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PUBLIC SECTOR PARTNERS OFFICE OF THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERS CITY FIRST BANK OF DC F O R R E DC’S FUTU BOARD MEMBERS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Raj Aggarwal Christine Delucchi Gregory O’Dell President, Think Local First DC Principal + Practice Group Leader, Brand, President and CEO, Events DC Brian Kenner / Co-Chair Streetsense Deputy Mayor, Brian Argrett William Rich President & CEO, City First Bank of DC President, Delta Associates Office of Planning & Economic Daniel Duke Principal—Mid-Atlantic, Bohler Engineering Development Joseph Askew Jennifer Rudy Vice President, Government Relations, Brad Fennell Director, U.S. Office of Richard Lake / Co-Chair Verizon Senior Vice President, WC Smith Civic Innovation, Microsoft Managing Principal, Roadside Development Melinda Bolling Angie M. Gates Chase W. Rynd Director, Department of Consumer & Director, DC Office of Cable Television, Executive Director, Jennifer Eugene / Secretary Regulatory Affairs Film, Music & Entertainment National Building Museum Manager, Engineered Sales, Washington Gas Kristina Bouweiri Stan Jackson Tara Scanlon President & CEO, Reston Limousine President and CEO, Anacostia Partner, Holland & Knight Economic Development Corporation Timothy F. Veith / Treasurer Steven C. Boyle Olivia Shay-Byrne Executive Vice President, Managing Director, EDENS Norman Jemal Partner, K&L Gates United Bank Vice President, Jean-Luc Brami Michael Stevens Douglas Development Corporation Keith Sellars / President Vice President, Gelberg Signs President, Capitol Riverfront BID President & CEO, Kenneth Brewer Jay Klug Stephen C. Taylor Washington DC Economic Partnership Executive Vice President, JBG Smith Executive Director, H Street CDC Commissioner, DC Department of Karima Woods / Insurance, Securities & Banking Stacy Burnette Lisa Mallory CEO, DC Building Industry Association DMPED Representative Senior Director, Government & Archana Vemulapalli Director of Business Regulatory Affairs, Comcast Cable Derrick Mashore Chief Technology Officer, Office of Development & Strategy, Senior Vice President, CBRE the Chief Technology Officer Office of the Deputy Mayor for Brunson Cooper Planning & Economic Development Managing Director, Corenic Omar McIntosh Mitch Weintraub Senior Vice President, Smoot Construction Partner, Cordia Partners Adam Davis Donna M. Cooper Vice President of Development, Region President, Pepco Robin Mosle -TKUVK9JKVƂGNF Managing Partner, Of Place Director, Department of Small & Foulger-Pratt Development Timothy J. 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Please visit our website at www.cbre.us THE DC DEVELOPMENT REPORT The DC Development Report is a summary of the major projects is constantly being updated, for the purposes of development and construction projects in the District this publication all data reflects project status, design, and of Columbia. WDCEP tracks major development/ information as of August 2017. construction projects throughout the year and performs an annual “development census” in the month of August. Although every attempt was made to ensure the quality of This research and outreach receives contributions from the information contained in this document, WDCEP and more than 100 developers, architects, contractors, and CBRE makes no warranty or guarantee as to its accuracy, economic development organizations and results in completeness, or usefulness for any given purpose. updates to more than 400 projects. While our database of DEVELOPMENT OVERVIEW 4 ECONOMIC OVERVIEW 8 DEVELOPMENT OVERVIEW 10 MOST ACTIVE DEVELOPERS, ARCHITECTS & CONTRACTORS DEVELOPMENT SECTOR 15 OFFICE 29 RETAIL 43 RESIDENTIAL 57 HOSPITALITY 69 QUALITY OF LIFE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT 80 ADAMS MORGAN 82 ANACOSTIA 84 CAPITOL RIVERFRONT / SOUTHWEST WATERFRONT 86 MINNESOTA & BENNING 88 MT. VERNON TRIANGLE / NOMA / UNION MARKET APPENDIX 92 METHODOLOGY 93 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS DEVELOPMENT OVER VIEW ECONOMIC OVERVIEW DEVELOPMENT OVERVIEW MOST ACTIVE ECONOMIC OVERVIEW By: Wei Xie, Regional Research Manager, CBRE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH The overall economy in the District of Columbia remains in a (5.3%) surpassed that of the public sector (3.6%), a trend that healthy, expansionary mode, having grown 4.7% over the year has been consistent since 2011. Continued rise in private- between 2015 and 2016—far outpacing the national average rate industry activity will help further diversify and balance the city’s of 2.8% for the same period. Growth in the private industries economy, making it less dependent on the government sector. DC GDP YEAR-OVER-YEAR GROWTH RATE 10.0% 8.0% 6.0% 4.0% 2.0% 0.0% -2.0% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Overall Private Public Source: CBRE, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; October 2017. 4 © 2017 Washington DC Economic Partnership ECONOMIC OVERVIEW LABOR MARKET OVERVIEW DC posted modest employment gains in September 2017, years outpaced its suburban counterparts. While DC accounts adding 5,500 nonfarm jobs over the year, or an increase of for 24% of the total employment, it contributed 26% of the new 0.7%. Mirroring trends in the GDP stats, employment growth jobs. In comparison, Northern Virginia and Suburban Maryland was concentrated in the private sector. Although government contributed 74% of the job growth, while making up 76% of the employment accounts for 30% of the total labor pool, it did not labor pool. DC employment grew 7.3% between September 2012 contribute any growth, instead shedding 100 jobs over the year. and September 2017, higher than the 6.6% growth posted by the suburban markets over the same period. Relative to their respective share of the total labor market within the greater metro region, DC’s job growth over the past five TOTAL JOBS FIVE-YEAR JOB GROWTH (IN THOUSANDS) (IN THOUSANDS, 9/2012–9/2017) 789.5 53.4 1,021.6 69.3 1,456.5 83.3 DC Northern VA Suburban MD Source: CBRE, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; September 2017. Unemployment rate in DC ended September at 6.5%.1 While The labor force among DC residents continues to expand and this was significantly down from the historical high of 10.5% totaled 401,800 in September 2017—a 24% growth from the 2007 recorded in 2011, it compares unfavorably to the same time last level. Labor force participation rate was at 69.7%, higher than the year (5.9%) and a recent low of 5.8% in March 2017. national average of 63.1%. 1. Bureau of Labor Statistics (9/2017, preliminary seasonally adjusted) DC Development Report • 2017 / 2018 Edition 5 ECONOMIC OVERVIEW LABOR MARKET TRENDS BY SECTOR Federal Government Education Services The federal government remains the largest employer in DC, The education sector is a major contributor