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2020 News:

BISNOW: D.C. Developer Gets ‘Mind-Blowing’ Chance To Develop The Next Phase Of St. E’s Campus

Washington Business Journal: D.C. picks Neighborhood Development to build mixed-use at St. Elizabeths East

ABC7 WJLA: Another milestone for DC’s Ward 8 as new residences at St. Elizabeths nears completion

Washington Business Journal: St. E’s hospital deal takes another step forward

Revitalization- GUEST ARTICLE: How an abandoned mental health facility is revitalizing a historic Washington, DC neighborhood

2019 News:

DCist: Whitman-Walker Is Opening A Huge New Healthcare Facility At St. Elizabeths

BISNOW: Whitman-Walker To Open New Health Center On St. Elizabeths Campus

Washington Business Journal: Whitman-Walker to bring health center to St. E’s campus

CoStar: Whitman-Walker Health, Redbrick LMD Team Up for First Office Building at St. Elizabeths East Campus

BISNOW: D.C., Redbrick Unveil Plan For Mixed-Use Town Square At St. Elizabeths East

https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/mixed-use/dc-redbrick-unveil-plan-for-mixed-use-town-square-at-st-elizabeths-east-97471?utm_source=CopyShare&utm_medium=Browser

Washington Business Journal: D.C. selects Redbrick LMD to develop portion of St. Elizabeths East into town square

https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2019/02/11/d-c-selects-redbrick-lmd-to-develop-portion-of-st.html

Curbed DC: St. Elizabeths East Campus project could see first full-service hotel east of Anacostia River

https://dc.curbed.com/2019/2/12/18221787/dc-st-elizabeths-east-hotel-anacostia-river

WTOP: St. Elizabeths to get town square, affordable housing, hotel

St. Elizabeths to get town square, affordable housing, hotel

2018 News

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The Hoya: New Sports Center to Host Washington Mystics Opens

Congress Heights Welcomes New Sports Arena

The Georgetowner: New Sports Venue Opens at St. Elizabeths

DCist: Photos: Inside D.C.’s Newest Sports And Concert Venue

The Washington Post: Residents hope new arena means new life for long-neglected area

Washington City Paper: City Officials Hope New Sports and Entertainment Arena Will Revitalize Ward 8

Entertainment and Sports Arena Preview

Curbed DC: Five facts about the design of D.C.’s new Entertainment and Sports Arena

NBC Sports Washington: The Wizards G-League affiliate is holding open tryouts for local players

NBC 4 Washington: DC Entertainment & Sports Arena in Southeast Sets Grand Opening

The Washington Post: For D.C. Mayor Bowser, Mystics and Wizards’ new facility is blueprint for luring Redskins

Washington Business Journal: The St. Elizabeths East arena opens this month. Construction on the first homes there is soon to follow.

DCist: D.C.’s Yet-To-Be Named New Arena Set To Open This Month In Congress Heights

Curbed DC: Entertainment and Sports Arena to open at the St. Elizabeths East Campus this month

BISNOW: GWU Partners With D.C. For New Hospital On St. Elizabeths East Campus

Washington Business Journal: GWU Hospital to oversee UMC replacement in Southeast

GW to run new hospital in Southeast D.C.

DC, George Washington U. to open new hospital in Ward 8

DC Urban Turf: DC Releases an RFP for Portion of St. Elizabeths

D.C. to seek development partners for four projects, with a focus on east of the Anacostia

Biznow: D.C. To Release RFP For 4-Acre St. Elizabeths Site, 9 Other Projects

Washington Business Journal: D.C.’s Congress Heights arena schedules one of its first events

The Washington Post: D.C.’s new entertainment and sports arena to host eSports competition in November

Bisnow: First Phase Of Massive St. Elizabeths East Redevelopment Expected To Break Ground This Summer

Washington Business Journal: The arena’s just the start. Residential overhaul of St. Elizabeths East to begin this summer.

Markets Insider: Mayor Bowser, Events DC and Monumental Sports and Entertainment with Smoot/Gilbane Sports Celebrate the Topping Out for the New Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, DC

The Washington Post: Wizards’ new practice center remains on schedule for September opening

Washington Business Journal: Events D.C.’s $65M sports arena expected to open in September

ABC 7 WJLA: ‘Topping out’ of new entertainment and sports arena in Southeast D.C.

Topping Out Ceremony Held for New D.C. Entertainment and Sports Arena

2017 News

Washington Business Journal: New sports and entertainment venue at St. Elizabeths ISO sales and bookings contractor

Curbed DC: D.C. Mayor supports constructing new hospital at St. Elizabeth’s

Washington Business Journal: Bowser gets behind St. Elizabeths campus as future home for new hospital

City Recommends St. Elizabeths Campus As Site For Future Hospital In Southeast D.C.

