Here are the office-to-residential projects spurred by a DC conversion incentive program

The number of office-to-residential redevelopment projects in Washington, D.C., is growing, with a tax incentive program credited for helping add more than 1,700 apartments to the city's pipeline.

Eight projects associated with the Housing in Downtown, or HID, tax abatement initiative have launched since the program began last March. The developments comprise 1,745 proposed units, 1,569 of which would be available at market rate and the other 176 units at affordable rents, according to Mayor Muriel Bowser's office.

With this start, the Bowser administration said it is on track to hit its goal of 15,000 new residents in downtown Washington by 2028, thanks to the 20-year tax abatement for commercial-to-residential conversions. The HID program is expected to aid in creating 6.7 million square feet of new residential use for 8,400 new housing units.

The $41 million investment in the HID program is "helping to create a Downtown where people can live — not just commute to and from work," Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development Nina Albert said in a statement. Albert added that budgetary changes starting this fall could allow consideration for even more potential projects for the program.

Here's a look at redevelopment projects underway in the District that are expected to result in the redevelopment of more than 2.1 million square feet of underutilized office space.

Stonebridge and the Bernstein Cos. said one project involves the redevelopment of a property a few blocks from the White House: Demolition began last week on the roughly 300,000-square-foot, 1979-era office building at 1990 K St. NW.

The property — now being rebranded as 1999 I St. NW — is set to become a $250 million, 415,000-square-foot, ground-up multifamily project. It's the first project under the District's Housing in Downtown program to fully replace an obsolete office building with new housing rather than retrofit an existing building through a conversion.

The proposed residential property is designed to contain about 435 units, including 45 affordable units, along with 17,000 square feet of retail space, with the first move-ins by May 2028. Clark Construction kicked off the demolition, Lionheart provided financing, and equity capital came from Criterion in deals arranged by Cushman & Wakefield.

Monument Realty is redeveloping several small lots at 608-624 I St. NW into The Gallery. When completed, the project is expected to contain 116 units, including 12 affordable units, across more than 100,000 square feet. Plans also call for it to include just under 8,000 square feet of ground-floor retail.

Monument Realty is converting three floors of an existing building from office into residential space at 2401 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. This partial conversion project is expected to add 60 housing units to the building, including six affordable residences.

Construction began late last year on the conversion of the office building at 1625 Massachusetts Ave. NW into an apartment building. The proposed 157-unit development was among the first to be approved for a 20-year tax abatement through the Housing in Downtown program.

A 72-unit project with seven affordable units in D.C.'s Chinatown neighborhood is being redeveloped by Monument Realty, according to CoStar data.

Transwestern Development Co. plans to redevelop the office building into a multifamily property with 220 units, of which 22 would be affordable.

The office buildings at 1825 and 1875 Connecticut Ave. NW are expected to be transformed into 525 housing units, 53 of which will be affordable. In 2022, Post Brothers acquired the Universal North and South buildings along Connecticut Avenue at the nexus of D.C.'s Dupont Circle, Adams Morgan and Kalorama neighborhoods.

The office building at 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW is slated to be converted into a 160-unit multifamily property, of which 16 would be affordable.