D.C. Mayor-elect Janeese Lewis George is keeping her options open for what could anchor Poplar Point, the District’s last major waterfront development opportunity.
Lewis George won the mayoral race Tuesday night and is set to take the reins from Mayor Muriel Bowser, who will step down from her nearly 12-year run in January. Bowser’s administration has been pushing a proposal to anchor Poplar Point with a $550M thermal bathing retreat from Therme Group.
On Wednesday, Lewis George said she doesn’t want to preclude other development opportunities that could better meet the needs of D.C. residents.
“I don’t want to foreclose proposals by declaring that Therme is what’s going to be there,” she said at a press conference. “Therme is welcome to continue to try to be one of the anchors and partners there, but I don’t want to move forward in foreclosing those opportunities.”
