Developers are targeting the Congress Heights Metro station in an effort to capitalize upon the massive redevelopment expected at St. Elizabeths Hospital across the street.

On Thursday, Metro's Board of Directors will be asked to approve the $3 million sale of roughly one acre of land surrounding the station's south entrance on Alabama Avenue in Southeast to the adjacent property owner.

Developer Sanford City Partners, which has an office in Adams Morgan, plans to build a 281,000-square-foot office and retail development there, according to the project's architect, Maurice Walters.