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Ninth Street façade of 880 P Street, NW.
who led the master plan. “You can put modern and old together, (AMI), with the other 72 for those at or below 60 percent AMI—
and there’s a synergy you get when you do that that’s more the other three market-rate towers, including 880 P Street, have no
powerful than just recreating the old.” such restrictions.
The 880 P Street project occupies the L-shaped northwest The 880 P Street building and its two sibling apartment
corner of the site, and completes the second phase of the overall complexes aim squarely at a higher-income demographic, with
City Market at O master plan, which was also designed by SBA. one-bedroom units starting upwards of $2,400 per month (rents at
The site development restores the 8th Street right-of-way that had the Hodge, by contrast, are $964 to $1,169). Billed as luxury living,
been eliminated in the mid-1970s, realigning it with the L’Enfant the units themselves are compact, but outfitted with finishes such as
Plan, and resurrects the O Street Market with the insertion of the
Giant within its shell (the building was added to the National Project: City Market at O/Phase Two West Apartments,
Register of Historic Places in 1995).
880 P Street, NW, Washington, DC
Phase one of the project also included the Hodge—an apartment
tower of 90 affordable units aimed at seniors, to fulfill requirements Architects: Shalom Baranes Associates
of Washington’s inclusionary zoning laws—as well as two, 10-story Landscape Architects: LEA | SIRI
market-rate condominium towers and the 182-room Cambria Interior Designers: Cecconi Simone
Structural Engineers: TCE & Associates
Hotel at the southwest corner of the site. While residents of the
MEP Engineers: Girard Engineering
Hodge must meet income thresholds—18 units are set aside for Civil Engineers: Wiles Mensch Corporation
people who earn less than 50 percent of area median income Contractor: Clark Construction Group

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