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.
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2 201,598.00 4.63 2.35%
New York Avenue/Ivy City C-M-1 1 145,898.00 3.35 5.97%
New York Avenue/Ivy City C-M-2 0 0.00 0.00 0.00%
New York Avenue/Ivy City GOV
LO/C-
0 0.00 0.00 0.00%
New York Avenue/Ivy City M-1 0 0.00 0.00 0.00%
New York Avenue/Ivy City M 0 0.00 0.00 0.00%
1 145,898.00 3.35 1.50%
Scattered Site 1 C-M-1 0 0.00 0.00 0.00%
Scattered Site 2 C-M-1 0 0.00 0.00 0.00%
Scattered Site 3 C-M-2 0 0.00 0.00 0.00%
Scattered Site 3 C-M-3 4 7,201.00 0.17 1.03%
Scattered Site 4 C-M-1 0 0.00 0.00 0.00%
Scattered Site 5 C-M-1 0 0.00 0.00 0.00%
Scattered Site 6 C-M-1 0 0.00 0.00 0.00%
4 7,201.00 0.17 0.29%
Source: Office of Planning, 2005
TOTAL 27.26 1.21%
Finally, most of these sub-areas are greatly subdivided—only five sub-areas have average
parcel sizes of more than one acre. Fifteen sub-areas have average parcel sizes of less than an
acre, and eight of those sub-areas have average parcel sizes of less than 20,000 square feet,
or, less than one-half of an acre.
The District’s supply of industrial land is at a critical juncture. The mere 2,000 acres of actual
zoned industrial land is consumed in large part by railroad yards and rights-of-way, there is high
demand for the small, segmented parcels, and there is a very low vacancy rate. Also, as
discussed in Section 2.3, many of the most desirable areas are under increased redevelopment
pressure from private entrepreneurs and large-scale public initiatives. It appears, then, that the
supply of industrial land that remains in the District is very limited and continues to shrink. What
now remains is a core that should be conserved wherever practical. Chapter Four of this report
discusses our recommendations for which industrial areas deserve the most protection, which
areas should undergo some land use evolution or intensification, and which areas are
appropriate for other land uses.