The fate of one of the most iconic artworks in the nation’s capital has been officially resolved months after The Cultural Landscape Foundatio assured that its future would be set in stone. Artist Elyn Zimmerman’s massive granite Marabar installation has found a new home after.
Soaring Downtown Office Vacancies Pushing Developers Toward Apartment Conversions
The strategy of converting office buildings to residential has taken off in the suburbs and in some of D.C. s emerging submarkets, but it has been difficult for developers to make conversion projects work in the city s central business district.
That dynamic appears to be changing, some developers and experts say, as the elevated office vacancy in the downtown market makes conversion projects more appealing. Courtesy of Helen Kozak The Watermark apartment building, which Douglas converted from a former Coast Guard office building. We ve been asked to look at conversions in downtown more than we ever have, said Hickok Cole principal Laurence Caudle, an architect.