JPI Cos.

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    Hospital Corner

    The headaches of rehabbing just one historic building can make any developer want to head for the hills. Try tackling 13 unique historic properties filling an entire city block in downtown Washington—one of which served as the office for Civil War nurse Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross. While many might take one look and run, JPI Cos. jumped at the opportunity. “It was basically a mess waiting to get redeveloped,” says Jim Butz, president of JPI's East Coast division.

    4 MIN READ
    BARTON'S BUILDING: The nurse's former office is now part of a dynamic mixed-use community in downtown Washington. Many of the original buildings date back to the 1800s but now house condos, a museum, a grocery store, and the Woolly Mammoth Theater Co.