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- Art Place Timeline
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- Art Place Site Plan
At the request of the Zoning Commission, the Cafritz team provided a timeline for the remainder of the Art Place at Fort Totten development. Recall the development will be constructed in multiple phases. Construction recently started on Building A (1st phase), a mixed use building slated to have 510-550 residential units and over 100,000 square feet of retail. Building A is expected to be complete in late 2016/early 2017.
Anticipated construction start dates and uses for remaining buildings
Early 2019: Building B – Children’s museum, additional retail, community recreational uses
Late 2023: Building C – Residential building with approximately 400 units
Mid-2024: Building D – Arts and community uses
These anticipated construction dates and uses are subject to change as the Cafritz team assesses the viability of potential uses.
View the full letter, which provides some background information about getting Building A off the ground: Art Place Status – Phasing Plan
Next Stop...Riggs Park 
So let me get this straight. After completing Building A, Caffritz is going to wait two years before breaking ground on Building B? By 2024, this neighborhood will have surpassed anything the Caffritz Foundation even dreamt about.
Hi Lauren, I updated the post with an image of the timeline from the letter. The full letter explains that Building B will be located where the original Riggs Plaza tenants currently reside. Those residents will be relocated to Building A when it’s done and the remaining Riggs Plaza apartments will be torn down. The Cafritz team has to get Council approval to realign part of Kennedy Street and the alley and will have to go through the building permit process for Building B. All of that partially explains the delay between A & B. The letter also mentions they will have to see the impact of Walmart’s opening to determine what will be part of Building B.
I think it’s safe to assume we’ll see FTSQ South built and open before Building B is ready. Supposedly, the second Fort Totten Square phase will have much more retail. Art Place may take a while, but hopefully everything else will begin to come to fruition soon enough… Hellbender Brewery should be opening shortly too, maybe that will bring more businesses to the industrial properties on 3rd St.