. Sauleh Siddiqui is actually the commissioner for the Uptown and the Macklin. He's been silent on both projects.

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The Uptown site might be redeveloped once the area is up-zoned for taller buildings. No wonder they have not leased it.

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Anonymous wrote:It's true that Tammy Gordon's skill set is more as an organizer, social media influencer, and cheerleader for neighborhood businesses, but she's good at that role. Sauleh Siddiqui is actually the commissioner for the Uptown and the Macklin. He's been silent on both projects.

Good at social media influencer but bad at commissioner. Makes it seem like she shouldn't be a commissioner.

Siddiqui had some sort of update about the Macklin lately. I don't remember what it is as I figure it will get done eventually.

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Anonymous wrote:It's true that Tammy Gordon's skill set is more as an organizer, social media influencer, and cheerleader for neighborhood businesses, but she's good at that role. Sauleh Siddiqui is actually the commissioner for the Uptown and the Macklin. He's been silent on both projects.

Good at social media influencer but bad at commissioner. Makes it seem like she shouldn't be a commissioner.

Siddiqui had some sort of update about the Macklin lately. I don't remember what it is as I figure it will get done eventually.

The official explanation is that the Macklin project is merely entering a new phase.

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A new phase of bankruptcy I guess.

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Anonymous wrote:It's true that Tammy Gordon's skill set is more as an organizer, social media influencer, and cheerleader for neighborhood businesses, but she's good at that role. Sauleh Siddiqui is actually the commissioner for the Uptown and the Macklin. He's been silent on both projects.

Good at social media influencer but bad at commissioner. Makes it seem like she shouldn't be a commissioner.

Siddiqui had some sort of update about the Macklin lately. I don't remember what it is as I figure it will get done eventually.

Isn't that for the voters to decide?

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Anonymous wrote:A new phase of bankruptcy I guess.

And dodgy DC tax dodging.

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Anonymous wrote:It's true that Tammy Gordon's skill set is more as an organizer, social media influencer, and cheerleader for neighborhood businesses, but she's good at that role. Sauleh Siddiqui is actually the commissioner for the Uptown and the Macklin. He's been silent on both projects.

Good at social media influencer but bad at commissioner. Makes it seem like she shouldn't be a commissioner.

Siddiqui had some sort of update about the Macklin lately. I don't remember what it is as I figure it will get done eventually.

Isn't that for the voters to decide?

If you can get 25 of your socialist friends to sign your petition, you get elected.

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If you can get 25 of your socialist friends to sign your petition, you get elected.

ANYONE could get 25 of their friends and neighbors to sign their petition. Even you! If you are unhappy with your representation, there is literally no barrier to entry to use the democratic process to remedy your situation. Challenge an incumbent. Run a campaign. And as PP said, let the voters decide.

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Anonymous wrote:The Uptown site might be redeveloped once the area is up-zoned for taller buildings. No wonder they have not leased it.

The area is not proposed to be upzoned and the Uptown has historic preservation status so isn't going anywhere and sadly will likely be a white elephant.

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Anonymous wrote:The amount of time Cleveland Park has been under construction is mind boggling.

When NIMBYs delay projects, that is what happens. so much of everything could have been completed years ago.

“The Promenade” is a total joke, a heat island that cost millions of dollars of taxpayer money with barely any trees, plants or seating. The ANC rep that the hope is that bars and businesses will provide seats and water flowers.

Yeah.. all that white concrete creates so much more heat than the black asphalt there used to... oh wait..

Somehow it does seem to. It is hotter than it was. Probably because it's nothing but an open expanse of concrete. FFS at least put some lampposts or planters on it. It's useless wasted space at the moment. What is it supposed to accomplish? It has no raison d'etre.

It was an open expanse of concrete before as well.

I get that you hate parking and are trying to hype this thing but gimme a break. It's pointless at the moment and a net negative. Maybe things will change after the vacuum cleaner and frame store get pushed out.

The ANC is working on it. Didn’t several ANC commissioners pose for a photo while giving the finger to these local businesses?

They won’t stop until it’s all chain stores. That’s their “vibrant“ goal.

The Smart-Aleck Growth group has grown tiresome and ridiculous.

The old CP civic community group people that had a pause button smashed on CP from 1975 to like 3 years ago is way freaking worse.

The quality of life in CP went over a cliff about three years ago.

