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Ballpark-area developments in 2012

With the demolition of more than 160 buildings and the arrival of Nationals Park, the area by the Washington Navy Yard is poised for new development in the coming year.

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The six-acre site along the Anacostia River that's been in development since forever picked up financial backer MRP Realty Partners in 2011, and made plans to start with a residential building on the site's east end in 2013. In the meantime, the concrete plant itself was demolished in late 2011, taking away what most people considered to be an eyesore when looking toward the river from Nationals Park.

/ Jacqueline Dupree / JDLand.com

On Nov. 22, representatives from the city, D.C. Water, Forest City Washington and other organizations cut the ribbon on a 627-foot-long bridge connecting the Yards Park with Diamond Teague Park (and, by extension, Nationals Park). Built in the same style as the Yards Park's boardwalk, this bridge adds to the footprint of the ever-growing Anacostia Riverwalk Trail.

On Nov. 22, representatives from the city, D.C. Water, Forest City Washington and other organizations cut the ribbon on a 627-foot-long bridge connecting the Yards Park with Diamond Teague Park (and, by extension, Nationals Park). Built in the same style as the Yards Park's boardwalk, this bridge adds to the footprint of the ever-growing Anacostia Riverwalk Trail.

/ Jacqueline Dupree / JDLand.com

After demolishing the forlorn townhouse that had stood on this site as the Star Market liquor store in the neighborhood's shady past, the owner constructed this new building and changed course from alcohol sales, opening the Lot 38 Espresso coffee bar and sandwich shop just before Christmas.

After demolishing the forlorn townhouse that had stood on this site as the Star Market liquor store in the neighborhood's shady past, the owner constructed this new building and changed course from alcohol sales, opening the Lot 38 Espresso coffee bar and sandwich shop just before Christmas.

/ Jacqueline Dupree / JDLand.com

A World War I-era building used by the Navy Yard for weapons manufacturing has been transformed into the 160-unit Foundry Lofts apartment building, which welcomed its first tenants in late November two blocks east of Nationals Park at 3rd and Tingey streets, SE, in The Yards. A Potbelly Sandwich Works and Kubra Thai and Sushi are both expected to open in ground-floor retail spaces this spring.

A World War I-era building used by the Navy Yard for weapons manufacturing has been transformed into the 160-unit Foundry Lofts apartment building, which welcomed its first tenants in late November two blocks east of Nationals Park at 3rd and Tingey streets, SE, in The Yards. A Potbelly Sandwich Works and Kubra Thai and Sushi are both expected to open in ground-floor retail spaces this spring.

/ Jacqueline Dupree / JDLand.com

Seven years after demolitions began and three years after construction started, the mixed-income townhouse development by EYA and the D.C. Housing Authority to replace the Capper/Carrollsburg public housing complex is nearing the finish line, with work now underway on the final blocks. All told, CQ will include about 120 market-rate and 91 workforce-rate townhomes, 23 Section 8 units and 88 subsidized rental units -- but it has already transformed a downtrodden, crime-ridden area into an entirely new community.

Seven years after demolitions began and three years after construction started, the mixed-income townhouse development by EYA and the D.C. Housing Authority to replace the Capper/Carrollsburg public housing complex is nearing the finish line, with work now underway on the final blocks. All told, CQ will include about 120 market-rate and 91 workforce-rate townhomes, 23 Section 8 units and 88 subsidized rental units -- but it has already transformed a downtrodden, crime-ridden area into an entirely new community.

/ Jacqueline Dupree / JDLand.com

One of Near Southeast's longest-planned projects, Canal Park is at last expected to open in late spring/early summer. The three-block park along 2nd Street SE between I and M will have all manner of 'active' and 'passive' spaces, including a water fountain that will become an ice rink in winter and the Park Tavern cafe in the large boxy pavilion space on the south block. It will be another public-space draw for the neighborhood, alongside its sibling the Yards Park.

One of Near Southeast's longest-planned projects, Canal Park is at last expected to open in late spring/early summer. The three-block park along 2nd Street SE between I and M will have all manner of "active" and "passive" spaces, including a water fountain that will become an ice rink in winter and the Park Tavern cafe in the large boxy pavilion space on the south block. It will be another public-space draw for the neighborhood, alongside its sibling the Yards Park.

/ Courtesy of Canal Park Development Association

The showiest of The Yards's adaptive reuse projects at last got underway in 2011, with construction to update the 1919 industrial building preceded by the splashy announcements of six restaurants, starting in fall 2012: Buzz Bakery, Austin Grill Express, BRB ('be right burger'), Huey's 24-7 Diner, an unnamed craft brewery from the Birch and Barley folks, and sports bar Willie's Brew and Cue from Xavier Cervera. Residents, office workers and Nats fans are already tapping their toes impatiently.

The showiest of The Yards's adaptive reuse projects at last got underway in 2011, with construction to update the 1919 industrial building preceded by the splashy announcements of six restaurants, starting in fall 2012: Buzz Bakery, Austin Grill Express, BRB ("be right burger"), Huey's 24-7 Diner, an unnamed craft brewery from the Birch and Barley folks, and sports bar Willie's Brew and Cue from Xavier Cervera. Residents, office workers and Nats fans are already tapping their toes impatiently.

/ Jacqueline Dupree / JDLand.com

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