Fox 5 DC: New hospital to be built in DC to replace United Medical Center

Washington Business Journal: What the District is doing to catalyze economic development east of the river

Fox 5 DC: Congress Heights Zip Trip: 5 Must See Stops

Architecture of an Asylum: St. Elizabeths 1852–2017

Route Fifty: In an East-of-River Revitalization, D.C. Takes Lessons From Across the Country

2016 News

The Washington Post: Broccoli City Festival promotes health and sustainability with music

Washington Business Journal: Events D.C. names architect, program manager for St. E’s arena

The Washington Post: Mayor releases details of arena plan, hops in excavator amid protests

Washington Business Journal: Demolition starts at St. Elizabeths for Wizards practice facility

AFRO.com: District Residents Honor Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with Peace Walk, Parade

2015 News

Virtual-Strategy Magazine: Events DC Expands Venue Portfolio to Include Gateway DC, Unique Special Events and Cultural Arts Venue in the Heart Of Congress Heights

Washington Business Journal: This is what the party at St. Elizabeths East was all about

The Washington Post: Wizards’ new facility is a boon for the Mystics

Fox 5 DC: Is new Wizards practice facility at St. Elizabeths a good deal?

Curbed DC: Bowser Makes Tentative Deal for Wizards Practice Facility

Truth About It.Net: Wizards Facility Deal Not Perfect But a Necessary Step Forward for D.C.

Field of Schemes: D.C. mayor proposes $55m Wizards practice arena, because city was out of other sports to subsidize

Washington Business Journal: ‘It’s Ward 8’s turn’ for a major public investment. The Wizards and Mystics are coming.

The Washington Post: Bowser outlines details of St. Elizabeths deal

Washington Business Journal: Bowser details plans for $55 million Wizards practice facility at St. Elizabeths East

Washington Business Journal: Events D.C. to spend tens of millions to build new Wizards practice facility at St. E’s

Greater Greater Washington: Good deal or not? DC will build a Wizards practice facility near Congress Heights Metro

Washingtonian: DC Sports Authority May Pay for Most of Wizards Practice Facility

The Washington Post: Bowser, Leonsis reach tentative deal for Wizards practice facility at St. Elizabeths

Washington Business Journal: D.C. starting over, again, with search for St. Elizabeths infrastructure contractor

Washington Business Journal: How will D.C. make a St. E’s look ‘less vacant’? Brick-colored plywood, that’s how

The District Insider: Recap- The Broccoli City Festival 2015

The YBF: IN CONCERT: Willow & Jaden Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith & Erykah Badu Rock The Stage At The 2015 Broccoli City Festival

Noisey- Music By Vice: The Scenes of Broccoli City: Beachballs, Braids, and Homemade Willow Smith Masks

Washington City Paper: Broccoli City Festival Recommits to Its Healthy-Living Message and Books Erykah Badu

Bright Young Things: Live DC: Broccoli City Festival

Marines: CBIRF Marines Train in Exercise Silent Ghost

East of the River: Hotel Conference Center Planned for St. Elizabeths East Campus

DCist: Norton Asks Obama To Include St. Elizabeths Funding In 2016 Budget

Multi-Housing News Online: District Picks Redbrick LMD-Gragg Cardona Team as Master Developer for Phase 1 of St. Elizabeths East Campus

2014 News

Architect: 2014 Annual Design Review- St. Elizabeths East

DCist: Gray Administration Selects Developer For St. Elizabeths East Campus

The Washington Post: District selects development team to lead transformation of St. Elizabeths East

Washington Business Journal: District picks development team to lead St. Elizabeths east overhaul

Washington City Paper: Gray Administration Taps Development Team for St. Elizabeths

Washington Business Journal: What could St. Elizabeths East look like? Here’s a recap of the master developer pitches

The Washington Post: DC’s six most endangered historic properties

Elevation DC: The past, present and future of Congress Heights

The Washington Informer: Volunteers Plant Garden at D.C. Community Center

Elevation DC: Tech center opening brings a ‘new day’ to Ward 8

The Washington Post: $8 million ‘demonstration center’ debuts on St. Elizabeths campus

The Washington Informer: Gray Cuts the Ribbon on R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center

MyFox DC: St. Elizabeth’s East Rise Demonstration Center opens in DC

Washington Business Journal: Five teams bid to redevelop St. Elizabeths east, but big names lacking

DCist: Nine Months In, City Practices Patience As It Continues To ‘Activate’ St. Elizabeths East Campus

Washington Business Journal: D.C. cancels St. Elizabeths infrastructure RFP, delaying work until at least spring 2015

The Washington Times: SIMMONS: Lame duck D.C. mayor quacks up

The Washington Post: Procurement woes delay much-touted St. Elizabeths East work

Washington Business Journal: GSA offers first look at Department of Homeland Security headquarters