2017 was when the Smart Growthers sounded the alarm that the neighborhood was struggling to keep businesses. Remember that roundtable Cheh hosted? The CP Business Association asked for a FLUM amendment to allow for taller buildings because the lack of people on the east side of Connecticut (due to the Park) and the low density of the west side beyond Connecticut proper (not just due to aging empty nesters) hurt. It is hard to compete commercially with more dense corridors and we all know there aren't enough commuters stopping by to sustain any businesses.

The ANC before this one passed a number of commonsense ideas to help local businesses maybe a week or two before those immature commissioners flicked off the sign. To my knowledge, there has been no follow through on those ideas.

My big complaint about this ANC is the lack of follow through on anything.

Such as?

Such as the effort to reopen the Uptown. The ANC commissioner for the area is mute on plans, over a year after a tenant was supposed to take the theater over. The Uptown is the centrepiece of Connecticut Ave.

Unless an ANC commissioner is going to lease the Uptown (and they'd have to recuse themselves if they did) there is absolutely nothing an ANC commissioner (or Councimember for that matter) can do to secure a tenant for an empty commercial building.

The last article on the Uptown I recall was a year ago and indicated that the owners, who live in the neighborhood and are among the wealthiest families in the region, were seeking $30,000 a month in rent for the Uptown.

Perhaps publicly shaming the local owners to be smart and give a boost to the neighborhood by lowering the rent to a level that is viable for a movie theater or some other performing arts group would help.

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Anonymous wrote:The amount of time Cleveland Park has been under construction is mind boggling.

When NIMBYs delay projects, that is what happens. so much of everything could have been completed years ago.

“The Promenade” is a total joke, a heat island that cost millions of dollars of taxpayer money with barely any trees, plants or seating. The ANC rep that the hope is that bars and businesses will provide seats and water flowers.

Yeah.. all that white concrete creates so much more heat than the black asphalt there used to... oh wait..

Somehow it does seem to. It is hotter than it was. Probably because it's nothing but an open expanse of concrete. FFS at least put some lampposts or planters on it. It's useless wasted space at the moment. What is it supposed to accomplish? It has no raison d'etre.

It was an open expanse of concrete before as well.

I get that you hate parking and are trying to hype this thing but gimme a break. It's pointless at the moment and a net negative. Maybe things will change after the vacuum cleaner and frame store get pushed out.

The ANC is working on it. Didn’t several ANC commissioners pose for a photo while giving the finger to these local businesses?

They won’t stop until it’s all chain stores. That’s their “vibrant“ goal.

The Smart-Aleck Growth group has grown tiresome and ridiculous.

The old CP civic community group people that had a pause button smashed on CP from 1975 to like 3 years ago is way freaking worse.

The quality of life in CP went over a cliff about three years ago.

2017 was when the Smart Growthers sounded the alarm that the neighborhood was struggling to keep businesses. Remember that roundtable Cheh hosted? The CP Business Association asked for a FLUM amendment to allow for taller buildings because the lack of people on the east side of Connecticut (due to the Park) and the low density of the west side beyond Connecticut proper (not just due to aging empty nesters) hurt. It is hard to compete commercially with more dense corridors and we all know there aren't enough commuters stopping by to sustain any businesses.

The ANC before this one passed a number of commonsense ideas to help local businesses maybe a week or two before those immature commissioners flicked off the sign. To my knowledge, there has been no follow through on those ideas.

My big complaint about this ANC is the lack of follow through on anything.

Such as?

Such as the effort to reopen the Uptown. The ANC commissioner for the area is mute on plans, over a year after a tenant was supposed to take the theater over. The Uptown is the centrepiece of Connecticut Ave.

Unless an ANC commissioner is going to lease the Uptown (and they'd have to recuse themselves if they did) there is absolutely nothing an ANC commissioner (or Councimember for that matter) can do to secure a tenant for an empty commercial building.

The last article on the Uptown I recall was a year ago and indicated that the owners, who live in the neighborhood and are among the wealthiest families in the region, were seeking $30,000 a month in rent for the Uptown.

Perhaps publicly shaming the local owners to be smart and give a boost to the neighborhood by lowering the rent to a level that is viable for a movie theater or some other performing arts group would help.

Can the laws be changed for tax write offs in DC for commercial properties that lie fallow for extended periods? That may incentive owners to lower rent.

[Anonymous]

Any news about tomorrow's tax sale of the property?

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Anonymous wrote:Any news about tomorrow's tax sale of the property?

is that real?