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Church Street, U Street + Reeves: A Look At The 14th Street Development Pipeline

by UrbanTurf Staff

Only a few large developments are still in the works along 14th Street, a corridor that defined DC’s development boom a decade ago. 

Today, UrbanTurf takes a look at the projects planned, delayed or under construction along and adjacent to the 14th Street Corridor. If we missed a big one along this route, shoot us an email at editor(at)urbanturf.com.

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Temperance Mews at U Street Metro

After securing all necessary approvals, Eastbanc and Jamestown listed the development site that sits at the Metro station at 13th and U Streets NW (map) for sale last year. The project, which was pitched back in 2022, never got started due to high construction costs.

The approved proposal included a 10-story building with 117-143 new residential units, retail, and 55-67 hotel rooms. There are also plans for 36 stacked duplex units along a “mews” greenspace in the public alley perpendicular to U Street.

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Apartments, A Plaza + Dave Chapelle

There hasn’t been much movement of late on plans to redevelop DC’s Reeves Center at 14th and U Streets NW. 

In 2023, MRP Realty, Capri Investment Group and CSG Urban Partners were chosen to redevelop the building into 108,000 square feet of new Class A office space for the NAACP and DC agencies, a 24,000 square foot plaza, 322 mixed-income apartments, and a 116-key hotel. The retail space will include a restaurant from Top Chef participant Carla Hall and a comedy club from Dave Chapelle.

A 17,000 public plaza would be named for Frederick Douglass, and the project will provide space for The Alvin Ailey School, the Viva School of Dance and the Washington Jazz Arts Institute. Michael Marshall Design is the project architect. 

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14 Church

A large new condo development is coming to a block in Logan Circle that helped start the development boom along 14th Street NW over 20 years ago. 

Holladay Corporation is set to deliver 14 Church, a 65-unit project at 1455-1457 Church Street NW (map), at the end of 2026. The six-story building, designed by Eric Colbert and Associates, will incorporate the façades of the two existing structures on the site along with the adjacent empty lots. The development will deliver a mix of one- and two-bedroom condos and building amenities include a roof deck, a bike room and underground parking. 

From Vacancies to Homes: New York’s Conversion Trend

The Wall Street Journal | New York is undergoing a significant wave of office-to-residential conversions, driven by high office vacancy rates after the pandemic, new zoning allowances, and new tax incentives.

Developers have already transformed about 2.8 million sq m of office space over the past two decades, but the pace has accelerated sharply since 2020. More than 25 new conversions—totalling around 820,000 sq m—are now in the pipeline, with Midtown emerging as the centre of activity as large 1980s and 1990s office buildings lose tenants and value.

Architectural firms are overcoming the deep, outdated floorplates of these towers by carving out notches for light and air, reconfiguring floors, and reorganising bathrooms and bedrooms to meet modern residential building codes.

A prominent example is the 35-storey tower at 750 Third Avenue, which is approximately 76,000 sq m, where developers removed more than 2,250 sq m across 11 floors to create a light-bringing notch, introduced a winter garden, and redesigned levels to fit apartments—38 on the sixth floor alone. Citywide, conversions have shifted dramatically toward Midtown, reflecting a structural transition as New York repurposes obsolete office stock into much-needed housing.