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City View Apartments Awarded LEED® Gold Certification

City View, a WC Smith residential project in Ward 8, has been certified as LEED® Gold by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), joining a small list of affordable housing properties in Washington to reach that level of recognition for their commitment to sustainable building practices. Of City View’s 58-units, 90% are affordable, including units […]

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Avec on H Residents Connect, Support DC Businesses with #AtHomeWithAvec Challenge

A strong sense community is a hallmark of a WC Smith property, but in times such as these, forming and maintaining connections for all has become a challenge. However, the staff and residents of Avec on H, WC Smith’s newest residential property, have uniquely created a way to build ties with each other and support

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Skyland Workforce Center Celebrates 5th Anniversary

The Skyland Workforce Center and its nonprofit partners celebrated five years of helping people get trained and placed in jobs. Many jobseekers face multiple challenges related to literacy, computer skills, work readiness, transportation, housing and other barriers to employment. The Center leverages the expertise of its six partners to provide high-quality workforce development programs in

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Starbucks, Chase Bank to Locate at Skyland Town Center

Starbucks and Chase Bank have agreed to open locations at Skyland Town Center, WC Smith’s mixed-use development situated at the intersection of Alabama Ave., Naylor Road and Good Hope Road in Southeast Washington. Starbucks, opening in late 2021, will be the first drive-thru café in the city. Chase Bank will also open in 2021. With

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District Officials Join WC Smith at Ribbon Cutting for City View Apartments

WC Smith held the ribbon cutting for its newest residential property,  the City View apartments, Dec. 3, welcoming DC Department of Housing and Community Development Deputy Director Drew Hubbard and DC Housing Agency Executive Director Tyrone Garrett to celebrate this class-A affordable housing development in Ward 8. City View Apartments is a 58-unit development adjacent

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WC Smith Celebrates 18th Property Management Awards

WC Smith held its 18th Annual Property Management Awards Nov. 5, recognizing staff members and properties for their outstanding performance and achievements. The WC Smith Excellence Awards were given to 17 employees across seven categories, including recognition for community and property management, maintenance, leasing, community and corporate administration and association management. The company celebrated veteran

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WC Smith team at MFE Awards 2019

WCS Awarded for Marketing and Community Service Programs

Washington, DC – October 4, 2019 – WC Smith was nationally recognized by Multifamily Executive Magazine on Oct. 3, receiving top awards in marketing/advertising and community service categories. Honored were WC Smith’s “What 2M Means 2Me” marketing campaign and the Building Bridges to a Better Life (BBBL) program. The awards were presented during the Multifamily

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Group of young participants of the SW Smith Employment Youth Program 2019 stand on stage posing in front of a large logo on a screen, wearing matching shirts, dreaming of one day leasing their own DC apartments. | DC Apartments by WC Smith

DC Political, Legal and Music Leaders Help Kick Off 27th Summer Youth Employment Program

Prominent guests from Washington’s political, music and legal worlds were on hand as WC Smith kicked off the 27th Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) at THEARC on June 24. Ward 7 Council Member Vincent Gray, DJ Akademiks from WPGC and Tiffany Wright, managing associate at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, gave keynote remarks, sharing lessons and

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