Onyx

Groundbreaking ceremony on Nov. 11th

Address: 1100 First Street SE, Washington DC 20003

Onyx on First is part of a master planned development that will include a 13-story office building next to the project. The office component will be separately developed by Opus.

Not yet selling, not even a number to an office yet, expected to start late 2008.

Faison, a developer with a big stake in the DC condo market (see Whitman & 1010 Mass) will partner with Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund (of Magic Johnson), a major fund for urban redevelopment projects, to build a 14-story residential tower at First & L Sts. Construction began in November 2006. The project, called Onyx on First, will develop 266 condos over a four-level underground parking garage with approximately 210 parking spaces, with a striking glass exterior. Completion is projected for late 2008. The majority of units, designed to attract entry-level professionals, will be small, ranging from the high $200k's to the high $300k's with an average size of 725 s.f. Residents will have a public courtyard, game room and pool. The name "Onyx on First" is a play on the street and the nearby baseball stadium, in case anyone missed that, and 1 block from Metro. Designed by Esocoff & Ass. Sales by McWilliams Ballard began in 2006. Website gives no info about what the project will be.