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Malls · District of Columbia

Waterfront Mall

From the authors' mapRedevelopedRegreenedRetrofit builtWashington, DC

Redeveloped · Regreened in 2007. · from the fields below

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Finance and pipeline
On FacebookThis site: …https://www.facebook.com/1721344308096339 overture · all sites with this
Website dead or redirectingThis site: …https://www.lexandleowaterfront.com/ overture / http check · all sites with this
Place
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this
200+ tax-credit housing units within 1 kmThis site: 648 units in 1 properties hud-lihtc · all sites with this
3+ other atlas sites within 10 kmThis site: 28 within 10 km computed · all sites with this
30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent roadThis site: 147,295 on INTERSTATE 395 BN fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
Bike network nearbyThis site: 171 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this
County typical rent $2,000+This site: $2,484/mo zillow · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 2 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
High heat wave riskThis site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this
High inland flooding riskThis site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this
High-income tract ($100k+)This site: $100,194 census-acs · all sites with this
Interstate or freeway within 600 mThis site: INTERSTATE 395 BN fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
National Register place within 500 mThis site: Titanic Memorial; Law, Thomas, House nps-nrhp · all sites with this
Renter-majority tractThis site: 95% census-acs · all sites with this
Shrinking countyThis site: -1.8% census-acs · all sites with this
Strategy
RedevelopedThis site: Redevelopment: mixed use, restored street Partial regreening: green roofs arcgis-webmap · all sites with this
RegreenedThis site: Redevelopment: mixed use, restored street Partial regreening: green roofs arcgis-webmap · all sites with this
New use
Mixed useThis site: Redevelopment: mixed use, restored street Partial regreening: green roofs arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

DC, Washington: Waterfront Mall/ Waterfront Station, 2007
• Redevelopment: mixed use, restored street
• Partial regreening: green roofs

Now

StatusRetrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present)
StrategyRedeveloped · Regreenedauthors' map
What is there nowRedevelopment: mixed use, restored street Partial regreening: green roofsauthors' map
Retrofit year2007authors' map

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Waterfront Mall” and “Washington” (3 hits, first 3 sampled). No commercial-mortgage trust names this mall in the sample, which does not rule out a securitised loan. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.

KindFilerFilingsDatesForms
Public owner (weak)FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES INC22010-02-04 to 2011-04-058-K 2
Public owner (weak)BRESLER & REINER INC12005-01-21 to 2005-01-218-K 1

Site context

FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m34: AMIDON BOWEN; BANK OF AMERICA - SOUTHWEST - BAL; CHANNEL INN; CVS PHARMACY #10415; CVS PHARMACY #1348EPA FRS
Census tract 110010102012,946 people, 43,630 per sq mi; median household income $100,194; median gross rent $2,487; 95% renters; 14.5% vacant units; 30.5% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)6 of 6 daily needs: 2 grocers, 2 schools, 46 parks or playgrounds, 4 health, 12 civic, 58 food and drink; 171 cycleway segments, 392 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
National Register places within 500 m9: Titanic Memorial; Law, Thomas, House; Wheat Row; Duncanson-Cranch HouseNPS
Housing permits, Washington DC (DC), 20241,506 units in 5+ unit buildings, 85 in 2–4, 146 single-family; 2023: 2,779 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.28; socioeconomic 0.32; housing and transport 0.78; 7% below 150% of poverty; 49% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby28 within 10 km, 48 within 25 km: Center Market, Washington, D.C. (1.7 km); Old Post Office Pavilion (2.0 km); The Shops at National Place (2.4 km); Greenleaf Gardens (2.5 km); Kelly Miller Walk-Ups (2.5 km)computed
Overture Mapsplace Leo at Waterfront Station Apartments (historic_site, confidence 0.97, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 8,234 m², 35.3 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialwww.lexandleowaterfront.com (down or redirecting, status 403); archived 2020–2025 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Tract change 2013–2023tract boundary changed between the 2010 and 2020 census; no 2013 comparisonCensus ACS
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively moderate overall (score 80.6); expected annual loss $3.4M; high: inland flooding, heat wave; community resilience very highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km1 LIHTC properties, 648 units: Capitol Park Plaza (648 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 20231,653 establishments (-5%); 21,170 jobs (+4%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $567,289 (-1% 1 yr, -10% 5 yr); typical rent $2,484/mo (+1% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)147,295 vehicles a day on INTERSTATE 395 BN (Interstate, 6 lanes); 2,612 trucks; 40 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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  • retrofit already built
  • median rent $1,900

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History and original facts

Now called / also known asWaterfront Station
CountyDistrict of Columbia
Census division5 · South Atlantic

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Timeline

  1. 2007 Retrofit: redevelop, regreen

Sources

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