As of 2026, 1 of the 1,584 active building permits issued in Downtown, Chinatown, Penn Quarters & Mount Vernon Square in the last 12 months is for new buildings, full demolitions (razes) or other high-impact uses.
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1 new-building, full-demolition (raze) or other high-impact building permit was issued in Downtown, Chinatown, Penn Quarters & Mount Vernon Square in the last 12 months and is still active. Search an address above to see what's planned on a specific block.
Downtown, Chinatown, Penn Quarters & Mount Vernon Square has 1,584 building permits filed in the last 12 months, 1 of them new buildings, full demolitions (razes) or other high-impact uses. The map above shows where.
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Search Downtown, Chinatown, Penn Quarters & Mount Vernon SquareFigures cover the Downtown, Chinatown, Penn Quarters & Mount Vernon Square Neighborhood Cluster (the boundary outlined on the map), over the last 12 months, compared against the average Washington neighborhood. Source: District of Columbia open data (Open Data DC). Open data updates on a delay, so the most recent records may be incomplete. For general information only — not legal, financial, or real-estate advice.
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