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ULI Washington Presents: The Parks at Walter Reed: Creating a City within a City
ULI Members (Private Sector): $15
Non-Members: $25
In the highly competitive D.C. real estate environment, it is rare for a development opportunity as large and well-located as the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center Campus to arise. What makes Walter Reed even more unique is the fact that it was insulated from the city for over a hundred years and must now be reconnected physically and socially to the surrounding urban environment. These factors together call for sound urban planning and creative placemaking and to reestablish a “city within a city.”
Please join ULI Washington for a virtual tour and panel-style discussion on the planning behind transforming a former Army medical campus into the next thriving urban submarket. The panel will touch on the history of Walter Reed and the overall development vision, which calls for a variety of uses including residential, retail, education, office, and creative arts totaling over 3.1M SF. Additionally, the conversation will drill down on the project’s urban planning goals, how those goals were implemented, and specific challenges and opportunities that arose along the way.
Following the panel, there will be a virtual tour of the Parks at Walter Reed site. The tour will showcase the existing campus and several buildings under construction, as well as a simulation of the completed future Walter Reed neighborhood. It will also provide a sneak peek at the Brooks, a soon-to-be-delivered 89-unit condominium building. The event will conclude with a Q&A session.
Speakers:
- Moderator: Katie Wiacek, Managing Director, Hines
- Thaddeaus Green, Walter Reed Development Manager, DC Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development
- Caroline Kenney, Managing Director of Public-Private Ventures, Urban Atlantic
- John Torti, President, Torti Gallas + Partners
- How the redevelopment vision took shape considering District and community goals, and how the development team came together.
- How the project team approached the master planning process and determined the appropriate mix and locations of uses.
- How the project team plans on reintegrating the once closed-off campus into the surrounding urban environment.
- How retail, open space, and other uses will be used to establish a sense of community and place.
- Lessons learned from project specific challenges and opportunities from a diverse panel of project team members.