The Wizards practice and train at the MedStar Health Performance Center on the St. Elizabeths East campus in Congress Heights, Ward 8 — a $65M facility adjacent to CareFirst Arena and the new Cedar Hill Regional Medical Center. The neighborhood immediately around the facility is still emerging, so the upscale living, dining, and services that fit a high-net-worth athlete cluster across the river in the Capitol Riverfront / Navy Yard and Capitol Hill corridor, all within a 15-20 minute drive over the South Capitol or 11th Street bridges.
DC's newest waterfront district — glass towers, Yards Park, Nationals Park, and a wall of full-service buildings with doormen and concierge.
Tree-lined blocks of brick Federal rowhomes, Eastern Market, and Barracks Row dining — DC's most established residential prestige address.
A mile-long waterfront promenade with luxury condos, marinas, hotels, and a dense restaurant and music scene on the Washington Channel.
An established, leafy single-family neighborhood on the high ground of Ward 7, long home to DC professionals and officials seeking quiet east of the river.
The neighborhoods above sit inside a twenty-minute drive of MedStar Health Performance Center. But many athletes prioritize lifestyle, privacy, and prestige over commute — these are the areas across Washington, D.C. where athletes most often buy and rent, even though they’re a longer drive from the facility.
The blue-chip Northern Virginia enclave of diplomats, CEOs and pro athletes, with gated estates, river-view lots and communities like the Colonies at McLean. Capitals stars Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom have long called it home.
Estate-sized lots, equestrian properties and direct Potomac River frontage in the northeast corner of Fairfax County, long a base for politicians, diplomats and pro athletes who want acreage.
Maryland's marquee enclave of NBA and NFL players, billionaires and CEOs, anchored by the gated Avenel community around TPC Potomac. NBA guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope's 13,400-sq-ft mansion sat here, and Bradley Beal lived next door in Bethesda.
The District's richest neighborhood, a leafy enclave of embassies and stately mansions whose residents have included the Obamas, Jeff Bezos and Goldie Hawn, with Secret Service patrols a near-constant presence.