WASHINGTON, D.C. — Balfour Beatty has been awarded a $196 million contract to build the North Block phase of Property Group Partners’ Capitol Crossing development in Washington, D.C.
The North Block phase will include the construction of two 12-story, mixed-use office buildings totaling 960,000 square feet that will be connected by a glass connector bridge.
Capitol Crossing is a 2.2 million-square-foot project that will span three blocks and seven acres once complete. The project will include 70,000 square feet of retail space, garden promenades, 1,100 parking spaces, a fitness center and 440 bicycle spaces. The average floor plate at Capitol Crossing will be 30,000 square feet.
“Property Group Partners has a strong belief in reimagining cityscapes and revitalizing neighborhoods through sustainable building and innovative engineering,” says Leon Blondin, president of Balfour Beatty’s Mid-Atlantic division. “We’re honored to be their construction partner in building this truly historic development in the downtown core that will reconnect long-divided Capitol Hill to the East End. Having already managed the preconstruction, utility relocation and platform construction phases, it’s very gratifying to continue our work to take this project vertical and deliver its first two mixed-use buildings.”
Work is scheduled to first begin on the building located at 200 Massachusetts Ave. N.W., which will include 25,000 square feet of ground-level retail and 410,000 square feet of mixed-use space. Construction of the second building at 250 Massachusetts Ave. N.W. will follow shortly thereafter.
Property Group Partners is seeking LEED Platinum certification for Capitol Crossing, which will include sustainable features such as eco-chimneys made of large plants to filter garage exhaust, rooftop green areas, water recapture systems and a cogeneration plant to generate electricity and heat at the same time.
Property Group Partners, formerly Louis Dreyfus Property Group, develops, acquires and manages first-class office buildings in North America and Europe.
London-based Balfour Beatty is a general contracting and infrastructure group that finances, develops, builds and maintains social and commercial buildings, power and utility systems and transportation.
— Christina Cannon