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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Guessing that Innovation will end up as a solid above-average school.  If it’s true that LV houses zoned for Innovation are sitting longer …. we’ll, that’s just classic.[/quote]

This is a bit of a tangent, but the houses zoned to Innovation are still selling.  One that was listed just north of 2.4M sold in July in 6 days.  I can think of a few others that sold within a week or two since the spring.  The houses sitting the longest lately are actually zoned to ASFS and they are within one block of Langston Blvd (formerly Lee Hwy) and this in the Plan Lee Hwy study area.[/quote]

And the homes are in the 1.9-2.3 million range which traditionally moves slower in all zip codes, even DC.[/quote]
Perhaps.  There have been houses two blocks from Innovation that have been sitting for several weeks -- the comps on west lyon village (zoned for ASFS) went much more quickly (less than a week).  Hard to tell if its just normal summer slow down or if its the school stuff or if its the Plan Lee Highway stuff.  [/quote]

What is Plan Lee Hwy stuff doing to Lyon Village?[/quote]

There is a proposal to allow the block between 18th St and Lee Hwy (now Langston Blvd) to allow mid-rise apt buildings and other types of higher density housing.  This would be the entire block closest to Lee/Langston, not just the parcels fronting Lee/Langston.  [/quote]

dp.  isn't it being fought tooth and nail?[/quote]
Yes, but it doesn't look like the county cares what anyone who currently lives there thinks.  I think one of the people running the meetings even said "Its hard for me to take seriously the concerns of Lyon Village since the majority of us can't afford to live there" or something like that at one of the community meetings.  They've walked back some of the more ridiculous parts of the proposal in terms of Lyon Village -- there's no longer proposed duplexes by Kirkwood (I think that area is a electrical substation or a water treatment facility right now, there are big "no trespassing" signs all over), and they aren't proposing knocking down the current apartments that are on kirkwood/lee highway to build higher height newer more expensive apartments.  Eastern Lyon Village (the are right north of Innovation) is still proposed to become all apartment buildings.  Not sure how they would reconcile that with all the recent construction in that area.  [/quote]

For some additional context, the Lee Highway (now Langston Blvd) Alliance is sponsored by Dittmar, some real estate firms, and other stakeholders who have a lot to gain from high density development.  The proposal includes higher height apartments (7-10 stories or more) at the Lyon Village apartments (by the park) and at the Lyon Village Shopping Center.  The owner of these properties is another sponsor of the Langston Blvd Alliance.[/quote]

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