Website Launched for 301 M Street Apartments

A website has launched for 301 M Street apartments, a project currently under construction adjacent to Waterfront Tower condos at Town Center East. Unit features include wood floors, energy efficient appliances and fixtures, large closets, and floor-to-ceiling glass windows. Project amenities include concierge services, cyber café, community dining room with professional grade appliances and gas stove, roof lounge with a sundeck, lounge chairs, rooftop misters, bike storage and repair workroom, and pet-friendly features such as a dog run and dog wash. There will be space on the ground floor for retail.The 187-unit apartment developed by The Bernstein Companies started construction last spring and is scheduled to be completed next year. 

Renderings courtesy of Maurice Walters Architects

301 M Street Starting Construction in Short Order

The Bernstein Companies is gearing up for construction to begin in the coming weeks at 301 M Street, one of three new residential buildings planned on a stretch of M Street from 6th Street to Delaware Avenue which are expected to start this year. Plans call for about 190 apartment units in an 11-story building with some ground floor retail. This new building at Town Center East will be constructed on what is currently the parking lot for Waterfront Tower condos. In fact, the parking lot has already been emptied and a construction fence will soon be placed around it. Before construction can begin, a fence will be built on the west side of the property to give residents of Waterfront Tower a temporary access point to the property, since the current entrance on the south side will be blocked off due to construction activity. 

Construction of the first new building at Town Center East will be followed with a second building. Two years after 301 M Street receives its certificate of occupancy, construction can begin on the mirror image building planned for the K Street parking lot used by 1001 @ Waterfront apartments as well as renovations to 1001 @ Waterfront. In addition to 301 M Street, construction should also start soon at the St. Matthew’s redevelopment, located at M Street and Delaware Avenue, as well as The View at 6th and M streets, which is expected to begin in June.

The View

St. Matthew's

Renderings courtesy of Maurice Walters Architect, PC, Shalom Baranes Associates, and SK&I Architecture

Waterfront Tower Condos Begin Marketing

This afternoon I noticed a large banner being erected on the (formerly known as) Town Center Apartments on the corner of 3rd & M Street. Southwest now has a second condominium conversion project and it's called Waterfront Tower...it even has a blog. The Bernstein Companies and Peak Development, along with the former tenants of Town Center, have converted the 1960s-era building into condos, with prices starting in the low $200s for studios up to two bedroom units starting in the low $300s. The Mayhood Company is marketing the project and Abdo Development is the general contractor. This is the last building in the four-building complex surrounding Waterfront Station to be renovated. Last year, Bernstein renovated 1001 at Waterfront as apartments and Fairfield Residential also renovated Marina View Apartments, now called The View at Waterfront, which is on the west side of Waterfront Station. According to the website, interior features include Caesarstone countertops, breakfast bars, CleenSteel appliances, Mecho Roller shades for all windows, hardwood floors and carpet. Project amenities at Waterfront Tower include a fitness center, entertainment lounge with kitchen area, a courtyard/BBQ area, security cameras, front desk attendant, bike storage, and parking. Once I get more details about the project, I'll let you know. Above is a photo of workers putting up the new sign on the building.

This sign was posted in the parking lot near the front of Waterfront Tower.