Thursday, August 27, 2015

Harris Teeter signs non-binding Letter of Intent for Parcel 4 of McMillan


From: 5E06@anc.dc.gov
Subject: Fwd: McMillan - Parcel 4 Update
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 13:50:01 +0000

Scott,

Here’s the latest news regarding the grocery store. Please share with the community.

Best,

Teri Janine Quinn
Chair, ANC 5E06

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From: Anthony Startt <ajs@jairlynch.com>
Subject: McMillan - Parcel 4 Update
Date: August 27, 2015 at 9:42:26 AM EDT
To: "Dianne Barnes (5E09@anc.dc.gov)" , "Teri Janine Quinn (5E06@anc.dc.gov)" 
Cc: Jair Lynch <jkl@jairlynch.com>, "Stucker, Gilles (EOM)" <gilles.stucker@dc.gov>

Commissioners Barnes and Quinn,
Jair asked that I forward the attached letter regarding recent discussions that you have had on the status of grocery leasing on Parcel 4 of McMillan and the forthcoming modifications to the PUD approval.
Feel free to contact me with any questions. 
Thanks, 
Anthony J. Startt | Investment Manager
Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners
1508 U Street NW  Washington, DC 20009
202.462.1092 ext.025| ajs@jairlynch.com
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2 comments:

  1. Glad to see tangible progress toward a grocery store there- and HT is a good one among those. I will feel better when we go from non binding to binding. :)

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  2. Grocery stores belong on the grid, not in historic greenspace. Condos don't belong in an Olmsted designed park. VMP receives biggest corporate welfare abuse. The last 25 acres of open space in DC. Biggest land ripoff since Manhattan. 20,000 auto tips daily, added to the existing 30,000 on N. Capitol where worst air pollution levels measured in DC.

    Multi Billion Dollar Developers EYA, Jair Lynch and Trammel Crow comprise Vision McMillan Partners, used "fake" grass roots PR campaign, Jaimie Fontaine, to "neutralize opposition", provide "cover" to elected officials, have been given 25 acre McMillan Park.
    The development will add 20,000 additional auto trips per day on N. Capitol and Michigan Ave. They plan 3000 asphalt parking spaces. They are negotiating with Harris Teeter, and I wonder if an ethical food chain
    cares how their store space was developed?

    The VMP plan requires the destruction of a historic and architectural treasure -- aspects that other cities worldwide are turning into award-winning destination sites;
    The VMP design does not incorporate earth-friendly elements; instead it destroys a 25-acre greenroof, and replaces it with mostly impermeable surfaces;
    The VMP plan, with ten-story buildings, obliterates view scapes, casts dark shadows, and dwarfs the surrounding residences;
    The VMP plan will add thousands of car trips per day, creating untenable congestion and further polluting the air;
    The VMP plan removes the opportunity for a large public green space for play, introspection and regeneration, which is sorely needed in that sector;
    A growing body of study shows that green space, play, nature and clean air result in a healthier population -- and contribute to a reduction in crime;
    Trees eat carbon dioxide; trees clean our air;
    You, like the Mayor, dismiss the over 7,500 hand written petitions which seek to stop VMP and open the site for a design competition.

    By any rational analysis, the destruction of an iconic site in favor of the dense, soulless development proposed by the VMP plan is a travesty that flies in the face of "smarter growth".

    Please support: establishing a public conservancy to be privately funded; undertake a global design/ideas competition; get a competitive bid for the site development; and, TAKE DOWN THE FENCE.

    Join www.friendsofmcmillanpark.org

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