Andrew Kohn

http://www.metrodcliving.com/2009/06/dc-housing-and-transportation-calculator.html

"Over at the Urban Land Institute, they have a housing and transportation calculator, a neat tool to help you calculate the combined housing and transportation costs in Washington DC region..."

http://dcmud.blogspot.com/2009/06/canal-parc-seeks-pud-approval-in-july.html

“[Right now], we’re trying to get the PUD. When we get the PUD, we’ll move ahead. Right now, we’re still working on the entitlements,” he said. “There’s been action, but the Zoning Commission hasn’t voted on it yet…We’re hoping that at the hearing in July they’ll take the vote. We’ve also been working with the neighborhood and trying to resolve some issues.”

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/housingcomplex/2009/06/19/housing-report-price-drops-in-dc-area-among-worst-in-the-country/

"The Brookings Institution released a report this week examining how the top 100 American metropolitan areas have fared through the economic downturn of the last year. Washington D.C.’s home prices have dropped 8.8 percent in the last year, placing it 77th in the rankings—in other words, really low..."

http://dcmud.blogspot.com/2009/05/shovel-ready-in-2010-citycenter.html

"With the economy slowing real estate development (just a touch), developers are finding themselves on the defensive about projects in the planning stage. A skeptical public might think it a case of protesting too much, but promoters seem compelled to assuage public doubt while struggling to convince once-bitten investors. Case in point, the rumor mill was rife recently with reports thatArchstone and HinesInterests’ redevelopment of the old Convention Center site surrounding10^th and I Streets, NW – the important and hugely visible CityCenter – was being taken off the table.Not so, says Ken Miller, aSenior Vice President atArchstone. In fact, despite issues with financing and retail partnering, according to Miller, DC might just be seeing the project sooner than cynics expect..."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124458850503399823.html

"At least there's one place in America that's wearing like Teflon through the recession: Washington, D.C. Most corners of the economy may be struggling, but in the nation's capital it's boom times, baby..."