Wrecking ball cometh for Columbia Road storefronts, mixed-use development beckons

Change is coming to Columbia Road Northwest, via the wrecking ball.

Farmington Hills, Michigan-based Beztak Properties, having last year acquired the six storefronts at 1767-1777 Columbia Road in Adams Morgan (more specifically, Lanier Heights), in multiple transactions totaling $20.2 million, has now applied to raze the buildings. Beztak is partnering with D.C.’s Foxhall Partners on a mixed-use redevelopment of the site, which is located across the street from the future Line DC hotel.

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