April 11, 2011
Qatari real estate investment the first of more to come
Qatar’s $700 million investment in Hines/Archstone’s CityCenterDC project is the first U.S. investment for the real estate unit of the Qatari Investment Authority and plants the tiny Persian Gulf nation’s maroon-and-white flag on an entire block in the center of D.C.
April 4, 2011
CityCenter 'last piece of the puzzle' for Downtown DC
During the groundbreaking Monday for CityCenterDC, the mega project that promises to transform the east end of downtown Washington, D.C. Councilman Jack Evans joked about meeting years ago with Bill Alsup of Houston-based Hines Interests LP, former Councilwoman Charlene Drew Jarvis, George Washington and Pierre L'Enfant.
April 4, 2011
Qatar fund starts CityCenter project with $700M investment
A $700 million investment by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund will jumpstart Hines/Archstone’s long-planned CityCenter project, the developer said Monday.
March 23, 2011
CityCenterDC groundbreaking April 4
CityCenterDC, a project nearly a decade in the making that promises to transform the east end of downtown Washington, will break ground April 4, a D.C. official said Tuesday.
February 25, 2011
Five projects that will transform Washington: CityCenterDC, by Hines Interests and Archstone
Just a few decades ago, the idea of creating a “living downtown” in Washington seemed improbable. Many in the city wanted the core to remain a 9-to-5 office zone without residents or night life. Only after a new zoning law narrowly passed in the 1980s — and ensured a critical mass of downtown housing — did pioneering projects begin to sprout.
October 21, 2010
New $950 million CityCenter DC complex on site of former convention center set for construction in April
Construction is slated to begin in April on six new buildings and a public plaza on the site of the District's former convention center, a project that city officials say could cost $950 million and be one of the largest active developments on the East Coast.
May 19, 2008
Hines-Archstone snags more of prime D.C. site
The District will lease the final parcel at the old convention center site to developers Hines and Archstone, which plan to build an upscale 400-room hotel and 100,000 square feet of additional retail space.
May 13, 2008
Downtown D.C. Project To Include Posh Hotel
Hines-Archstone announced plans yesterday to build a luxury hotel and high-end retail on prime downtown property where former mayor Anthony A. Williams had proposed constructing a new central public library.
December 18, 2007
Building D.C.'s New 'Heart and Soul'
Deal Reached For Mixed-Use Development at Site of Old Convention Center
December 18, 2007
Washington, D.C. Mayor Heralds Convention Center
D.C. officials yesterday announced an $850 million plan to redevelop the old Washington Convention Center site...
December 17, 2007
City Developers Agree on Financing Plan for Old Convention Site
D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty announced Monday the financial details of an agreement with Hines and Archstone-Smith for an $850 million development of the old convention center site.
November 5, 2007
Parcel Remains Unsold at Old Convention Center Site
Though plans are well under way for most of the redevelopment at the Old Convention Center site, there remains a 53,700-square-foot question: What will the city do with its parcel facing New York Avenue NW, the site once suggested as a future home for the city's central library?
September 4, 2007
Convention Center Work Slows
The redevelopment of one of the most valuable urban parcels in the country, D.C.'s Old Convention Center site, has slowed as the designs for a half dozen buildings to be clustered on the site idle in the District's development pipeline.
May 2, 2007
Old Convention Center Site to Host 700 Housing Units
Crowded around a miniature wooden model of what will be a soaring complex on the site of the old convention center, developers, architects and others at a recent meeting expressed enthusiasm for the plans.
April 6, 2007
Design Plans Set for Former D.C. Convention Center Site
Representatives of the development team for D.C.'s old convention center site said they planned to submit the schematic design, which outlines the design and heights of the proposed buildings, to city officials in the first week of April.
November 27, 2006
New Look at Old Convention Center
With Master Plan Approval, Design Begins
May 5, 2006
D.C. Sets New $1B Plan for Old Convention Center
Their mixed-use concept lays out nine buildings, housing 300,000 to 400,000 square feet of office space, about 770 apartments and condominiums, at least 275,000 square feet of retail and potentially a $180 million library...
November 6, 2003
Mayor Taps Builder for Convention Center Site - Washington Post
Massive Renewal Expected Downtown. D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D) plans to announce today that a group of developers led by Hines Interests L.P. has won the right to build a retail and residential complex on the site of the former...