The remaining 42-acre riverfront property site, including several historically protected, former industrial buildings was awarded for redevelopment by the GSA to Forest City Washington, a nationally recognized developer and manager of major urban mixed-used projects, based upon its impressive proposal to redevelop the site as an exciting new urban mixed-use, riverfront redevelopment including 2,800 residential units, 1.8 million SF of office space and up to 300,000 SF of retail space, not to mention a significant riverfront public park to be collectively known as The Yards.