Huge change - Marriott Wardman Park in Woodley DC possibly demolished

[Anonymous]

There are a lot of 1000 - 4000 person conferences that are going to have to find a new home -- and it likely won't be in DC. Washington Hilton is just a terrible as Wardman, Marquis too tied to the convention center, and Gaylord is over priced.

[Anonymous]

Raze permit was applied for on 11/29/2021, and reported yesterday:
https://planning.dc.gov/publication/raze-permit-application-notices

[Anonymous]

Wow. Such a shame.

[Anonymous]

I do not think they will tear it down. Too many rich and powerful people in the surrounding neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Raze permit was applied for on 11/29/2021, and reported yesterday:
https://planning.dc.gov/publication/raze-permit-application-notices

That doesn’t mean it will happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Raze permit was applied for on 11/29/2021, and reported yesterday:
https://planning.dc.gov/publication/raze-permit-application-notices

Looks like it’s the modern hotel and conference center that is being razed, not the original building (which is mostly condos).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Raze permit was applied for on 11/29/2021, and reported yesterday:
https://planning.dc.gov/publication/raze-permit-application-notices

Looks like it’s the modern hotel and conference center that is being razed, not the original building (which is mostly condos).

Exactly this. There may be a fuss from some, but it’s coming down- it’s not historical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Raze permit was applied for on 11/29/2021, and reported yesterday:
https://planning.dc.gov/publication/raze-permit-application-notices

Do you know if the application proposes a timeline, and if so, how can that information be accessed?

Thank you for posting!

[Anonymous]

OP, you must be very young. That hotel was an institution in DC, and a great place for my parents to stay when they were visiting

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The hotel might close, but where is there any news about it being demolished?

I'm struggling to figure out why they'd keep the existing building and what use it could be.

Its only a hill and prime real estate. I think that whole corridor in Woodley Park needs revitalization and leveling that hill to put something amazing in like the Wharf could do that.

^^^ signed, a 27 year old who moved to DC within the last handful of years

Actually I've lived in the District for 10 years. Residents in Woodley Park have been complaining about failing restaurants, businesses, and grocery stores the whole time and don't do a thing to reverse it either.

Oh honey, Woodley Park has ALWAYS been like that. 10 years is not very long

[Anonymous]

I would be surprised if it actually does get razed. The conference center below the hotel is huge with almost 200K sf of convention space. That would be expensive to demo and replace. You have to have something worth more money to build there and there's nothing likely that will be cost effective to put there that would be worth spending the kind of money necessary to demo that convention center.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think someone would submit raze permit applications if it isn’t going to be razed… I hope it gets redeveloped. It doesn’t benefit the neighborhood to have a giant conference center sitting unused forever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would be surprised if it actually does get razed. The conference center below the hotel is huge with almost 200K sf of convention space. That would be expensive to demo and replace. You have to have something worth more money to build there and there's nothing likely that will be cost effective to put there that would be worth spending the kind of money necessary to demo that convention center.

I think they're going to replace it with more housing. Conventions don't really want to be in a quiet neighborhood that far from downtown, and the space can't be converted to another use easily. Marriott would rather adapt the Marquis space for smaller conferences, I think.

[Anonymous]

If they replace it with more housing, they will need to build at least three more schools. And they’ll need to run buses down Conn way more frequently. That land would be great for a new HS that NW desperately needs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would be surprised if it actually does get razed. The conference center below the hotel is huge with almost 200K sf of convention space. That would be expensive to demo and replace. You have to have something worth more money to build there and there's nothing likely that will be cost effective to put there that would be worth spending the kind of money necessary to demo that convention center.

Demolition isn’t that expensive, and condos right next to the metro and the Park are worth more money.

From the Wikipedia entry:

In 2014, JBG constructed an apartment building on the western portion on the site designed to mirror the historic Wardman Tower. It was first named Wardman West, but was later renamed The Woodley. The apartment building was sold for a record-breaking $920,000 per unit.[14]

In 2015, JBG renovated floors 3-8 of the Wardman Tower into 32 luxury condominiums, while the first and second floors remained part of the hotel business.[15] The project was financed by a $54 million investment from North America Sekisui House LLC (NASH), the North American division of the largest homebuilding corporation in Japan.[16] One of the condominium units sold for $8.4 million.[17]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriott_Wardman_Park