Specialty Adaptive Reuse Opportunity 441 Chaplin St SE 11,751 SF Specialty Building Online Auction Sale Washington, DC 20019

NAI KLNB is pleased to present the opportunity to purchase 441 Chaplin Street SE (the “Property”), a vacant multi-purpose building located on 0.51 acres of land in Washington, DC.

Renovated in 2021, the existing structure is on two on-grade levels and spans 11,751 rentable square feet, exclusive of a 6,201-square-foot crawl space. 441 Chaplin Street SE is clad in metal and consists of two parts. The one-story former church comprises a first floor constructed with wood and steel framing, and an unfinished basement with CMU retaining walls. The two-story office has no basement, and the first floor is partially below grade with CMU retaining walls across the perimeter of the building. The current owner is selling the Property as-is, and the new buyer would be responsible for remediation.

The Property is equipped with excellent specs that can be repurposed for a broad range of uses. A 3-phase, 4-wire, 600-amp service feeds the main building, and an additional 3-phase, 4-wire 100-amp service feeds the other building. There are three total split-system heat pumps, a solar PV system, and a packaged 32-ton single-zone constant-volume rooftop HVAC unit. The Property also features a room that can seat 300, six bathrooms, conference spaces, private offices, and nine fenced and gated parking spaces, with additional parking available via stacking.

Zoned MU-3A, District of Columbia, this mixed-use zone is one of DC’s most permissive designations, allowing for a wide variety of residential, institutional, retail, office, education, non-profit, and religious uses. The Property’s zoning would allow it to be expanded to a three-story building totaling 22,157 square feet.

Situated within the Southeast DC submarket, the Property is in a high-demand locale for similar uses. Underscoring this, the submarket office vacancy rate stands at 2.4% and has held below 5% for eight of the past 10 years. Recent transformations in the area have led to increased residential and commercial interest, and a major nexus of this new development is five minutes away at the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Benning Road. A marquee project at this crossing is the 13-acre $650 million mixed-use redevelopment known as Northeastern Heights, anchored by the DC Department of General Services headquarters, as well as 1,500 residential units and 120,000 square feet of retail space.

441 Chaplin Street SE is in Anacostia’s Benning Ridge neighborhood, a gateway to Downtown DC. Proximity to Interstate 295 provides access points throughout Maryland and Virginia, several bus lines serve the Property, and the Benning Road Metro station is a half-mile away. The Anacostia Community Development Corporation (ACDC) is highly motivated to assist businesses and has been supporting the area with several initiatives. ACDC’s housing projects resulted in a 15% increase in affordable housing units over the past five years, and its workforce development programs helped reduce poverty by 20%. Take advantage of the rising tide of this submarket with a versatile, mixed-use asset positioned in a high-demand node.

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