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The Collective Residents Outfit Students for School with Backpack Drive

Residents of WC Smith’s properties known as The Collective (Park Chelsea, Agora) joined forces this summer to equip students participating in WC Smith’s Building Bridges to a Better Life (BBBL) program with backpacks as they headed back to school this fall. According to Ashley Weatherly, events manager at The Collective, the residents contributed enough supplies […]

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Mayor Bowser Joins WC Smith for Skyland Town Center Topping Out

City officials, representatives of residential and retail developers, and community leaders and residents came together July 19 to celebrate the topping out of Phase 1 of Skyland Town Center, WC Smith’s new development in Southeast Washington, DC. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Ward 7 Councilmember Vincent Gray addressed an enthusiastic crowd of more than 100, touting

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Building Bridges Across the River Featured on News 4 Washington, DC

Senior staff from WC Smith’s partner, Building Bridges Across the River (BBAR)/THEARC were featured recently on NBC-4, WRC-TV, to discuss the opportunities they have created for opportunities for residents of Wards 7 and 8 to work, learn, and participate in the community. BBAR President Rahsaan G. Bernard, Kimberly Douglas, who directs the theater at THEARC,

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WC Smith Joins Iona Senior Services at Groundbreaking for Ward 8 Location

WC Smith in June participated in our partner Iona Senior Services’ groundbreaking of its new location in Southeast Washington, DC. WC Smith CEO Chris Smith joined Iona’s executive director Sally White, MS, Council members Vincent Gray and Trayon White and others to welcome Iona to the Shops at Park Village. By opening an Adult Day

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Southeast DC Archer Park Tax Credit Community

Archer Park Opening Brings 190 Affordable Units to Mississippi Ave SE

On Wednesday, November 15, 2017, Mayor Bowser and WC Smith will celebrate the opening of Archer Park, a new apartment community on Mississippi Ave in southeast DC, with 190 affordable units, a fitness center, club room and underground parking. Ten of the units have been designated permanent supportive housing for families moving out of homelessness.

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CVS Pharmacy Commits to Skyland Town Center

CVS Pharmacy Commits to Skyland Town Center

Washington, D.C. (February 22, 2017) – Today, the development team for Skyland Town Center in Ward 7 announced the closing of $58.5 million in foreign investment and the signing of a lease by CVS Pharmacy to remains at the developmen Skyland Town Center, the first town center development in Southeast DC, is an 18-acre mixed-use

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Sheridan Station is Finalist for ULI Global Awards for Excellence

Sheridan Station has been chose by the Urban Land Institute as one of the 26 best projects in the world. The prestigious Global Awards for Excellence finalists are chosen by an international jury made up of developers, planners, architects, lenders, and other real estate professionals. A full list of the finalists is available here. Sheridan

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Sheridan Station Wins ULI Washington Trends Award

On April 27, ULI Washington presented Sheridan Station with a Juror’s Choice Trends Award, to “recognize the project team’s passion and commitment to bringing high quality and environmentally sustainable affordable housing to our region.” The award was presented at the annual ULI Trends Conference at the Ronald Reagan Building.

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Brunswick House Tops Consumer Satisfaction List

WC Smith-managed Brunswick House at 1414 17th Street NW ranked 18 on the ORA power rankings – a national measure of resident consumer satisfaction – putting it in the top 1% of apartment buildings. Compiled by J Turner Research, the rankings measure the online reputation of residential properties. Located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood, Brunswick

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