Up to 550 apartments some of them reserved for artists will be constructed in the first phase of a d

Up to 550 apartments, some of them reserved for artists, will be constructed in the first phase of a development adjoining the Fort Totten Metro station in northeast Washington, DC, if the overall 929-unit project receives city approval. The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation intends to replace apartment buildings from the 1950s with a mixed use development that would include a 60,000 sq. ft. grocery store, a 47,000 sq. ft. children’s museum, day care, and a senior center. A public library may also occupy 20,000 sq. ft. if the library system can afford it, The Washington Post reported. Officials said 171 units in the first phase would be affordable. Jane Cafritz, a member of the foundation’s advisory board, said the foundation would provide current tenants with apartments in the new development and would cover the difference between what they now pay and the new, higher rent.