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Kickoff on L.F. Jennings’ most recent addition to the residential portfolio is underway.

Vista Fairfax Corner is a 12-story high rise residential tower consisting of 9 residential floors over 4 levels of parking (one level below grade, three above). The 228-unit luxury apartment community will feature one-, two-, and three-bedroom units, elevated courtyard, rooftop terrace and amenity space, fitness and yoga center, coffee bar, business center, and 330 parking spaces.

The new residential tower will take the place of an existing surface parking area in the southwest corner of the Fairfax Corner Station mixed use community. The tight site is bordered by commercial and retail establishments in a high traffic area for both vehicles and pedestrians. This is the first high-rise development for the town center and will spearhead a new, denser live-work-play dynamic for the area.

Designed by DCS Design, this project represents the first high-rise residential collaboration between Peterson Companies and L.F. Jennings.

The new Fredericksburg Nationals Ballpark welcomed guests and players for their first home game yesterday, May 11^th, 2021.

The new ballpark is a multi-purpose stadium with 5,000 seats, 300-seat club level facility, 13 suites, and is the home of the newly re-christened minor league Fredericksburg Nationals. Construction started the summer of 2019 with the intent of opening for the 2020 season, however, those plans were delayed by the pandemic. While the 2020 Fredericksburg minor league season was canceled, their Major League Baseball affiliate, the Washington Nationals, was able to make use of the empty ballpark for team training and practice.

The new stadium offers a variety of unique features for fans and guests – with suites located behind the manual score board, at the field level with access to the home team batting cages, a Bullpen Party Deck, installations depicting the history of baseball and the City of Fredericksburg, and an innovative design allowing a 360-degree view so fans can always see the game as they walk around the stadium.

Designed by Tetra-Tech, the multi-purpose facility is seeking LEED Certification and features sustainable solutions like LED lighting, energy efficient appliances, and artificial turf.  The choice to use artificial turf not only saves on water and use of fertilizer, but it also allows the venue to host concerts, holiday and light shows, and community events.

Last night’s long awaited home opener was celebrated with optimism and cheering fans as everyone enjoyed a return to traditional summer fun.

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L.F. Jennings has completed construction on our newest multifamily project in Odenton, MD.

The Shirley is a 270-unit, luxury apartment development with extraordinary amenities. In addition to high end finishes throughout, the property features a heated pool with amenity courtyard, game room with arcade, movie theater, bar and lounge, conference centers, pet spa, rooftop terrace, fitness center, and sports simulator facilities.

This residential community by The Halle Companies is a lynchpin in the densification and development of the new Town Center Boulevard, which connects the Seven Oaks area and the Odenton MARC Station, anchoring the urban core of the master plan.

The five-story building designed by JDAVIS wood frame over podium building wraps around a 419-space precast concrete garage and interior courtyard. Substantial completion was achieved ahead of schedule despite complications presented by the pandemic.

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L.F. Jennings is underway with construction of a new Poet’s Walk Memory Care Assisted Living facility in Frederick, MD. Poet’s Walk, a Spring Hill Senior Community member, specializes in a personalized approach to memory care assisted living. The single story, 38,000 SF building accommodates 68 residents. The facility is designed and constructed to give occupants a high-end experience. Dining facilities, a bistro, community areas, an ice cream parlor, a salon, and two enclosed courtyards all work to sustaining the community resort atmosphere, while discrete nurse call stations and building security provide support and safety for the residents.

State of the art technology permits staff to monitor patients unobtrusively and remotely, allowing residents a greater degree of domestic independence. Extensive coordination was required for the multiple commercial kitchens, MEP systems rooms, treatment rooms, and specialty (spa, salon) and common areas, all of which have different requirements.

Discrete measures for the containment of the residents are built into the facility to ensure the safety and security of the memory patients.

This is the fourth Poet’s Walk facility L.F. Jennings completes for the Silver Companies and is expected to be complete late Spring 2021.

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The recently completed renovation and expansion of the former Sears building at Market Commons into a luxury loft style office building was awarded LEED Gold certification. Designed by Antunovich Associates and developed by Regency Centers, this project brings a much-needed update to a prominent corner of the Market Commons in Clarendon.

Originally built in 1942 as a Sears department store, the 2 and 3 story office building and ground floor retail was in decline. The transformation into a Class A office building includes the reconstruction of the original building structure with an additional 4^th floor. The ground floor retail was incorporated into the design maintaining the largely pedestrian atmosphere of The Loop. The larger and more flexible building floor plan features high ceilings, large windows, private balconies with panoramic views of the Washington, DC.

The renovations of the building were completed in November and the building was certified LEED Gold in December 2020.

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L.F. Jennings Central Virginia Office started the new year with a host of corporate interior projects in various stages of construction.

Colliers International moved into their new office space at Holland Tower last month. Designed by Hummel Associates the new 27,000 SF offices consolidates Colliers’ 134 employees on one floor and will have the flexibility to accommodate the corporation’s rapid growth.

