Builders Dig Deep for New APA Headquarters Location
Abstract
The planned relocation of APA headquarters to the District of Columbia in late 2017 will bring the Association closer to the decision makers on Capitol Hill.
To build up, you first have to dig down.
Celebrating the return of APA to Washington, D.C., are (from left) Monty Hoffman of developer Hoffman-Madison Waterfront; Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen, M.P.H.; Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, M.P.P.; Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, J.D. (D-D.C.); APA CEO and Medical Director Saul Levin, M.D., M.P.A.
So on July 16, APA leadership and District of Columbia officials gathered with several hundred construction workers to celebrate the “bottoming out” of the foundation for the structure that will house the APA beginning in late 2017. Behind them stretched a rectangular stretch of Potomac River waterfront, excavated and already stocked with construction cranes.
Part of a larger mixed-use development called the Wharf, the new building represents a return to Washington, which the Association left late in 2002 to move to its current location in Arlington, Va. APA was the first major commercial tenant to sign a lease in the building.
“APA is taking a more active role in advocating for our physicians and patients on Capitol Hill and our presence in the nation’s capital will surely strengthen our voice on important mental health issues,” said APA CEO and Medical Director Saul Levin, M.D., M.P.A., at the event.
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, M.P.P., welcomed the move back to the District. “APA’s move is another sign that our infrastructure, our economy, and our talent are attracting world-class organizations into the District,” she said.
In addition to its proximity to Capitol Hill, the new location will permit consolidation of APA offices now occupying four different floors at its current site. ■
