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Building Bridges Development Corporation/Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus - Mixed-use facility which includestenants include children's hospital, school and early childhood agency services to LIP.Facility that houses nine nonprofit partners, including: ArtReach at THEARC, Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington’s FRB Branch, Children’s National Health System/Children’s Health Fund, Covenant House Washington, Levine Music LIFT-DC, The Washington Ballet, Trinity Washington University and The Washington School for Girls. Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus (THEARC) is developed by a nonprofit called Building Bridges Across the River (BBAR) to address the economic, academic and social challenges facing families living east of the Anacostia River, in wards 7 and 8 - the poorest and most underserved communities in Washington, D.C. The development will be the third phase of THEARC which consists of two parts: construction of a new 92,000 sq. ft. building and renovation of a suite in one of the existing buildings. In total, the Phase III expansion project will cost $34 million. The new building will be home to four partner organizations: Children’s National Health System/Children’s Health Fund, the Bishop Walker School for Boys, The Phillips Collection and AppleTree Institute for Education Innovation. The new building will also include a black box theater and a community meeting room managed by BBAR. During the expansion, the suite previously used by the Children’s Health Center in an existing building will be renovated into a commercial teaching kitchen and café.