
Former Shoppers reopens as Giant in Falls Church
Giant Food opened its newest Northern Virginia grocery store Friday, taking over the former Shoppers store in the Seven Corners Center in Falls Church.

Mixed-Use Development Proposed Across from Braddock Metro
A new development called Braddock West could replace the row of small homes just east of the Braddock Metro station.

First look at The Boro’s ShowPlace Icon Theatre, the first in Greater Washington
It will be the seventh Showplace Icon in the U.S.

New Ramen Restaurant Announces March Opening in The Boro
An international ramen restaurant plans to open next month in The Boro in Tysons.

Barry’s Bootcamp Is Opening Its First Virginia Studio in Clarendon This Month
Virginia residents will no longer have to ford the Potomac to get in their Barry’s Bootcamp fix.

Ruth’s Chris Unveils Its Last Remaining D.C. Steakhouse
It’s opening day for Ruth’s Chris on 21st and L Streets NW, representing the sizzling steakhouse chain’s newly consolidated D.C. address.

What to Watch in 2020 – Digital Edition
What to Watch in 2020 – Digital Edition

You’ll be shopping here soon: Greater Washington’s coming supermarket wave
From Aldi to Whole Foods — from Arcola to Twinbrook — a new set of grocery stores is arriving en masse, or scheduled to over the coming years.

Greater Washington biz leaders share their best and worst moments from 2019
It wasn’t exactly the best of times or the worst of times, but 2019 certainly had some memorable highs and lows for business leaders around Greater Washington

Whole Foods is coming to the Parks at Walter Reed
Whole Foods Market has signed on to join the massive upper Northwest D.C. development.

Lidl doubles down on regional expansion with acquisition of Shoppers stores
Lidl is looking to fill the void being left by Shoppers.

Leasing Merriweather
Neighborhood cafe and bookstore Busboys and Poets is opening its largest location yet in Merriweather, venturing out of the D.C. area for the first time. Three other restaurant concepts with D.C., Northern Virginia and Hanover ties were also revealed in October. Next up, Howard Hughes will be announcing concepts that Baltimore locals will recognize, said Ray Schupp, a… Read more »

Navy Yard Taco Spot Él Bebe Is Expanding to Tysons Corner
Él Bebe, the taco and tequila bar full of trippy graffiti art in Navy Yard, is opening a second location in a Tysons Corner development with an intriguing line-up of dining options.

Open Road, El Bebe restaurants to open in Tysons
The company has signed a lease for about 10,000 square feet, which will be split between American restaurant and bar Open Road and Mexican spot El Bebe. MHG has a location of Open Road in Merrifield and another about to open in Rosslyn. It opened its first location of El Bebe near Nationals Park in… Read more »

Largest Whole Foods on the East Coast Opens in Tysons
The largest Whole Foods in the East Coast is now open in Virginia.

Inside The Boro, The Project Aiming To Usher In Tysons’ Mixed-Use Renaissance
Tysons’ four Metro stops has the potential to make the area more walkable

Greater Washington execs share their favorite NLCS memories
Davey Martinez’s speech about the bumpy road it has been, waking up this morning and realizing it is Bryce Harper’s birthday and singing Baby Shark with the entire stadium to introduce Gerardo Parra to the field. Wow has he really revitalized the dugout and getting the stadium involved! -Bryan Davis

Brookfield Breaks Ground On $1.4B Reston Development
The massive mixed-use development that will bring a Wegmans and Pinstripes near the future Reston Town Center Metro station is underway.

Robo-Flipping CaliBurger Locates a Home in Tysons Corner
CaliBurger just locked down a brick-and-mortar home in Tysons Corner that plans to integrate high-tech cooking techniques alongside the brand’s first-ever full bar.

Exclusive: City National Bank is expanding into Northern Virginia
The new 4,200-square-foot location, which the bank confirmed to the Washington Business Journal, is expected to open at 1667 Silver Hill Road in the spring of 2020. It will serve as a full-service regional center for the often-named “bank to the stars” for its client roster of famous names.

Whole Foods sets opening date for Mid-Atlantic flagship store at The Boro
Whole Foods Market Inc. will open the doors to its new 70,000-square-foot store at The Boro in Tysons on the eve of Halloween

DC’s First Rock Climbing Gym Is Going to Have So Much More Than Just Climbing Walls
Brooklyn Boulders will open in NoMa in 2020.

Largest Tenant Representation Firms in Greater D.C.
Ranked by S.F. in metro-area tenant representation deals in 2018

In The Works: Top 3 Prince George’s County Developments
In the works: In The Works: Top 3 Prince George’s County Developments

A Massive Ramen Chain From Hokkaido Is Planting a Flag in Tyson’s Corner
Santouka is bringing its tonkatsu broth bowls to a massive new development

Here are the top 10 most expensive construction projects in Greater Washington right now
Crane Watch is in a constant state of flux, as it should be.

Here’s where Miami’s Yardbird is landing in D.C.
Yardbird Southern Table & Bar, the Southern-inspired restaurant group known for its fried chicken, has settled on a home for its D.C. location. The restaurant will take the 8,000-square-foot former Acadiana space at 901 New York Ave. NW.

