Category Archives: 6000 New Hamphsire Ave PUD

Apartments planned for Lamond

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Vacant building at 6101 Sligo Mill Rd. NE in Lamond slated for apartments. Photo taken July 28, 2021.

Super late in getting this post up. DC Urbanturf had the original report regarding apartments planned for a long vacant building at 6101 Sligo Mill Road NE in Lamond. The development team presented at ANC 4B’s meeting on June 28, 2021, and at a community meeting on June 11, 2021.

See the presentation here.

This building was originally slated to be condos as part of a planned unit development (PUD) called The Hampshires, a community of single family detached homes and townhomes, developed by Comstock several years ago (zoning case number 05-30). There is also an adult care facility operated by Metro Homes on the grounds. For many reasons, development of the larger multifamily building just never got off the ground. Now a new development team is proposing to tear down the building and construct a new building with 50 apartments.

During the ANC 4B meeting in June, the owner stated that one of the reasons development of this building has been so difficult is that the layout of the building is not conducive to housing, and now the building is in no condition to be efficiently renovated. The building will have brick facade to blend in with the homes at the Hampshires and the units will have projected balconies. The team plans to spread surface parking around the site with the goal of having vehicles enter and exit through four different entry points.

Development of this building will be quite a process. The building has changed ownership a couple of times and gone through foreclosure. David Zarnoch, representing the new ownership team (a pension fund), stated that the team is committed to the affordability provisions of the original PUD (11 below market rate units). But in response to a question from the ANC about the status of the original PUD, counsel for the development team stated he had to get clarification from the zoning administrator about whether they would need to modify the original PUD or whether this development would be considered a new PUD. Commissioner Evan Yeats (4B01) worried that if the ANC approved the project, then a precedent would be set to allow a developer to delay building affordable units until years after a project has been approved. Mr. Zarnoch noted that this particular development team is new to the project and that they are not the original owners who allowed the building to fall into disrepair. Also a homeowner in the Hampshires questioned how the development team proposed to provide access to the building from different entry points given that the roads at the Hampshires are private roads, so easements might be needed.

If you live in the area or care about this project, expect to receive notice of community meetings from ANC Commissioner Geoff Bromaghim (4B07) and the Lamond Community Action Group.

6000 New Hampshire Avenue NE building for sale

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The larger building at 6000 New Hampshire Avenue NE slated for around 45 (condo) apartments is for sale. The Washington Business Journal recently reported on an interested buyer in the property. The building is part of a larger approved planned unit development (PUD) that orginally consisted of the new Comstock homes, the larger building now for sale, and a smaller building on the property that is slated to become an adult daycare facility.  The majority interest in the two buildings was sold to current owner Rick Gunderson.  Now it looks like a development team might be interested in buying the larger building.  A smaller building that is part of the PUD will be an adult daycare facility.  Those plans continue to move forward.  These buildings are surrounded by the new Comstock detached single family homes and townhomes at The Hampshires.

Large building at 6000 New Hampshire
Small building at 6000 New Hampshire
New Comstock Homes

The Hampshires (6000 New Hampshire Ave NE) featured in Urbanturf

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Urbanturf has a sponsor feature from Comstock on The Hampshires, the new housing community being developed in Riggs Park at 6000 New Hampshire Ave NE.  We’ve mainly reported on 6000 New Hampshire in the context of the PUD modification concerning the portion of the development sold to a second developer.  Upon completion, The Hampshires will have 38 detached homes and 73 townhouses surrounding open green space and a dog park.  Neighborhood representatives attended the grand opening of the detached homes in September.  Comstock starts construction on the townhomes this week.

Funny aside:  DC Urbanturf’s facebook post asks the question, “Do you know where that is?” in reference to Lamond Riggs.

Development news roundup: Children’s museum & anchor for Art Place at Fort Totten, a brewery in the neighborhood, and a rehabilitation facility for 6000 New Hampshire

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Lots of development news to report:

  • First up, community representatives held an initial meeting with consultants from the Cafritz team on the children’s museum component of Art Place at Fort Totten.  You may be wondering why we’re talking about the children’s museum component since we reported recently that Cafritz was still looking for an anchor to secure financing for the project.  Well, unofficially there may be an anchor in place (a possible anchor we listed in this post).  We haven’t gotten official word, but it makes more sense that they would schedule a meeting at this point for museum consultants to introduce themselves and solicit community input if there is an anchor on the horizon.  Look for more information in the future from the ANCs and the leadership of the Lamond Riggs Citizens Association and the North Michigan Park Civic Association.
  • The Totten Life blog brings us news of a brewery headed for Riggs Park with a link to a news release from DC Beer.  Hellbender Brewery is building out the space at 5788 2nd St. NE (not too far from Fort Totten Square and 3 Stars Brewing Company).  Just in case you’re curious, according to this release from DC Beer, the brewery is named for the hellbender, the largest salamander in North America.  The Hellbender team plans to use the salamander as a symbol of the team’s “‘environmentally safe brewery practices and waste disposal.'”  The team wants to work with local businesses and residents to make the neighborhood “a better place for everyone.”
  • The Office of Planning recently recommended approval of a modification to the PUD for 6000 New Hampshire Ave NE.  Recall this is the site of the new Comstock detached single family homes and townhomes.  The original developer sold his interest in the 2 other buildings on the property.  These buildings are zoned for residential use and the original PUD called for residential apartment buildings.  The current develper would like to modify the PUD to accommodate a rehabilitation center for mentally disabled adults in one of the buildings and reduce the number of apartments in the other building.  The ANC and LRCA (and other community groups) officially opposed the modification, outlining areas of concern.  The Office of Zoning held a hearing on the modification request on February 21, 2013.  The neighborhood groups and the ANC presented testimony on their areas of concern.  While it is almost certain Zoning will approve the modification, Zoning would like the developer and neighborhood groups to come to a consensus on the outstanding concerns and it appears that such a consensus can be reached.