Renovations and upgrades to Navy Federal Credit Union at North Richmond branch is wrapping up making it L.F. Jennings’ seventh effort on behalf of Navy Federal and the first in the Richmond area.

Additional tenant projects in downtown Richmond include:

• New offices for the law firm of Isler Dare in the Bank of America Building for Colliers International. Designed by Baskervill, the project completed in December.
• New offices for Matrix in Gateway Plaza for JLL. The 6,100 SF space was designed by Wendel and wraps up in February.
• New multi-floor offices for the law firm of Christian and Barton for JLL at The James Center. The 28,000 SF space is designed by Wendel and will complete this spring.

In addition to these projects, the Central Virginia Office is also continuing to work on exciting tenant and renovation projects at the Sauer Center, like Sauer Properties new 1,500 SF offices designed by ENV.

For additional information on any of these projects or tenant interior construction opportunities, please contact Andrew Kowalski – akowalski@lfjennings.com or Frank Martino – fmartino@lfjennings.com .

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In recent months, L.F. Jennings’ work has been recognized with awards from a variety of industry associations.

Associated Builders and Contractors of Metro Washington

L.F. Jennings received awards from ABC’s Excellence in Construction awards in two categories:

1515 New York Avenue NE is a design build project for Douglas Development in partnership with Bignell Watkins Hasser. The 80,000 SF building in DC’s up and coming Ivy City neighborhood includes a full-size Target, below grade parking, and two-story retail and commercial space. 1515 New York Avenue won in the Retail over $5M category.

The 70,000 SF Whole Foods Market at the Boro is the east coast flagship store for the influential grocery chain. It was designed by MV+A Architects and features a few new concepts for Whole Foods, including a street-food like eatery, event space, and bar with outdoor seating area. This project won in the Best Retail Interiors category.

NAIOP DC|MD

Renovations at 1501 M Street NW sought to reposition and repurpose a classic downtown office building, embracing, and building on recent office trends with a pioneering new concept dubbed “Town Hall” by MRP Realty. Designed by MGMA, the project transformed the lobby from a through-space to a lounge with conference amenities and property management administration areas. Floors 2 through 4 comprise the larger part of the renovation and feature a monumental stair which centrally connects the three floors. This central hub serves as the predominant thoroughfare between the floors and engages tenants and visitors into the variety of common areas along the vertical through-way.

1501 M Street received an Award of Excellence in the Best Interiors – 25,001 – 75,000 SF category.

GRACRE

L.F. Jennings received two honors from the Greater Richmond Association for Commercial Real Estate (GRACRE).

The new Lumber Liquidator Headquarters took over the former Southern Season gourmet grocery store at Gumenick’s Libbie Mill-Midtown development. The new 53,000 SF space serves as the headquarters for this national retail corporation. Designed by Wendel Companies, the space is highly curated and representative of the Lumber Liquidators branding.

The project received the Top Adaptive Reuse Project.

The Whole Foods at Sauer Center is the first phase of Sauer Properties’ ambitious overhaul of the former Pleasants Hardware and current Sauer Foods headquarter campus. The 46,000 SF grocer serves as the anchor tenant for this redevelopment that now includes several new tenants in repurposed industrial buildings, a new 5-story parking structure, and public plaza.

The Whole Foods at Sauer Center was awarded Project of the Year.

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The renovations and conversion of the historic Stumpf hotel in downtown Richmond are complete. The seven-story structure was converted from hotel to 24 up market one-bedroom apartments. Renovations also included work to the attached two-story parking deck and creation of ground floor commercial space.

Improvements to the 110-year old building included upgrades to building systems, new interior layouts and finishes, and exterior remediation, restoring the historic building into a neighborhood asset.

L.F. Jennings completed the project designed by Architecture Design Office and is currently underway with similar conversion work at 629 East Main Street.

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L.F. Jennings completed work at 1501 M Street, NW in Washington, DC.

Alterations to the building focused on the lower half of the property, spanning the first four floors. Designed by MGMA Design, this renovation project sought to renovate, reposition, and repurpose a classic downtown office building, embracing and building on recent office trends with a pioneering new concept dubbed “Town Hall” by the owner – MRP Realty.

The ground floor’s traditional office building lobby was replaced with a more hospitality – style atmosphere with coffee lounge occupied pride of place in the glass rotunda overlooking the corner of 15th and M Streets. The property management office location is only one reflection of the changing role of property management with the Owner’s new Town Hall concept.

The 2nd, 3rd and 4th floor comprise the larger part of the renovation and feature a monumental stair which centrally connects the three floors. Constructed of floating wood treads, black metal stringers and gold cable railings, the interconnecting stairwell that leads from the 2nd floor to the 4th floor and revealing the communal lounge on the 3rd floor.  This central hub serves as the predominant thoroughfare between the floors and engages tenants and visitors into the variety of common areas along the vertical through-way.

The interior layout and design uses of the existing colonnades and floor to ceiling windows to frame the views of the city and spec suites and private offices were faced with a glass wall system, allowing light to emanate throughout the space and afford daylight views to all tenants and visitors of the space.