Construction is wrapping up on the first phase of an infill development that’s adding eight for-sale homes and four duplexes at the corner of 29th and R streets. (Images courtesy Daniil Kleyman)
After adding a baker’s dozen of apartments around the block, Daniil Kleyman is filling out another corner in Church Hill North with an infill development that’s set to add 16 more homes.
The prolific developer has teamed up with area builder Bryan Traylor on a project at the corner of 29th and R streets that’s replacing a former medical office building with eight for-sale townhomes and four duplexes containing eight rental units.
Traylor’s Unlimited Renovations is handling construction, and Kleyman said Traylor is a partner with him on the for-sale homes, which they’re developing under a separate LLC and plan to price in the mid-$400,000s. The rental units, developed under Kleyman’s Evolve Hld LLC, are pre-leased with rents at or near $1,900 a month.
Construction got underway earlier this year on the project’s first phase, consisting of the duplexes and four of the townhomes. The other four townhomes will make up a second phase that’s set to break ground this fall.
The two middle duplex buildings will include rear decks and are flanked by the townhomes, the taller of which will have top-floor terraces.
The roughly half-acre site is on the opposite side of the block from an earlier Kleyman project: a mixed-use development at 30th and Q streets that includes 13 apartments and a commercial space that’s home to restaurant Soul N’ Vinegar.
Kleyman said it was during that project that he saw that the single-story office building at 1127 N. 29th St. was for sale.
Daniil Kleyman
“It was vacant, sat on a big piece of land and made a lot of sense to redevelop into something more useful,” Kleyman said. “We went from a vacant office building to what will now become home to 16 different households. Much better use of land, more housing, a lot more tax revenue for the city and more people in the neighborhood.”
Kleyman said he purchased the property in January 2022 for $620,000. The property has since been subdivided into 12 lots, and online property records do not reflect the transaction or the seller. Long & Foster Real Estate had listed the property with an asking price of just under $800,000.
The city has assessed the six lots facing 29th Street at $68,000 each and the six facing R Street at $59,000 each, bringing the city’s total assessment for the site to $762,000.
Six of the townhomes will front R Street and rise three stories, while the other two townhomes and the four duplexes will be oriented toward 29th and rise two stories. The L-shaped configuration will enclose 14 on-site parking spaces behind the buildings.
The L-shaped configuration of the buildings will enclose 14 on-site parking spaces.
The townhomes will range from about 1,700 to 1,800 square feet of space. Each will include three bedrooms and 3½ bathrooms, and the three-story units fronting R Street will include top-floor terraces. The 1,100-square-foot duplex units will have two bedrooms and bathrooms, with full-width front porches, two-story rear decks and facades designed to have the appearance from the street of single-family attached townhomes.
Matt Jarreau, Nancy Kuehl and Bryan Traylor, from left. (BizSense file)
Construction on the first phase is set to wrap up next month, with the rest of the townhomes getting underway thereafter. The for-sale homes are being listed by Hometown Realty agents Matt Jarreau and Nancy Kuehl.
ADO’s Todd Dykshorn designed the homes, and Tracy Winkelman with Kine Vue Consulting is the civil engineer on the project. Mark Baker with Baker Development Resources handled Kleyman’s application for a special-use permit, which the City Council approved last year.
Kleyman wouldn’t share the total cost for the project, which is being dually financed. Old Dominion National Bank is financing the townhomes, and Touchstone Bank is financing the duplexes, Kleyman said.
When the SUP for the project received council approval, it also attracted about two dozen letters of support from area residents and property owners. Kleyman attributed the response to what he called a “dire need” for more housing and options in the neighborhood.
“Here we are able to create multiple entry points for people into the neighborhood: rentals and for-sale product,” he said. “And hopefully by now people are also familiar with the quality of everything we build. It’s usually additive to the area in terms of design and craftsmanship. We are also very hands-on property managers. Everything is managed in-house.”
The project adds to a hefty workload for Kleyman in and around Church Hill. His Evolve Development is developing nine townhomes on part of the Bowler Retirement Community property at 26th and M streets. Kleyman also is planning more than 100 apartments and three mixed-use buildings at Government Road and Glenwood Avenue, downhill from Chimborazo Park.
Uphill along Glenwood, Kleyman is planning to develop a 5-acre tract that he purchased two years ago. His completed projects in the area include the triangular mixed-use building he developed with Jarreau along Jefferson Avenue at 25th Street.
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