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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where does EYA plan to construct all of these new Townhouses?  Unless I am mistaken, all 323 units for Capotol Quarter have been completed.  I can't wait to hear Catania and Wells try to seek crossing the CSX pit to residents.  Mark my words, this is DOA.[/quote]

I wouldn't be so sure.  Wells and Kaya will probably get what they want - parents on the periphery of the Brent District won't be able to stop them, although they made be able to negotiate a few terms for a transition.  The Capitol Riverfront developers want Van Ness to re-open no later than SY 2015-2016 for various reasons, and Kaya has committed to that time-frame.

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I know that Henderson has committed to re-opening Van Ness, but it's still hard to imagine that will be politically feasible.  Henderson has just finished another round of school closings and is going to follow it up by opening another school?  Van Ness shares boundaries with a newly-renovated and largely out of bounds Tyler.  I'm not aware of the specifics of Amidon, but I'm guessing it isn't at capacity either.

EYA has sold all their townhouses.  There is more development in the pipeline but all in the form of condos or apartments which are likely less appealing to families.

And finally, the timeline seems ambitious.  Van Ness has been shuttered for a few years now; I imagine that re-opening is going to take many many months.  There's no existing school administration or established school community to push DCPS forward.  I always thought that the best hope for Van Ness would have been SWS, but apparently DCPS didn't agree.[/quote]

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