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 »

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 »

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.