Hundreds of acres of federally owned D.C. land will be turned over to the District after Congress Thursday approved a long-awaited land swap, breathing life into major projects destined for undeveloped plots throughout Washington.

Included in the land swap are the 110-acre Poplar Point in Southeast, anticipated location of a new soccer stadium and park, the Old Naval Hospital, and Reservation 13, a 66-acre tract just south of RFK Stadium that once housed D.C. General Hospital.

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