Kensington Terrace is a mixed use project that will replace the gas station on the corner of Adams Avenue and Marlborough Drive and the dilapidated apartments on the east half of the block at Edgeware Avenue. Kensington Terrace will feature corner plazas, open courtyards and landscaping that will dramatically improve the existing lot and provide benefits to the community of Kensington. The project will include a combination of retail, residential and office space and tenants will include local residents and businesses who will complement the neighborhood. Although no leases have been finalized, an emphasis will be placed on local ownership and prospective retail tenants may include a gourmet style market, a gelato or yogurt shop, postal services, a pharmacy and a restaurant. Upstairs, the office tenants may include property management, landscape design and Allard Jansen plans to move his small architectural firm there. All tenants will be subject to tasteful signage and storefront guidelines. If you are interested in retail, office or residential space at Kensington Terrace please let us know.
About The Developer
The developer of Kensington Terrace is Terrace Partners, a venture headed by Allard Jansen and his wife Hannah Devine. Back in 1999, during a real estate recession, Jansen and Devine pooled their life savings to build the Kensington Park Plaza on a site that had been a weed-filled empty lot for years. The “Starbucks Building” as it is known, although controversial then, was given an Orchid award for architecture and has been well-managed by Jansen’s company, serving as a popular community plaza in Kensington. More recently in 2006, upon learning that the gas station on Adams Avenue was for sale and that other potential buyers had plans to enlarge the site by adding a major convenience store and car wash, Jansen and Devine got involved. Alarmed by the possibility of an expanded gas station, Jansen and Devine made a bid to purchase the gas station in order to develop a project more suitable for Kensington on the site. The couple worked with community groups to determine what was missing in Kensington and the Kensington Terrace project was born.