Monday, June 30, 2014

SNEAK PEEK - WALKING THE FUTURE STREETS OF PIKE & ROSE (PHOTOS)

Are you ready to go inside Pike & Rose, the future Federal Realty development on the former site of Mid-Pike Plaza? Street signs have been erected, design touches are popping up all over, and even the future iPic Theatres is starting to look like its future self. There's even a facade tribute to a classic Washington, D.C. company.

Meanwhile, things seem to be on-track at the PerSei luxury apartments, where a last-minute management swap had some future tenants concerned. The new management is still providing the incentives promised by the former management, including membership at Sport & Health, and a Container Store $500 gift card, according to a source. First floor residents reportedly moved in as scheduled last Friday, and upper floors in the coming weeks, which is typical for a new building.
Corby Baking Co. was founded
in Washington, D.C. in 1890, and
was eventually acquired by
Continental Baking Company;
an interesting exterior tribute
to a local legend

Turn onto Persei Place

Note the finishing decorative touches on
the facade between the windows,
and at the bottom

Lens flare along Old Georgetown Road

Grand Park Avenue ahead
These decorative markers are popping
up all over the streets of Pike & Rose.
They feature the names of tenants
in the future development

Welcome to the PerSei apartments

Pike & Rose ampersand
door handles

Future iPic Theatres cineplex (R) and
Tanzy restaurant (L)
Pad site

PerSei apartments

Intersection of Grand Park Avenue
and Persei Place

Demolition of Bally's and the
remaining remnants of
Mid-Pike Plaza

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bob,
I enjoy the details going into this project.
It's giving character that should set it apart from soulless Ballston and bland Clarendon.

Robert Dyer said...

I do, too. It shows what a small addition can do to give character to a standard facade. I hope there will be other "easter eggs" like this scattered around the completed Pike & Rose. And that county planners will use this as one model for how redevelopment in the Westbard area could preserve some of the history of that area.

Anonymous said...

When are you moving in Robert?

Anonymous said...

the new management sucks at returning emails or phone calls to future tenant which is very concerning....

Anonymous said...

The new management team sucks at returning future tenants phone calls and emails. this is really a concern...