Located at 1230 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, The Bond is ideally situated between Dupont Circle, Washington Circle, Georgetown, and the downtown Golden Triangle. It is the first new apartment building to deliver in the Dupont Circle/West End neighborhood since Boston Properties' highly successful Residences on The Avenue. Monthly rental rates at The Bond begin at $1,900.
The New York City-based Aria Development Group acquired The Bond in early 2012 from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which had used it for corporate housing; The IMF has since renovated the building next door at 1250 New Hampshire Avenue for this purpose.
Then Aria undertook a year-long gut renovation under the guidance of award-winning Washington, DC firm Bonstra Haresign Architects, known for their transformations of the Studio Theater, Woodley Wardman condominium, and many other projects. Monarc Construction, which built the House of Sweden and other embassies in the nation's capital, was the general contractor. Oculus Realty, LLC of Gaithersburg, MD is providing exclusive leasing and management services.
The result: brand-new interiors for 83 distinctive studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments, featuring European kitchens designed by Deborah Kalkstein of Contemporaria in Georgetown, three-inch natural white oak floors, Bosch washer- dryers, and all-new systems including an advanced video intercom.
The Bond is the first apartment community in the city to offer energy-saving Nest programmable thermostats, which "learn" occupants' behavior and can be controlled remotely by iPhone or Android smartphones.
The building's gracious prewar exterior will soon be adorned with a grand historic cast iron canopy built by Fingles Metalworks of Baltimore with ornaments cast by Historical Arts and Castings, the firm that designed canopies for New York City's Saks Fifth Avenue flagship store and other landmark structures.
Award-winning landscape architecture firm Fritz & Gignoux has designed a vibrant English garden in the building's front yard and an intimate courtyard with private gardens, further enhancing The Bond's appeal.
During the renovation, Aria donated finishes, fixtures, and appliances from the original building to a number of Washington, DC charitable organizations including Community Forklift, Champlain Court Cooperative, Latin American Youth Center LAYC-DC, and Sarah's Circle.
The Bond is the largest of several Washington, DC investments to date by Aria Development Group, which has also developed the ultra-luxury oceanfront condominium 321 Ocean in Miami's South Beach, along with luxury mixed-use projects in New York City's SoHo and West Village.
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