RE: (rshsdepot) Union Station - Washington, DC

["Paul Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>]

yes there is a great opportunity for more clutter in DC capital district


> [Original Message]
> From: <I95BERNIEW_@_aol.com>
> To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
> Date: 10/2/2006 10:51:09 AM
> Subject: (rshsdepot) Union Station - Washington, DC
>
> From today's Washington Post.
>  
> Bernie Wagenblast
>  
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  
>  New Life Above the Union Station  Tracks
>
>
> By Dana Hedgpeth  
> District-based developer John E. ``Chip`` Akridge III has closed on a
deal to 
>  buy 15 acres of air rights above the railroad tracks at Union Station
with 
> plans  to build a $1 billion mixed-use project.  
> Akridge paid $10 million to the General Services Administration, which
owned  
> the air rights. It is the first time the agency, the federal government`s

> property manager, has sold air rights. Executives at Akridge and the
Government  
> Acountability Office said they worked on the complicated deal with Amtrak
for 
>  four years.  
> Akridge`s tentative plans call for about 3 million square feet of
offices,  
> restaurants, shops, condos, apartments and a hotel. The buildings will be
on a  
> concrete platform, supported by columns, about 20 feet above the tracks.  
> An atrium will connect Union Station with H Street NE and the surrounding

> neighborhood, where new housing and stores have been built. The project
will be  
> similar to projects above railroad tracks in Chicago, New York and 
> Philadelphia.  
> It will be called Burnham Place after the architect of Union Station,
Daniel  
> H. Burnham. Akridge executives said they plan to market housing in the 
> project  to politicians and aides who want to live near the Capitol and
the office 
> space  to trade associations, law firms, accountants and consultants.  
> Completion is years away.  
> Akridge`s project must go through planning and design, then get zoning
and  
> other approvals. Construction of the concrete platform is likely to begin
in  
> late 2008, executives said, and take about three years. The rest of the
project 
>  would be built after that.  
> ``It`s a once-in-100-year opportunity to be able to develop a site within
two 
>  blocks of the U.S. Capitol,`` said Joe Svatos, senior vice president at 
> Akridge. 
>
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> railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org
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