Barry Farm

The Barry Farm neighborhood in Southeast Washington, D.C. is east of the Anacostia River between the Southeast Freeway and St. Elizabeths Hospital. In 1867, the Freedman's Bureau bought a 375-acre farm from white landowners David and Julia Barry to establish a community of formerly enslaved and free-born African Americans. Redevelopment plans involve demolishing the 432 public housing units on the site and the 12-unit Wade Apartments to replace them with up to 1,400 mixed-income residential units, 50,000 SF of retail and commercial space and 80,000 SF of green space. McKissack is providing comprehensive infrastructure project management preconstruction services including: assisting with managing day-to-day infrastructure-related preconstruction activities; construction management; advising on the scope, schedule, budget, permitting, and providing design reviews to ensure quality of work developed by the engineer; and working with the civil engineer and project stakeholders to identify issues that require owner input and decisions.