1239 E Street, SE, in the center is four doors to the east of the famed Shotgun House scheduled for preservation and renovation as part of the SGA Development of the Frager’s Garden Center site on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Across E Street to the west, the Watkins School is being renovated http://bit.ly/2cCc7za
And across E Street to the west, Insight is developing the the Buchanan School site.
City Council Chair Mendelson Purchases Hill East Home Across From Watkins School
by Larry Janezich
City Council Chair Philip H. Mendelson purchased a home at 1239 E Street, SE, across from Watkins Elementary School, according to the Washington Post listings of recently sold properties. See here: http://wapo.st/2cPXRac The sales price was $1.1 million, well over the original asking price of $998,000.
According to real estate ads the home has five bedroom and 2.5 baths, and totals 2,700 square feet plus some 800 square feet of unfinished storage space. The former multi-family house was built in 1908 and renovated in 2006 “into a grand and spacious single-family home designed for lavish entertaining and luxurious living.”
The immediate area is virtually exploding with development. There are four condo/apartment projects currently under construction or being planned within a block of 1239 E Street, including Insight Development’s Buchanan School http://bit.ly/2cpmcAn, and “Bowie Site’ http://bit.ly/1TsgfOV, OPaL LLC’s Watkins Alley http://bit.ly/2bYJltK, and SGA Architect’s Capitol Courts micro apartment project http://bit.ly/29buF8j. In addition, the SE Safeway adjacent to the Buchanan School project has solicited bids for redevelopment into a retail and residential mixed use building. http://bit.ly/2ckTfHd.
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He’s lived there since at least May…
We viewed that house when it was for sale and the price seemed incredibly low based on comps…not surprising it went well over asking.
Mind your own business
This will be great for Ward 6. Having Council Chair as a constituent will help bring a spotlight to the problems of Hill East: poor city services, MD commuters, and high crime. Glad to have Phil join the party!
Where did he move from? Is he new to the neighborhood?
He’s right across the street from a very MD attended DCPS. Once Watkins reopens, maybe he will see for himself. Or drive around a bit and see the others at pickup/dropoff.