Now that the proposed baseball stadium in Near Southeast is getting a lot of attention, other projects along the Southeast and Southwest waterfronts are being highlighted. The Post gives an update on the plans of Fannie Mae, the home mortgage giant, to consolidate its downtown and Upper Northwest offices into one large new headquarters building near the Waterfront metrorail station.

Fannie Mae plans on moving into new quarters at the Waterside Mall on M Street SW at Fourth Street, which currently has a CVS and a Safeway. Alvin Nichols, Fannie’s director of corporate real estate, tells the Post that the proposed site is “really terrific,” adding that Southwest is one of the only places in the District where there is land available to build such a headquarters. While there has been some opposition to the plan, relations are warming between neighborhood forces and Fannie. From the Post:

Getting applause was important for the developers because the project — one of several the District expects to help revitalize the rundown Southwest and Southeast waterfronts just past the Maine Avenue fish market — still must go through several public hearings early next year.

On a side note, part of the Waterside Mall complex used to be occupied by the Environmental Protection Agency. And bad air quality made EPA workers sick a decade ago.

— DDOT on Fourth Street SW redevelopment adjacent to Waterside Mall.

— Some background on the Waterside project from Kaempfer Co., which paired up with Forest City Enterprises for the project.

— Design image of Southwest D.C. from SWDC.