Permits issued for new single-family builds in the District have increased by as much as 28 percent per year since 2009. To find out what’s behind this long-lasting trend, Capitol File gathered key industry experts for lunch at Summer House Santa Monica at Pike & Rose. Banks Development Company’s Michael Banks, Jones & Boer Architects’ Wouter Boer, Washington Fine Properties’, TTR Sotheby’s Alexandra Thomas, and J. Lambeth & Company’s Ann Lambeth talked hot neighborhoods, finding lots, and the new aesthetic.
