How can land owners best coordinate to leverage a metro station and build a mixed-income community at the site of an auto-oriented commercial district?
Land owners in Friendship Heights have formed a unique cross-jurisdictional alliance to create a vibrant new transit-oriented neighborhood. Long ago designated as a development site of regional significance, Friendship Heights languished as a auto-oriented retail destination best characterized by parking lots. A new development vision raises the bar and encourages the surrounding community and local jurisdictions to reposition Friendship Heights as an inclusive mixed-use community which is far greater than the sum of its parts.
Services included stakeholder engagement, site analysis, urban planning, urban design. Client: Friendship Heights Alliance, 2024-2025. Collaborator: ZGF.