DCist: St. Elizabeths Gateway Pavilion Will Also Host An Outdoor Film Series

Federal Times: GSA moves forward with DHS consolidation

The Washington Post: Department of Homeland Security project at St. Elizabeths must move forward

Washington Business Journal: $22 million pegged for a new D.C. hospital redirected

Washington Business Journal: D.C. restarts hunt for St. Elizabeths master developer

The Washington Post: Mayor Vincent Gray searches for development partner for St. Elizabeths site

Washington Business Journal: Gray on the feasibility of a $300M hospital in Southeast: ‘I know it’s viable’

WUSA 9: New hospital planned on St. Elizabeths east campus in DC

The Washington Post: Whole Foods to launch monthly market serving Anacostia, Congress Heights

The Washington Post: New Ward 8 hospital will be floated in upcoming Vincent Gray budget proposal

Greater Greater Washington: St. Elizabeths East could become a community hub, but it’ll take time

Urban Land: Pop-Up Pavilion Helps Hospital’s Transition to Mixed Use In D.C.

Washington Business Journal: Massive water tower planned for St. E’s, but artsy enclosure wins no fans

The Washington Informer: Gray, City Officials Announce New Project at St. Elizabeths

Greater Greater Washington: St. Elizabeths new ice slide is more than a fun ride

Elevation DC: Will St. Elizabeths ice slide and G8WAY Pavilion Kickstart Congress Heights?

Washington Business Journal: Georgetown gets a crossfit, St. E’s gets a snow slide, Watergate gets a pizzeria

2013 News

Washington Business Journal: A winter wonderland at St. Elizabeths East?

Virtual-Strategy: Gate Precast Company Produces Ultra-High Performance Concrete…

Capital Community News: Fall Gateway DC Kickoff Festival

DVIDS: Gateway to the Future Unveiled in Southeast DC

CBS DC: Gray: Gateway D.C. Pavilion ‘Sign of Things to Come’ in East End of City

The Washington Infromer: Gateway Pavilion Opens to Praise

Congress Heights on the Rise: Today’s G8WAY Pavilion Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Saint Elizabeths East (In Pictures)

NBC Washington: City Hopes New Pavilion at St. Elizabeths Attracts Lunchtime Crowd (Video)

Washington Business Journal: D.C. opens St. Elizabeths East Gateway Pavilion, and direct link to Coast Guard HQ

The Washington Informer: Arts & Humanities Festival Concludes in D.C.

Washington Business Journal: Washington-Area Colleges Have Big Ideas for St. Elizabeths East

Washington City Paper: Twelve Colleges Want a Part of St. Elizabeths

Washington Informer: Arts & Humanities Festival at St. Elizabeths East

The Washington Post: D.C. News in Brief

Washington Business Journal: Real work begins on the St. Elizabeths East Gateway Pavilion

Washington Business Journal: D.C. launches search for St. Elizabeths East Academic Anchor

Washinton Business Journal: Pop-up Space for Retailers at St. Elizabeths East to Cost $1

The Washington Examiner:D.C. Mayor to Charge $1 Rent to Attract Retailers to St. Elizabeths Campus

 Washington Business Journal: D.C. to rescind, then delay St. Elizabeths east developer search

Civil Engineering:  Redesigned D.C. Pavilion Breaks Ground in March

CBS WUSA 9: Thousands of Federal Employees Coming to Southeast D.C. (Video)

Washington City Paper: St. Elizabeths Development Gets Underway With Pavilion Groundbreaking

Architect: Davis Brody Bond Breaks Ground on St. Elizabeths East Campus

The Washington Informer: Ward 8 Cheers Pavilion Groundbreaking

ABC 7 News: D.C. leaders break ground for Gateway Pavilion at St. Elizabeths East  (Video)

My Fox D.C.: Ground broken on St. Elizabeths development project in Southeast DC (Video)

2012 News

The White House: HUD Focuses on the Food Desert Problem in D.C.

Washington Post “District of DeBonis”: St. Elizabeths ‘gateway pavilion’ plans are unveiled

Washington Business Journal: Davis Brody Bond among 3 firms chosen to develop St. E’s east pavilion

The Examiner: Gray unveils design for St. Elizabeths gateway

WTOP: Plans for St Elizabeths Pavilion Unveiled

WAMU: Pavilion At St. Elizabeth’s Planned For Next Spring

DCist: Design for St. Elizabeths Pavilion Attempts to Blend Modern Design With Landmark Site

ArchDaily: Design unveiled for St. Elizabeths East Gateway Pavilion in D.C.

About.com: St Elizabeths East Gateway Pavilion

Washington Post: Rebranding St. Elizabeths

Washington Post: Microsoft, 2 other firms are D.C.’s picks for tech centers on St. Elizabeths campus

Washington Post: Olympic viewing, a Southeast summer festival and 17 other things to do in the D.C. area this weekend

WAMU 88.5: Microsoft Among Firms Picked For Development At St. Elizabeth’s