Massive development plans that will transform the West End neighborhood will move forward after a lawsuit delayed construction for two years.

The construction project that will revamp the vacant, 47-year-old West End Library and fire station will break ground “as soon as possible,” the developer’s president told the Washington Post.

It will set off a construction boom in the quiet neighborhood, with plans to build affordable housing and add retail space.

A lawsuit levied by the D.C. Library Renaissance Project, a group affiliated with consumer activist Ralph Nader, has held up construction since 2012. The organization sued the city for giving public land to a private company that planned to earn $40 million in profits in five years. The District Court of Appeals, D.C.’s highest court, struck it down earlier this month.

The Library Renaissance Project claimed that D.C. would lose $30 million through its deal with developer EastBanc, Inc. That arrangement gave EastBanc ownership of the downtown properties in exchange for EastBanc paying for construction.

EastBanc will invest $45 million in the project.