Petworth Community Meets to Discuss Proposed Dance Loft on 14 Theatre, Studio & Apartments
After a few years of renovations in a crumbling building, along with notice of a pending building sale, Dance Loft on 14th on the 4600 block of 14th Street NW is planning to purchase their current building in partnership with Heleos and redevelop the location.
They are proposing a six-story, 124,000 square foot mixed-use building consisting of 99 multi-family, mixed-income apartments. The website touts three major aspects of the project:
Performing Arts space: 12,000 - 16,000 square feet of the space will be dedicated to performing arts.
Mixed-income affordable housing: Approximately two thirds of the residential units will be reserved for persons at 60% or less of the median family income, and the remaining units will be leased at the market rate.
Net zero energy: Heleos is targeting for new zero energy performance by incorporating on-site and off-site solar panels.organizations.
Heleos and Dance Loft hosted a meeting with the community on Tuesday, March 23rd and presented plans from PGN Architects. Floor plans that show five levels of residential units on top of two floors of parking and the performing arts space, where Dance Loft will be located.
Dance Loft will continue to stay in the current building until construction commences. During construction, they plan on reaching out to community organizations and spaces nearby, so they are able to continue their programming during construction.
