Howard University’s Bond Bread Redevelopment Project in DC Gets Key Green Light

Redevelopment of the 2.2-acre Bond Bread Factory / WRECO Garage site at Howard University in Washington, DC has received approval by the Historic Preservation Review Board, allowing the project to move forward with design and permitting.

A team consisting of The Menkiti Group, Fivesquares Development, and EDENS will create a 600,000-square foot, nine-story asset with 469 residential units, 180-room hotel, 50,100 square feet of retail, and a 19,800-square-foot open public courtyard.

The current design concept seeks to open up the site through various connections from W to V Street as well as a passageway through Georgia Avenue. The project design encourages and invites the local community to experience the robust programming and gather in the courtyard steeped in historical expressions of art, poetry and literature of the neighborhood.

The vision for the project is to enhance the cultural heritage and character of DC, the historic Shaw, Pleasant Plains and LeDroit park neighborhoods and Howard University.