I live in the collective, and I love it. Staff are all super nice and the buildings are relatively new. Lots of amenities between the three buildings and close to both navy yard and Capitol south metro stops (plus easy walk to the Capitol if you’re working near there). The leasing office was great when I was looking to move there but haven’t really interacted with them much after I moved in. It’s also right on top of a Whole Foods, which is super convenient.

They went through two management companies in my 18 months there (April 2017 - September 2018). My apartment flooded right before the end of the lease and they took a full month rent even though the lease ended on the 3rd of the month. Took another 90 days to get a refund. It’s also not super metro accessible unless they changed the shuttle schedule.

Most will probably just turn right on red anyway.