DC USA is an 890,000-square-foot (83,000 m2) vertical power center, i.e. a multilevel enclosed urban shopping center anchored by big box stores. It is located in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington, D.C. A Washington City Paper poll named DC USA the "Best Designed Retail Space" of 2009. The development is adjacent to the Columbia Heights station on the Green and Yellow Lines of the Washington Metro. It is also served by six bus routes and has a 1,000-space parking garage.