The new 'Union Station North'

D.C.’s planning and zoning commission is set to hear a proposal that would allow 130-foot buildings to be stacked on top of the tracks behind Union Station.

The proposal would create a new zoning designation for the development called Burnham Place, named after Union Station architect Daniel Burnham. Developer Akridge, which bought the air rights above Union Station’s tracks in 2002 for $10 million, plans to build a mixed-use development atop two 20-foot-high platforms on both sides of the H Street bridge.