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Giant Food continues growth through Shoppers swaps
Giant Food LLC has been on a real estate spending spree for the past year, opening new locations, renovating old ones and, interestingly, taking over shuttering Shoppers Food & Pharmacy locations. The spending will continue, as Giant plans to invest $175 million on new locations, conversions or store renovations during the next two years.
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Wegmans cements deal for Reston location
Wegmans has cemented a deal to open at Reston Crescent, where developer Brookfield Properties hopes the popular grocer will serve as an anchor to attract others to the 4 million-square-foot mixed-use development.
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Fast-Casual Fish Taco Is Coming to Tysons Corner Next Summer
Fish Taco, a fast-casual Mexican restaurant with three locations in Maryland, plans to open its first Virginia store at the Boro development in Tysons Corner by June next year.
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Ruth’s Chris Steak House To Open At Major Downtown D.C. Development
A large-scale redevelopment in the heart of D.C.’s central business district has landed a popular national steakhouse chain for its corner retail space.
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Rockville Now Has Dueling Food Halls
Rockville Pike got another Asian food hall this week with the arrival of Pike Kitchen, which brings build-your-own bowls, banh mi, and caffeinated Thai concoctions to the growing dining scene off Interstate 270.
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Columbia’s next 30 years: What Howard Hughes’ $5B redevelopment will bring in 2019, and beyond
You can see it from any exit off of Route 29 heading toward the heart of Columbia. The massive steel frame of a building reaching up into the sky and towering over the trees that surround the new section of development north of Broken Land Parkway.