After years of conflict over design issues in the neighborhood, residents are getting ready to move into the new modern high-rise apartments at 5333 Connecticut Ave. NW in the District’s Friendship Heights neighborhood. Developed and owned by Calvin Cafritz Enterprises, the 261-unit apartment building includes a glass canopy entrance designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, one...
Dean Cottrill is president of the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Mid-Atlantic region. There’s no doubt that one of the hottest areas in the District right now is the Southwest quadrant. Development in the area is absolutely booming, with major efforts like The Wharf — a 24-acre, $2 billion mixed-use project — leading the way. Just...
Jon Coile, chairman of Rockville-based multiple-listing service MRIS, writes occasional commentary on the Washington area housing market. You often hear the buzzword “walkability” as a factor in home buying. While this isn’t a universal requirement for buyers, there is definitely a growing subset of the home-buying population interested in this factor, perhaps fueled by people...
What if you want to buy a home that has an apartment, and the owner of the home gave a life estate to a person to live in that apartment and that person lives there? If I buy the house, I will need that apartment for my wife’s sister. Will the man in the apartment...