NEW: D.C. is using eminent domain to seize the Wendy's property in NoMa's Dave Thomas Circle intersection and is paying the property owner $13.1M, according to court and deed filings: https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/retail/dc-moves-to-seize-noma-wendys-property-for-intersection-transformation-project-107581
D.C. Claims Eminent Domain To Seize Infamous NoMa Wendy's Site

The D.C. government is using eminent domain to seize a Wendy's property as part of its plan to transform NoMa's disastrous

https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/retail/dc-moves-to-seize-noma-wendys-property-for-intersection-transformation-project-107581
The seizure is part of D.C.'s plan to transform the intersection to make it safer and add new public parks. Here's a link to a concept plan from October and some renderings of what it could look like: https://www.cfa.gov/system/files/meeting-materials/4-CFA-15-OCT-20-4-Virtual_Circle_sm-pres.pdf
The seizure is part of D.C.'s plan to transform the intersection to make it safer and add new public parks. Here's a link to a concept plan from October and some renderings of what it could look like: https://www.cfa.gov/system/files/meeting-materials/4-CFA-15-OCT-20-4-Virtual_Circle_sm-pres.pdf
The seizure is part of D.C.'s plan to transform the intersection to make it safer and add new public parks. Here's a link to a concept plan from October and some renderings of what it could look like: https://www.cfa.gov/system/files/meeting-materials/4-CFA-15-OCT-20-4-Virtual_Circle_sm-pres.pdf
The seizure is part of D.C.'s plan to transform the intersection to make it safer and add new public parks. Here's a link to a concept plan from October and some renderings of what it could look like: https://www.cfa.gov/system/files/meeting-materials/4-CFA-15-OCT-20-4-Virtual_Circle_sm-pres.pdf
The seizure is part of D.C.'s plan to transform the intersection to make it safer and add new public parks. Here's a link to a concept plan from October and some renderings of what it could look like: https://www.cfa.gov/system/files/meeting-materials/4-CFA-15-OCT-20-4-Virtual_Circle_sm-pres.pdf
Statement just out from @MayorBowser: "Almost every Washingtonian has their own Dave Thomas Circle horror story. Now, we are taking the necessary actions to transform this confusing intersection into a multimodal project..."
Release says construction start is planned for Q1 2022
(based on my mentions, I can confirm that every Washingtonian has a Dave Thomas Circle story)
I’ve updated this story with comments from Mayor Bowser and NoMa Parks Foundation's Robin-Eve Jasper, and with newer renderings of the planned redesign, which apparently no longer includes the “iconic sculpture placeholder” from the October proposal: https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/retail/dc-moves-to-seize-noma-wendys-property-for-intersection-transformation-project-107581
I’ve updated this story with comments from Mayor Bowser and NoMa Parks Foundation's Robin-Eve Jasper, and with newer renderings of the planned redesign, which apparently no longer includes the “iconic sculpture placeholder” from the October proposal: https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/retail/dc-moves-to-seize-noma-wendys-property-for-intersection-transformation-project-107581
I’ve updated this story with comments from Mayor Bowser and NoMa Parks Foundation's Robin-Eve Jasper, and with newer renderings of the planned redesign, which apparently no longer includes the “iconic sculpture placeholder” from the October proposal: https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/retail/dc-moves-to-seize-noma-wendys-property-for-intersection-transformation-project-107581
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