CityCenterDC

CityCenterDC
The Apartments at City Center - South Building (January 2017)
LocationWashington, D.C.
Coordinates38°54′01″N 77°01′30″W / 38.900343°N 77.024959°W / 38.900343; -77.024959
StatusCompleted (Phase I)
Groundbreaking2011
Estimated completion2015; hotel opened in 2019
Websitecitycenterdc.com
Companies
DeveloperHines Archstone
Technical details
CostUS$950,000,000
Buildings6
Size10.2 acres (4.1 ha)
Leasable area2,000,000 square feet (190,000 m2)

CityCenterDC, sometimes colloquially called CityCenter, is a mixed-use development consisting of two condominium buildings, two rental apartment buildings, two office buildings, a luxury hotel, and public park in downtown Washington, D.C.[1] It encompasses 2,000,000 square feet (190,000 m2) and covers more than five city blocks.[2] The $950 million development[3] began construction on April 4, 2011, on the site of the former Washington Convention Center—a 10.2-acre (4.1 ha) site bounded by New York Avenue NW, 9th Street NW, H Street NW, and 11th Street NW.[4] Most of the development was completed and open for business by summer 2015.[5] The luxury hotel Conrad Washington, DC, opened in February 2019.[6]

The development is one of the largest 21st-century downtown projects in the United States,[7][8] and the largest urban development on the East Coast of the United States until the December 2012 groundbreaking of Manhattan's Hudson Yards.[3][9] It has been described as "a modern-day Rockefeller Center" by Hector Falconer at The New York Times.[7] The Washington Post architectural critic Steven Pearlstein, writing in 2003, said the project will "reshape" downtown D.C.[10]

The D.C. deputy mayor for economic development characterized the project in 2004 as "the capstone of an effort to move the center of energy from the Mall to downtown".[11] D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams said in 2005 it was "the crowning achievement in the rebirth of our downtown".[12] In 2007, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty called the development a "live, work and play environment unlike anywhere else in D.C."[13]

Metro Center and Gallery Place, two of the city's busiest Metro stations, are within three blocks of the development.[7]

  1. ^ "Center of Attention." Downtown Update. June 2008. Accessed 2011-08-27.
  2. ^ Echols, Tucker. "Archstone Executive Al Neely Dies." Washington Business Journal. September 21, 2010.
  3. ^ a b O'Connell, Jonathan. "CityCenter Project to Commence in April." Washington Post. October 22, 2010.
  4. ^ Irwin, Neil. "Seven Groups Vie for Downtown Project." Washington Post. December 12, 2002.
  5. ^ Nania, Rachel (June 25, 2015). "Your guide to CityCenterDC: Where to eat, shop and relax in D.C.'s new luxury neighborhood". WTOP News.
  6. ^ CitycenterDC.com. November 14, 2018. Accessed 2019-04-03.
  7. ^ a b c Pristin, Terry. "Blocks From the President, Developers Plan Big." New York Times. June 21, 2011. Accessed 2011-08-18.
  8. ^ Howell, Tom. "CityCenterDC a 'Piece of the Puzzle' Downtown." Washington Times. April 5, 2011.
  9. ^ SHEFTELL, JASON. "New York City officials, developers to break ground on $15 billion mini-city Hudson Yards - NY Daily News". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
  10. ^ Pearlstein, Steven. "A Bad Idea For Convention Center Site." Washington Post. September 26, 2003.
  11. ^ Russell, Virginia. "Former Convention Center to Be Capstone on Change." Roll Call. June 2, 2004.
  12. ^ "Council Approves Rebuilding Plan on Site of Old Convention Center." Associated Press. June 7, 2005.
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference OConnellAgree was invoked but never defined (see the help page).