This info is from Washington Business Journal reporter Michael Neibauer:
May 7, 2014, 10:35am EDT
Permits, the restaurant edition: Potbelly, Panda Express and Addis Ethiopian on the way
Michael Neibauer, Staff Reporter- Washington Business Journal
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213 Bates St. NW: Conversion from single family to a two-family flat, with a rear addition, a new third floor and excavation for a new basement.
1523 First St. NW: Another conversion to flat, with the installation of a roof deck.
Bates Area Civic Association 
Note that there is no permit for parking pad or driveway, let alone curb cut & cutting down the tree, on Bates behind the 1523 1st St NW address — contrary to insinuations by real estate agents.