WASHINGTON, DC–It is here. The opening of phase one of the $2.3 billion mixed-use waterfront community known as The Wharf. The formal debut will be Thursday, October 12 but, of course, most in the local real estate community know exactly what it consists of and how it looks.
All together — across phase one and phase two — The Wharf will have 3.5 million square feet of residential, hotel, office, restaurant, retail and cultural space. There will be one-mile of waterfront with 24-acres of land and 50 acres of riparian rights in the historic Washington Channel
There will 1,190 residences, 818 keys in four hotels, 342,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space, 1.1 million square feet of Trophy and Class-A office space, a 6,000-person-capacity music venue, The Anthem, for live music and cultural events and 10 acres of parks and open spaces.
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Erika Morphy
Erika Morphy has been writing about commercial real estate at GlobeSt.com for more than ten years, covering the capital markets, the Mid-Atlantic region and national topics. She's a nerd so favorite examples of the former include accounting standards, Basel III and what Congress is brewing.
