Masterplans
Trinity University Campus Master Plan is tasked with planning for the long-term growth of the District of Columbia, to help ensure it reflects our values of an inclusive and vibrant city. We help the District work toward a positive future in which all District residents can thrive, regardless of income, race, age, or background. OP guides development in the District of Columbia’s distinctive neighborhoods by engaging stakeholders and residents, performing research and analysis, serving as the steward of our historic resources, and publishing various planning documents, including the Comprehensive Plan.
The 25-acre former McMillan Reservoir Sand Filtration Site, located at North Capitol Street and Michigan Avenue, NW, is to be redeveloped into a mixed-use project that shall include historic preservation, open space, residential, retail, office, and hotel uses. The goal is to create an architecturally distinct, vibrant, mixed-use development that provides housing, employment, retail, cultural, and recreational opportunities for District residents.
The new development, will eventually include: 8 acres of park space; 17,000 square-foot community center with a pool; a full-service grocery store; restaurants and retail; 146 for-sale townhomes; 467 rental apartments; and over one million square feet of healthcare facility space. The District investment will also preserve all four regulator houses, 20 sand silos, sand bins, and two underground filter beds.
The 2020 Campus Master Plan identified nine capital projects as critical for Howard University to achieve its academic, research, and student life priorities over the next decade. The nine Capital Projects deemed by the University as needed include: Intercollegiate Athletic Center, Center for Arts and Communications, Howard University Union, Health Sciences Complex, STEM Center, Apartment-Style Residences, Medical Office Building, Howard University Hospital and Fusion Building.
The proposed central campus total land area within the HU boundary remains approximately 86 acres, with 58 buildings that combined equal 8.5 million square feet, resulting in a current Floor Area Ratio of 2.17 for the Central Campus.
As the 2020 Campus Plan is implemented, Howard University will continue to work with the DC Historic Preservation Office to identify, evaluate, and rehabilitate historic resources on the campus.
The Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH) in Washington, DC submitted for Commission review and approval a second amendment to its campus master plan, which was approved by the Commission in July 2008 and initially amended in 2018.
AFRH maintains a 272-acre campus with more than 100 buildings and ancillary structures, which provide residences and related services for approximately 600 eligible retired and former members of the Armed Forces.
The original master plan for the campus was approved in 2008 for a total of 4.3 million square feet of development. The master plan was amended in 2018 to include the decommissioned boiler plant in Zone A, increasing the square footage by 36,000 and changing the Zone A boundary.
The 2022 proposed master plan amendment largely focusses on changes to Zone A including an overall increase in density of 500,000 square feet to a total of 4.9 million, minor changes to the street layout to maintain key views and create better access, changes to the residential types to include townhouses, an improved terminus of Scale Gate at the Forwood building and the Mess Hall, a decrease in the overall parking onsite and changes to the type of parking.
The Commission required the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop a master plan and a Transportation Management Plan for the Veterans Affair Medical Center prior to submitting any other future projects. Therefore, the department submitted a final master plan which included a transportation management plan and the Commission approved it at the May 3, 2010 meeting. The Domiciliary was included in the master plan.
The Department proposed a 38,000-square-foot, three-story Domiciliary on the Veterans Affairs Medical Center campus in Northwest Washington, DC . This building is a 77-bed residential home for transitioning homeless veterans. A work therapy program and a medical clinic are also included in the building program.
The 2012 Catholic University of America Campus Master Plan was developed as a facilities plan to support and respond to Strategic Plan priorities. The projected institutional facilities needed for the next 10 years and beyond to support academic, co-curricular, spiritual, residential, dining, athletic, recreational and essential support services, as guided by strategic decisions, were fundamental in developing the plan. The term facilities, is used to represent the variety of campus buildings, land, and environmental features, rather than limiting it to total buildings or additions. Replacement facilities for programs include practical reuses and relocation using existing facilities whenever appropriate.
The Master Plan proposes a long-term blueprint for the campus that is intended to create a cohesive setting. In order to support this ambitious vision, it is recommended that several buildings be razed. Given that the Master Plan is a 15-year road map, building demolitions have been separated into three categories: near-term building demolitions, framework plan building demolitions, and other potential building demolitions.