The DC Metro Urban Diary (DC MUD) blog reports that there may be an announcement as early as next week on the Northwest One project.
Here is the first paragraph of the DC MUD article. You can click on the link to read the remaining paragraphs and comments.
Northwest One Announcement on the Horizon
[http://dcmud.blogspot.com/2009/10/northwest-one-announcement-on-horizon.html]
It appears that construction is imminent on the next phase of development at Northwest One, the ambitious, $700m mixed-income housing project in the bursting NoMa neighborhood. Developer William C. Smith & Co. has been collecting subcontractors and is expected to announce shortly a schedule for work at the vacant parking lot – formerly the Temple Court Apartments – at the intersection of North Capitol and M Streets.
Bates Area Civic Association 
This is great news!
Any idea what type of retail they are hoping to attract? I wish they were offering condos and not apartments. Any details on how the “mixed income” option will work?
I guess it’s good that things are moving forward, but I don’t want to end up with just a bunch more crappy generic chains which is all we have so far in this area surrounding the metro.
I believe that it would be too early in the development process to have retail identified.
Perhaps others can comment on the question regarding the mixed-income residential implementation.