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An All-Affordable Proposal for Florida and Q
by Lark Turner
Mi Casa has submitted an all-affordable residential proposal for a parcel at Florida Avenue and Q Street NW (map). The proposal is one of at least three vying for the coveted city property owned by the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD).
The seven-lot parcel is just off North Capitol Street near NoMa, Truxton Circle and Bloomingdale. Developer Maedwell and a third company, Evergreen Urban, have also submitted bids on the site.
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Here is the one comment posted to date at Urban Turf:
- skidrowedc@gmail.com said at 6:51 pm on Monday November 24, 2014:
Bates Area Civic Association 
Snaps to Mi Casa for pushing affordable housing. Snaps to the architect for showing the louvers of the through-wall HVAC units- so many designers fail to indicate these elements, which are so often ruinous to a facade. The architect also picked up on a basic of the context—the bay windows, and zoning keeps the basic size/height in line.
But eyond that—Acck! This is horrible! There are some buildings which turn out better than their computer renderings, but that’s the exception to the rule—and usually means that high-budget materials/detailing rescued a crummy design. Hard to believe that would happen in this circumstance. Subsidized developments usually look worse than the renderings, since they face more rounds of more punishing budget cuts than market-rate developments. Based on these renderings, that’s a scary thought.