The winner is…The Deputy Mayor’s Office for Economic Development today selected the Stanton/Eastbanc proposal as the winning bid among a winnowed list of three to develop the Hine Jr. High School site. Stanton Development is well known and well-entrenched on the Hill, and responsible for a significant amount of projects and new construction. Its emphasis […]
The Hill is Home learned today from Ron Joiner, chairman of the Friendship House Association, that historic Friendship House may have a new owner soon. A judge accepted the bid of Sonja Sweek, Hill resident and grandmother, and local Mom on the Hill, to purchase the historic home, Joiner said. Sweek bid $3.2M for the […]
Folks at the Deputy Mayor’s Office for Economic Development seem to be on track to pick a developer for the Hine Jr. High School site at 7th Street SE and Pennsylvania Avenue SE. “We expect to make a decision as soon as next week,” stated spokesman Sean Madigan. Just to refresh our August-saturated memories, the three […]
The National Leadership Campus was dropped as a Hine site bidder by the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, NLC member Paul Yandura confirmed. “We received the call yesterday. We knew we were up against professional for-profit developers and Hine was a longshot, but we decided to give it a shot […]
Councilman Tommy Wells tweeted today to expect a 30-45 day time frame for a selection for the Hine site developer once best and final offers from the bidding developers are processed. Wells’s estimates are based on his conversation with the Deputy Mayor’s staff, who ultimately control the clock and the timing of the final decision. […]