Press Release

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L.F. Jennings is back building at One Loudoun with construction of  Vyne. This expansive mixed-use development spans two blocks and includes residential, commercial, retail, structured parking, and amenities.

Vyne is One Loudoun’s first apartment community and consists two buildings. With a design inspired by nature and Virginia’s acclaimed wine country, the one- and two-bedroom apartment community will provide luxury living in the heart of One Loudoun.

Block H consists of a seven story, 279-unit residential building with 15,000 SF of amenity space including stand-alone clubhouse, rooftop terrace, a co-working space, and resident lounges, among other amenities. Block H also includes 21,000 SF of street-level retail and structured parking. Block G consists of a 5 story, 99-unit residential building, structured parking, and a three-story, 51,100 SF speculative office over retail building.

Combined, this new project will deliver roughly 900,000 SF of mixed-use development consisting of 378 residential units, 51,100 SF of office, 21,000 SF of retail, and a combined 1,138 parking spaces spanning two garages serving the office, retail, and residents.

L.F. Jennings has been involved with construction at One Loudoun since 2013, helping to build out the vision of the award-winning downtown district with projects ranging from office buildings, to grocery stores and mixed-use retail, to boutique fitness center, and interiors.

The Block G & H project is a partnership between Kettler and RPAI. Residential, garage, and retail designed by Dwell Design Studio, speculative office building designed by BCT Architects. The development is expected to deliver in 2022.

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L.F. Jennings’ Central Virginia office is celebrating the delivery of Lumber Liquidator’s new headquarters at Libbie Mill-Midtown. Designed by Wendel, the project involved transformation of the former Southern Season’s building into a state of the art 50,700 SF corporate office space to house Lumber’s main headquarters.

In addition to the new Lumber Liquidators headquarters, the tenant interiors division of the Central Virginia office is currently working on numerous challenging projects for new and existing clients. Projects include a 5,000 SF expansion for McCandish Holton (with Colliers International) – L.F. Jennings completed the law office buildout at 1111 E. Main Street in 2014; and a new Imaging Center for Bon Secours/St. Mary Hospital – a 6,500 SF PET/CAT Scan suite designed by Hummel and Associates for Cushman & Wakefield.

L.F. Jennings is also underway on two tenant projects at the James Center – HCA Headquarters – a 16,700 SF whole floor conversion of the old Bull & Bear Club, and CADD Microsystems – a 4,300 SF suite for computer software corporation. Both tenant projects are designed by Wendel.

The division’s most recent project award is the 12,500 SF whole floor tenant fit out designed by ENV for SingleStone Consulting at 2000 W Marshall. This project is located at the Sauer Center where L.F. Jennings is currently active with renovations to the Putney building and retail interiors for the Whole Foods Market.

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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L.F. Jennings closed out the 2019 awards season with an Award of Excellence for The St. James received at the NAIOP Northern Virginia awards gala held at the Ritz Tysons Corner on Thursday November 21^st.

The St. James is a unique private sports and wellness facility conceived by two DMV natives, college friends, and sports enthusiasts who saw a demonstrated need for an all-in-one destination for athletes and active families in the region. The St. James is intended, with its multitude of venues and offerings, to be the center of all things sports and wellness in the Metro Washington area. The multilevel, 450,000-square-foot venue features large turf fields, two ice rinks, an Olympic-size swimming pool, hardwood courts, a climbing wall, a health club, batting cages, a spa, a restaurant, a water park and other complementary amenities all designed with a minimalist aesthetic.

This truly unique facility is located on the site of the former Washington Gas & Electric Headquarters in an industrial section of Springfield, VA. Rezoning, special permits, and collaboration between Fairfax County and the development team was necessary to make the project a reality.

In addition to the NAIOP Northern Virginia Award of Excellence in the Building Retail category, The St. James is a recipient of two Excellence in Construction Awards for ABC of Metro Washington in the Concrete and Commercial over $41 Million categories and an honorable mention for commercial and recreational design in the 2019 James M. Scott Exceptional Design Awards Program.

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L.F. Jennings projects were honored at awards galas hosted by ABC of Metro Washington and NAIOP DC|MD

The St. James is a unique private sports and wellness facility conceived by two DMV natives, college friends, and sports enthusiasts who saw a demonstrated need for an all-in-one destination for athletes and active families in the region. The St. James is intended, with its multitude of venues and offerings, to be the center of all things sports and wellness in the Metro Washington area. The multilevel, 450,000-square-foot venue features large turf fields, two ice rinks, an Olympic-size swimming pool, hardwood courts, a climbing wall, a health club, batting cages, a spa, a restaurant, a water park and other complementary amenities all designed with a minimalist aesthetic.

This truly unique facility is located on the site of the former Washington Gas & Electric Headquarters in an industrial section of Springfield, VA. Rezoning, special permits, and collaboration between Fairfax County and the development team was necessary to make the project a reality.

The St. James was selected for Excellence in Construction Awards in the Concrete and Commercial over $41 Million categories at the ABC of Metro Washington Award gala held September 12th.

