Whole Foods Market Opens as Anchor Retail at The Parks at Walter Reed
More Retail, Housing Under Construction in Historic Upper Northwest Neighborhood
(Washington, DC - June 28, 2023) – The Parks at Walter Reed achieves a significant project milestone today with the opening of anchor retailer Whole Foods Market. Located on the ground floor of The Hartley, a 323-unit luxury apartment building, the long-awaited 47,000-square-foot store brings a grocery store to this upper Northwest DC community and leads a list of new dining and neighborhood-serving retailers coming to this historic 66-acre campus. These retailers include Chase Bank, Jinya Ramen Bar, Mezeh Mediterranean Grill, The Charmery, and Nailsaloon, as well as an array of cultural and arts programming drawing people from around the region. A grand opening event with Mayor Muriel Bowser, Councilmember Janeese Lewis George and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is scheduled for July 20, 2023.
“Whole Foods Market offers The Parks’ residents and surrounding neighbors an array of groceries and food options that this neighborhood has been craving. Located at The Parks Marketplace, the commercial center of the development, Whole Foods is the latest in a series of major milestones and represents a significant moment for this project. Leasing momentum is strong and more food and beverage and retail announcements are coming,” said Katie Wiacek, Managing Director at Hines.
Connected by 16 acres of green and open space, The Parks will ultimately feature 130,000 square feet of retail including the Whole Foods, over 2,200 units of townhomes, condos, and apartments (including 20% affordable units), as well as office, ambulatory care by Howard University, the foreign language immersion charter school DC International, a dog park, a playground, a DPR swimming pool, and a broad mix of recreation and arts uses. Currently 1,670 residential units are complete or under construction.
“The Parks at Walter Reed offers exciting options for people to live, no matter what stage of life they’re in, from for-sale townhomes, to luxury apartments and condominiums, to co-living and senior housing. This neighborhood is like no other place in the city, where everything you need is at your fingertips in the midst of a green oasis, with robust cultural activities and easy access to the rest of the city,” said Caroline Kenney, Managing Director, Private Public Ventures at Urban Atlantic..
Recently Completed Residential
Located in the commercial heart of The Parks, The Hartley’s 323 luxury apartments offer a wide array of amenities, including dual courtyards with a resort-style pool, cabana, grilling station and meditation garden, fully equipped fitness studio with yoga space and outside fitness area, penthouse entertainment area with a deck, on-site parking, and a co-working space with private meeting room.
Situated on one acre facing the Marketplace Plaza, Kite House, designed by Hickok Cole, will deliver 109 contemporary and stylish one-, two-, and three-bedroom condominium homes in July including nine affordable units and 11,000 square feet of retail. These condos feature concierge service, convenient coworking space, a modern fitness center, and an inspiring indoor-outdoor lounge.
Washington, D.C.’s largest purpose-built co-living building, Common Clover consists of 60 suites with 248 rooms. Managed by Common, the fully-furnished suites range from two to five private bedrooms each and feature beautifully designed living areas, high-end fully stocked kitchens, multiple bathrooms depending on suite size, and in-unit laundry. Common Clover also faces the Marketplace Plaza and features a sun-drenched second-story courtyard.
Under Construction
Aspen Square is a new townhome community on Aspen Street that consists of 50, 16-foot-wide townhomes averaging 2,300 square feet. Each townhome features high-end finishes and private rooftops and garages. All units include three bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms, with optional upgrades to add a bedroom/bathroom. Four of the townhomes will be affordable. Townhomes are constructed by NVHomes, one of the nation’s premier luxury home builders for over 40 years. Sales began earlier this year and the pace is strong.
Scheduled for delivery in the summer of 2024, The Reynard is a 344-unit multi-family apartment project that includes 11 live-work units on Georgia Avenue as well as maker space, podcast booths, and co-working pods.
Completed Projects
The Brooks features 89 elegantly appointed condominium residences.
The Vale offers 301 apartments around a bright interior courtyard and pool, along with 19,000 square feet of retail including Primrose School, a private preschool serving infants through five-year-olds.
Abrams Hall provides veterans and senior housing that includes 77 affordable veterans housing units, 80 affordable seniors housing units, 54 affordable assisted living units, and the offices for the nonprofit Housing Up.
Around the corner, the former Officer’s Club now provides housing for 39 formerly homeless seniors at Karin House, a So Others Might Eat (SOME) permanent housing facility.
DC International School is a Tier 1 public charter school providing immersion language and IB education for 1500 students.
About The Parks at Walter Reed
Developed by a partnership of Hines, Urban Atlantic and Triden Development Group, The Parks at Walter Reed is a 66-acre redevelopment of the historic former Walter Reed Army Medical Center. In addition to thousands of residential units, the campus boasts a dog park, Great Lawn, playground, and Whole Foods-anchored retail. At full build-out, The Parks will include 3.1 million square feet of mixed-use development and will feature adaptive reuse of existing historic buildings, new construction and over 20 acres of open space. The Parks is immediately adjacent to both the new Children’s National Medical Center Research and Innovation Campus, and the U.S. State Department’s new Foreign Mission Center. Visit https://theparksdc.com for more information.