WASHINGTON, DC—The $720-million redevelopment of the 25-acre McMillan Sand Filtration Plant was the subject of a DC Council hearing on Wednesday where a number of council members spoke favorably of the controversial project.

The hearing focused on the disposition of the McMillan property to Vision McMillan Partners, led by Trammell Crow, EYA and Jair Lynch Development Partners. Councilwoman and DC Mayor-elect Muriel Bowser, said she is "pleased we are here to move forward." DC Councilman Kenyan McDuffie, a resident of the Stronghold neighborhood that borders the McMillan property, said, “I look forward to the fence being removed.”

The DC Zoning Commission approved the McMillan planned-unit development in late September. DC Mayor Vincent Gray subsequently introduced the proposed land disposition and surplus declaration to the council, according to the Washington Business Journal.

The McMillan project calls for 146 townhomes from EYA, 531 apartments in two buildings, inclduing one anchored by a supermarket, from Jair Lynch, 1 million square feet of health care-dominated office space from Trammell Crow, an eight-acre central park and a 17,000-square-foot community center. See story in the Washington Business Journal.

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