AdMo Heights is a new mixed-use residential development at the heart of the Adams Morgan neighborhood in Washington, DC. The lobby of the new residential facility is designed to ground the new building to its location and to connect the public spaces to the culture of the city and in an authentic way. The result is a unique project that combines cutting edge digital fabrication methods with traditional artisanal techniques to create an interior world with its own pulse and rhythm that pays homage to the vibrant original music of DC.

In the lobby, light is used as a sculptural material to interpret music and shape the experience of architecture. To do this A+A Studio custom fabricated 23 LED backlit panels using the score of Duke Ellington songs visualized similarly to the patterns on player piano rolls and then CNC milled into aluminum composite sheets. These stretch from the floor to the ceiling in the lobby and all the way down the ceiling of the corridor. Light glows through the panels and creates a three-dimensional aura that glistens on the surface of the aluminum leaf producing mysterious luminescent light forms.

AdMo Heights was honored with an Award of Merit for Best Common Area at the NAIOP DC|MD Awards gala held on October 3rd.

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Whole Foods Market’s newest flagship store opened October 30^th in Vienna, VA. This latest collaboration between Whole Foods, MV+A Architects, and L.F. Jennings is the largest Whole Foods Market on the east coast (70,000 SF) and is the retail anchor to a marquee development in Tysons Corner. In addition to the traditional stock and thousands of products from close to 100 local vendors, the Whole Foods Market at The Boro features a food hall, a pub and game room with a variety of self-serve food options, and patio seating.

New Whole Foods Markets continue to serve as lynchpin components to new neighborhood developments throughout the mid-Atlantic. L.F. Jennings has delivered or is currently working on locations in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, Richmond’s Sauer Center, and South Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

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L.F. Jennings has started construction on the Odenton Town Center project in Anne Arundel County, MD.

Located in a rapidly developing corridor near Ft. Meade, this new multifamily project will anchor Odenton’s new urban core as part of a long-planned town center development.

Developed by The Halle Companies and designed by JDAVIS, this multifamily development features 270 well-appointed residential units with a mix of studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments. The building includes premium amenity spaces including a rooftop terrace and lounge, courtyard with pool, fitness center, game rooms, golf & sports simulator, theater, club lounge, screened poolside cabana, rooftop lounge, business center, pet spa, and more.

The building consists of five stories of wood frame apartments sitting on top of an elevated concrete podium wrapped around a 419-space precast concrete parking garage and a courtyard.

Project is slated to finish first quarter of 2021.

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Construction is underway at Douglas Development’s new project located adjacent to the old Hecht Company warehouse in the booming neighborhood of Ivy City.

L.F. Jennings’ design-build group hired Bignell Watkins Hasser Architects to provide the design of the three-level building, including ground floor and second floor retail and a below grade parking garage. The project is anchored by a new Target store, which will be a hybrid between its traditional big box locations and its new smaller urban express format. The 67,000 SF Target will include a Starbucks and groceries.

The center mimics the industrial aesthetic of the neighborhood, echoing the architectural fabric of the existing buildings while providing a modern addition to the area.

Target is expected to open in the Fall of 2019.

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L.F. Jennings has completed the new offices for The Community Foundation of Greater Richmond. The Community Foundation has been a pillar of Richmond’s non-profit community for 50 years, and with this milestone anniversary, the Foundation undertook a major rebranding effort which included a relocation to Scott’s Addition in downtown Richmond from a suburban office park.

This 16,000 SF space is an adaptive reuse project, designed by Wendel Companies, which transformed an industrial warehouse facility into the new highly curated offices that are evocative of the new branding and corporate philosophy of the Foundation.

The space features a predominantly open plan office, with breakaway areas and conference rooms. The new offices boast unique features like glass garage doors which increase the amount of natural light into the former industrial space and serve as a connection to the public domain, integrating the offices with the community the Foundation serves.

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L.F. Jennings was honored with a SUBBY Award from the American Subcontractors Association of Metro Washington on February 23^rd.

On February 23^rd, L.F. Jennings was recognized as the best General Contractor for Small Business at the ASAMW’s 55^th annual awards gala held on at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. This award goes to the “General Contractor that best exhibits an understanding of the unique concerns of its small business subcontractors – particularly in the area of payment and exhibits a commitment to more efficient projects and fairness in construction.”

Since its earliest days, L.F. Jennings Inc. has had a deep connection to clients, trade partners and employees. We believe our history as a specialty contractor makes us a better builder. We apply the same principles of continuity and commitment to our relationships with subcontractors that we do with clients and employees, understanding and respecting our subcontractor’s priorities such as site preparedness and on time payments.

The recognition of our efforts to deal fairly, efficiently, and promptly with our subcontractors is an honor we prize. Thank you to the ASAMW for this distinction.

The ASAMW is the founding Chapter of the American Subcontractor Association, a non-profit organization “dedicated to improving the business for all segments of the construction industry through advocacy, leadership, education and networking”.