Development at Superfresh in AU park
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Anonymous
Yes but there will be thousands of new residents living above them and they will commute down river and mass ave and most likely cutting through AU park to avoid traffic. |
Anonymous
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8 years after it was proposed, a planned development of the Superfresh site in AU Park looks to move forward.
https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/219-unit_development_planned_for_au_park_superfresh_site_can_finally_move_f/22151 |
Anonymous
OMG! Finally! I live near by and the superfresh closed when my kids were little. They are now in 7th and 9th grades. I hope they can start ASAP. |
Anonymous
This type of building will take around 2 years of construction once started, so if they begin in January it will be done in early 2027. You can have your kids drive themselves over there to shop for the family by then. Also, love the previous 2016 comment about "thousands of new residents". In a 219 unit building. Congrats to local residents who succeeded in screwing themselves out of a functioning grocery store for 8 more years. Hope it was worth it to do your little part to suppress new supply, make housing less affordable for normal people, and boost your home value just a little bit. |
Anonymous
Seriously. Some of the people I know who most vehemently opposed this have kids who are now a sophomore in college and a high school junior. So I guess they succeeded in protecting Janney/Deal/JR from overcrowding (although they did not even use JR) but also fully raised their children without a nearby grocery store. |
Anonymous
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I am so excited this is finally, hopefully, happening!
I want to know how much time and money was expended on this so that the neighbors could keep their amazing view of a parking lot and abandoned building for 10 extra years. What a waste… |
Anonymous
| Great. DC will lose money from all of the new housing units and our budget is already in shambles. Property taxes and income taxes will give up to pay for all of these unfounded programs and this development only makes the problem worse. |
Anonymous
Wait there are more taxes generated by an empty lot? Including the income taxes from the...non-existent residents? |
Anonymous
But where will all the neighborhood kids learn how to ride a bike? 
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Anonymous
| Finally. Completely ridiculous that some nimbys can create this level of disruption on somebody else's property. |
Anonymous
| Not a fan of the rendering. It looks like a cross between a bank building and a college dorm. |
Anonymous
It looks significantly better than an abandoned building covered in graffitti and an unused parking lot. |
Anonymous
| Yay! So pleased! I live in AU Park and really look forward to a grocery store. The NIMBYs here drive me nuts. Vacant buildings are such a waste…blocks of Wisconsin are so under used but half the people who call into the ANC meetings seem opposed to any change no matter what it is. |
Anonymous
Density Bros are being evasive again. The point this person is making is that the tax revenue from residential development does not cover the expenses of providing services for new residents. Increase tax revenue is not beneficial if the new residents do not cover their share of DC government expenses. It will worsen the overall financial situation for DC. Most residential development is net tax negative. The only residential development that usually creates a budget surplus is very high end residential and senior housing. |
Anonymous
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Looking forward to a grocery store-- in AU Park. Like there isn't a Wegman's or Whole Foods or Amazon Fresh or Giant 5 more minutes away. All with parking since we all drive!
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