After years of planning, construction has begun on the Barry Farm redevelopment in Southeast D.C.
D.C. leaders broke ground Monday morning on the Asberry, a future senior living community on the site.
“The Asberry will deliver 108 fully affordable housing units for seniors people 55 years and older, with 77 of those units being replacement units for long-term residents,” Mayor Muriel Bowser said.
Located off Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in Southeast, the Barry Farm has a rich history dating back to 1867 and the Freedman’s Village, where formerly enslaved African-Americans bought land and created a community after the Civil War.
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