Reply to First Johnson's, now Sullivan's! Who is the landlord behind this?

Forum Index » Metropolitan DC Local Politics

Reply to "First Johnson's, now Sullivan's! Who is the landlord behind this? "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

There are over 1500 housing units under construction right now 1 to 2 blocks south of that site.  Yet you say that Tenleytown needs more, more, more.

By the way, how many of the units at City Ridge and at 4000 Wisconsin will be truly affordable?  Yeah.  But that is the Smart Growth pretext for allowing laissez faire development in DC.[/quote]

the housing under development is all matter of right. next time, support laws that force developers to make more affordable units available rather than just flexing into 'no new development' mode.[/quote]

Not completely matter of right.  City Ridge required a very important new access from Wisconsin Avenue, because the developer didn't want trucks and traffic using the existing Fannie Mae access road across the Post Office and then driving through the complex past all of the expensive condos and rentals it is marketing.  So the developer sought an new access on the southern edge of the site, next to McLean Gardens.  This very key permit required DDOT sign off.  One of the ANCs involved asked for more affordable housing at the site, but the DC government apparently ignored this.  Although DDOT's stated policy to to disfavor new vehicle accesses from major arterials (and this one creates a real mess by adding a new signal between two existing signals at Sidwell and the post office), not surprisingly DDOT bent over for the developer and the crucial sought-after "curb cut" permit went through like greased ....[/quote]

And the city didn't ask for more affordable units in exchange for granting this access. What is your point?[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics