The Kaiju Raman & Bar location at 525 8th Street, Barracks Row, is seeing some progress in their build out.
Here’s a look inside.
Last Monday, the joint ANC6A/ANC6B Transportation Committees held a virtual meeting to hear a presentation by Will Handsfield, DDOT bicycle specialist, on a concept to install bike lanes on 17th and 19th Streets, NE and SE, from Benning Road to Barney Circle. The concept anticipates a lane reduction on both streets. The proposal is in a very preliminary stage with a traffic study maybe comming in 2022. For the PowerPoint on DDOT’s presentation, go here: https://anc6a.org/wp-content/uploads/TPSA1121.pdf
Here’s a schematic of the affected streets, showing a connection between 19th Street SE and Barney Circle via Potomac Avenue.
There’s also some activity at the Ledo Pizza location at 415 8th Street, Barracks Row.
Here’s a look inside Ledo.
The ANC6A Planning and Zoning Committee met last Tuesday to hear an informational presentation on the development of the nearly 1 acre Auto Zone site at 1207 H Street, NE, from Ben Miller. Miller is co-owner of the H Street development firm WestMill Capital and is also co-founder of the crowd funding platforms Popularise and Fundrise.
Miller told the committee his company is considering a number of options, including the potential use of the city’s Inclusionary Zoning Plus program which provides for no-hassle rezoning of a development site if the developer commits to making 20% of the units affordable at 60% AMI. It provides an alternative to the PUD process which can be protracted. Miller doesn’t sound 100% committed to this option, and it may be because the program has been in existence for more than a year but so far no one has used it – he would be the first. Miller’s attorney admitted that there’s a reason the program hasn’t been used – i.e., the uncertainty that it would work for a developer. Miller says he’s also pursuing selling the property outright, as well as extending Auto Zone’s lease.
The Week Ahead…
It’s a pretty quiet week ahead, with only one ANC committee meeting:
ANC6A’s Alcoholic Beverage Licensing Committee will hold a virtual meeting at 7:00pm.
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