INDUSTRIAL LAND IN A POST-INDUSTRIAL CITY District of ...

District of Columbia Industrial Areas Study DC Office of Planning
Prepared by Phillips Preiss Shapiro Associates, Inc.
New York Avenue/Florida C-M-1 2,289,626.36 52.56
New York Avenue/Florida C-M-2 779,091.81 17.89
New York Avenue/Florida GOV 918,178.27 21.08
New York Avenue/Florida M 4,582,597.92 105.20
8,569,494.36 196.73
New York Avenue/Ivy City C-M-1 2,442,309.65 56.07
New York Avenue/Ivy City C-M-2 1,255,390.09 28.82
New York Avenue/Ivy City GOV
LO/C-
301,453.52 6.92
New York Avenue/Ivy City
M-1 260,987.86 5.99
New York Avenue/Ivy City M 5,435,595.59 124.78
New York Avenue/Ivy City R-4 1,165,301.61 26.75
10,861,038.32 249.34
Scattered Site 1 C-M-1 487,513.02 11.19
Scattered Site 2 C-M-1 456,683.99 10.48
Scattered Site 3 C-M-2 123,495.99 2.84
Scattered Site 3 C-M-3 695,948.17 15.98
Scattered Site 4 C-M-1 52,156.61 1.20
Scattered Site 5 C-M-1 122,402.75 2.81
Scattered Site 6 C-M-1 560,003.23 12.86
2,498,203.77 57.35
Source: DC Office of Planning, 2005
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Total Area: 2,390.32
Total zoned C-M or M: 2,004.06
The predominance of CSX rail lines within the largest industrial areas limits the amount of
buildable land even further. Roads, streets, alleys, other right-of-ways reduce lot sizes and
building footprints elsewhere. New York Avenue/Bladensburg, for example, is the second
largest sub-area, totaling 328 acres, but 22 percent of it, about 77 acres, is park, road, or
railroad/transportation right-of-way. Table 2.18 shows the land coverage of industrial sub-areas.