{"id":1004052541,"date":"2011-10-21T20:43:53","date_gmt":"2011-10-22T04:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/?p=21563"},"modified":"2022-12-08T21:29:43","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T05:29:43","slug":"new-housing-complex-for-d-c-homeless-bethesda-property-wins-leed-silver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/new-housing-complex-for-d-c-homeless-bethesda-property-wins-leed-silver\/","title":{"rendered":"New Housing Complex for D.C. Homeless; Bethesda Property Wins LEED Silver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">By Veronica Grecu, Associate Editor<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The first of three housing complexes for homeless people planned by the District government was inaugurated last week by Mayor Vincent Gray and other city officials during a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Starting next month, the Mississippi Avenue Apartments will accommodate 14 families and five individuals who at the moment are staying in city shelters, reported <em>The Washington Post<\/em>. Four units have been designed for disabled people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Reportedly, the building in Congress Heights used to be a police station, but in the last 20 years it has been left vacant. It was then renovated and improved, with the help of a community revitalization program called Congress Heights Main Street. Community of Hope, a local nonprofit group led by executive director Kelly McShane, will provide on-site social services for the residents, helping them find jobs and increase their income, according to <em>The Post<\/em>. Rents will be partly subsidized by the D.C. Housing Authority, but residents are expected to pay 30 percent of their income once they move in&#8211;or if they don\u2019t have an income, start paying their share as soon as they find employment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In commercial real estate news, the first LEED Silver certification was awarded to a Bethesda property, according to <em>Citybizlist<\/em>. Owned by Clark Enterprises and<a href=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2011\/10\/Usgbc-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21564\" src=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2011\/10\/Usgbc-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" \/><\/a> managed by Jones Lang LaSalle Inc., the 16-story office building was recently renovated so as to be compliant with USGBC energy-efficiency and sustainability requirements. Improvements include using lamps with the lowest possible mercury content, establishing a biannual e-waste recycling program for tenants, implementing use of water treatment controllers and\u00a0upgrading the eight elevators to variable frequency drives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Veronica Grecu, Associate Editor<br \/>\nThe first of three housing complexes for homeless people planned by the District government was inaugurated last week by Mayor Vincent Gray and other city officials during a ribbon-cutting ceremony. 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