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H Street corridor: A work in progress
Check out this video from The Washington Post, about the up and coming, H Street neighborhood. This video highlights the quirkiness of the neighborhood.
Read MoreH Street Revitalization
Check out this blog post from Amy Buff’s D.C., about the revitalization of H Street. According to Amy, “while there are still a fair share of locked storefronts, new bars and restaurants have planted their roots in the neighborhood. Plans are in place to renovate and fill the empty buildings.”
Read MoreWhy You Should Say 'Hello' to Strangers on the Street
Check out this blog post from the Atlantic Cities, on why we should say hi to strangers. According toTyler Falk, “the feeling of connectedness is one of the benefits of living in a city.” These neighborhoods are our home and where we want to thrive.
Read MoreInsight Property Group submits application for major H Street NE Project
The H Street NE boom continues, as a plan to redevelop a key block of the surging corridor into a 490,000-square-foot mixed-use project has hit the D.C. Zoning Commission. With the H Street/Benning Road streetcar line scheduled to launch in 2013, the development community is lining up to meet anticipated demand for housing and retail.…
Read MoreInsight Property Group moves to Ballston Corridor
Arlington-based developer Insight Property Group has relocated the firm’s offices to the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington, Citybizlist.com reports.
Read MoreKettler alumni make run on apartment sites as Insight Property Group
Richard Hausler and Michael Blum became veterans of apartment development at Kettler — the area’s largest multifamily housing builder — before starting their own firm following the 2008 economic collapse. Since then, they have not looked back — maybe because they have not had time. After founding Insight Property Group in the fall of 2009,…
Read MoreAnother big apartment buy on H Street
McLean-based Insight Property Group is the latest apartment developer to decide it needs to be on H Street Northeast, after it dropped H Street NE is getting another apartment building. (Amanda Voisard – The Washington Post) $10 million on Nov. 2 to buy the single-level Murry’s grocery store on the 600 block. Michael Blum, a…
Read MoreThree Start Ups Weather the Recession and Grow – Ready to Launch
On the path to prosperity, these three D.C. apartment executives prove that the entrepreneurial spirit behind a spin-off venture can fuel success. During the first week of January 2010, Jim Butz, CEO of McLean, Va. – based Jefferson Apartment Group (JAG), thought he’d just secured the landmark deal his upstart firm sorely needed. The Dumont…
Read MoreInsight has Silver Spring post office under contract
Insight Property Group LLC is setting its sights on an apartment project in Silver Spring, marking its first development outside of Virginia. McLean-based Insight, founded in 2009 by the head of Fraser Forbes Real Estate Services and two ex-Kettler Inc. executives, is under contract to buy 8616 Second Ave. from the U.S. Postal Service for…
Read MoreApartments slated for Huntington in Fairfax County
McLean-based Insight Property Group LLC plans to build a 200- to 300-unit apartment project within walking distance from the Huntington Metro station in Fairfax County.
Insight is under contract to buy a 4.5-acre parcel from a private individual and would start construction in mid-2012.
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