Skechers signs on at Wegmans-anchored West Broad Marketplace
A West Coast shoe company is lacing up a Short Pump location.

Billion-dollar baby: How Carter’s became a staple of just about every child’s wardrobe
While its competitors are crumbling, the 154-year-old retailer has had 30 consecutive years of growth

Former Olney Giant to become Onelife Fitness
A former grocery store is getting new life as a heath and fitness center.

Sprouts opens in Bel Air this week, growing its local store count to three
Sprouts Farmers Market will open its Bel Air store Wednesday, marking the third location the grocer has brought to the Baltimore area within the past 16 months.

When The Sun Sets in Las Vegas, It’s Time To Party At ICSC RECon
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser was there.

Ramen Utsuke Opens at 414 Light Street
414 Light Street in Otterbein/Inner Harbor has its first retail business in operation as Ramen Utsuke opened last month in a 2,071 sq. ft. space. Ramen Utsuke is owned by Shigehiko “Jacky” Okiebisu and is a sister restaurant of Fell’s Point’s Kippo Ramen.

An Office-to-Residential Project in Alexandria to Deliver 520 Apartments, Indoor/Outdoor Food Hall
A new office-to-residential conversion is scheduled to deliver soon just blocks from Eisenhower Avenue Metro station.

Redeveloping Largo shopping center aims to be the Pike & Rose of Prince George’s
The owner of the Boulevard at Capital Centre shopping center is thinking big when it comes to its revamp, with plans to begin work on a $200 million first phase later this year.

Cafe Chain Bluestone Lane Brings Avocado Smash Toasts to Scott Circle
Aussie coffee chain Bluestone Lane continues to blanket the D.C. area with its “avocado smash” toasts and flat whites, having just added a sixth area cafe in the heart of Scott Circle last week.

Spaces coworking coming to The Boro
Coworking company Spaces will open a 50,000-square-foot, two-floor outpost at The Boro in Tysons, The Meridian Group announced Thursday.

Meridian Group plotting another large Tysons development
The Meridian Group expects to submit plans to Fairfax County this summer for new residential and retail project across Westpark Drive from The Boro, its massive mixed-use project in Tysons.

A New 12,000-Square-Foot Brewery Opens in PG County This Weekend
Huge block letters on the wall set the tone at Maryland’s second Denizens Brewing Co., which is scheduled to open this weekend inside the growing Riverdale Park Station development between Hyattsville and College Park.

New details emerge for redevelopment of office park near future Reston Metro station
Plans are coming together for Tishman Speyer’s massive redevelopment of a Reston office park into seven mixed-use buildings virtually adjacent to a future Metro station.

F45 Gym Announces New Franchise Location in The Boro
F45, an Australian-based high-intensity gym franchise, just signed a 10-year lease for The Boro development in Tysons.

A look inside Tysons’ newest office tower
While The Meridian Group has more work to do before it finishes up the first phase of The Boro, bringing with it a Whole Foods Market and ShowPlace Icon Theater among many other things, tenants have had a few months now to settle into the newest office tower to deliver in Tysons.

Movie theater, new retail at Gaithersburg’s Kentlands Market Square
Kentlands Market Square, an open-air shopping center in Gaithersburg, Maryland that is currently undergoing a $23 million redevelopment, continues to sign new tenants and will get a big boost in traffic when a Cinepolis luxury movie theater opens this year.

Denizens Brewing Opening Second Maryland Location
Denizens Brewing is opening a 12,000-square-foot production house and taproom at Riverdale Park Station in Riverdale Park, Md., according to a press release from the brewery. The 150 seat taproom at 4550 Van Buren Street will open to the public on May 25.

Denizens’ Riverdale Park Taproom and Brewery Welcomes All Beer Drinkers May 25
When Denizens Brewing Co. opens its 12,000-square-foot brewery and taproom on May 25, it doesn’t just mean more beer for Maryland’s Riverdale Park neighborhood. It’s the start of more locally brewed suds for the region. “We built it for distribution so we can send beer out into the field,” says Co-founder Julie Verratti, adding that Denizens maxed out… Read more »

Bowling and bocce venue makes it official for Reston
The Halley Rise development in Reston has signed its first retail tenant after its Wegmans anchor: Pinstripes, the bowling, bocce and bar venue with two other locations in the D.C. area.

Habit Burger fires up on Midlothian Turnpike
A California-based burger joint has taken its first bite out of metro Richmond’s restaurant scene.

Whole Foods to anchor Towson Row
Grocery store Whole Foods will anchor Towson Row, a $350 million development in Towson’s core, developer Greenberg Gibbons announced Tuesday morning.

Duluth Trading Co. to open first Richmond-area store
Duluth Trading Co. has signed on for about 17,000 square feet in the Wegmans- and Cabela’s-anchored West Broad Marketplace at 12260 and 12268 W. Broad St. in Henrico County.

Largest Commercial Real Estate Brokerages in Greater Baltimore
Largest Commercial Real Estate Brokerages in Greater Baltimore