A towering edifice currently assessed at a value of approximately $25.5 million, the building represents one of the District's best and most important examples of Art Deco architecture. Yet it was this tumultuous period--which was marred by the Great Depression--that caused a halt to the building's development, leaving the Kennedy-Warren only two-thirds complete. Now, after a seven-decade delay, the apartment is finally on the road to full completion.

"It's an important building in the city, it's a landmark in Cleveland Park," Clark's Elizabeth Tuico tells GlobeSt.com. "We got started in August and we expect to reach substantial completion sometime in the summer of 2004." Other firms working on the project include engineering companies GHT Ltd., Thorton Thomasetti-Cutts, and Wiles Mensch Corp., as well as landscape architect Michael Bartlett. BF Saul Property also serves as the property's manager.