D.C. appeals court allows Union Market-area project to advance

A D.C. court has rejected an activist group’s appeal of Foulger-Pratt’s $200 million planned development near Union Market.

Thursday’s ruling from the D.C. Court of Appeals upholds the D.C. Zoning Commission’s approval of the “Press House” project and could have implications for dozens of other District developments that have been appealed by groups such as UMN. Press House, like other projects in similar situations, has been on hold with appeals pending.

Potomac-based Foulger-Pratt was not immediately…