Why the building boom in Tysons differs from the rest of the region
One of the most prominent features of the Tysons skyline these days, besides recent additions like the Adaire and Lerner Enterprises’ 1775 Tysons Blvd., are the construction cranes hard at work altering that vista.
Chuy’s bringing its ‘fun and funky’ Austin vibe to Annapolis
Chuy’s, an Austin, Texas, Tex-Mex restaurant known for its “Austin vibe” and annual Green Chile Festival, is opening its second Maryland location in Annapolis this fall. The chain is opening at 2339 Forest Drive in Annapolis — in the Festival at Riva shopping center — according to the company and the brokers representing the retail… Read more »
Giant emerges as anchor for Fairfax Circle development
The grocery store chain Giant Food is coming to Scout on the Circle, recently signing a lease agreement to serve as the anchor store for the long-developing project in the City of Fairfax.
Parkville duckpin bowling alley ‘resurrected from certain death’
Parkville Lanes, long a haven for Baltimore duckpin bowlers, is getting a second wind. The community bowling alley is preparing to reopen next week after a total facelift and will feature 26 lanes with vistas of the Baltimore skyline and the Maryland flag, a new snack bar, new seating areas and spiffed up lighting and… Read more »
Inside Douglas Development’s New Brookland Press Project
After restoring and repositioning a bread factory, a laundry facility, a department store warehouse and a coliseum, Douglas Development’s latest adaptive reuse of a historic D.C. industrial building is nearly complete.
A pizza chain created by a former Starbucks exec should worry Pizza Hut and Domino’s
About one in eight Americans eats pizza on any given day. And an increasing number of them are ditching legacy brands like Domino’s and Pizza Hut for innovative fast-casual chains. MOD Pizza is one of them. Founded by a former Starbucks executive in 2008, the chain more than doubled in size over the past year. In 2015, Technomic named MOD the… Read more »
Starbucks To Open Third Georgetown Store At 34th And M
A vacant storefront on M Street in Georgetown will soon be home to the neighborhood’s third Starbucks.
BGR heading to Brookland, Mason Dixie goes bricks-and-mortar and more new restaurant news
Brookland is blowing up, and the latest addition will be BGR The Burger Joint. The local chain has signed on to Monroe Street Market, according to a broker for the space.
Whole Foods debuts in Riverdale Park, another symbol of Prince George’s progress
Prince George’s County’s first Whole Foods Market will open Wednesday with much fanfare. Store employees will tear a five-foot-long golden brown loaf of challah baked in-house and give customers a taste.
At Whole Foods-anchored shopping center, Prince George’s shows off a north county gem
Almost 10 years after developers Jane and Calvin Cafritz first floated the idea of a Whole Foods-anchored mixed-use development on a tract of land in Riverdale between U.S. Route 1 and the CSX train tracks, Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker can barely contain his excitement about this Wednesday’s opening.
451 Apartments and a Hotel: The New Plans for Storey Park
It has been a long time coming for NoMa’s Storey Park development, a project slated for 1005 First Street NE (map) that was originally approved to have 346,000 square feet of office space, 65,000 square feet of retail and 300 residential units.
Prince George’s County’s first Whole Foods is opening on Route 1 next week
Prince George’s County’s first Whole Foods Market will open in Riverdale Park on Route 1 on April 12, becoming the first property to open within a new $250 million mixed-use development complex.
H&R Retail Completes Five Retail Leases In Mid-Atlantic Region
H&R Retail, a Washington, DC/Baltimore-based retail real estate brokerage firm,announced that it recently completed five retail lease transactions in the Mid-Atlantic region. The leases include:
More Mediterranean coming to D.C., Shake Shack’s latest opening and more restaurant news
Verts Mediterranean will occupy 2,063 square feet on the hyper-busy corner of Connecticut and K streets NW. The restaurant aims to open this summer or fall. Bradley Buslik and Lisa Ridgeway with H&R Retail represented the tenant in the transaction.
Here’s when the H Street NE Whole Foods will open
The District’s latest Whole Foods Market — complete with outdoor patio and Chinese diner from chef Erik Bruner-Yang — will open next month. The Austin, Texas-based grocery chain announced on Tuesday that the store at 600 H St. NE will begin serving customers on March 15.
Carpool bar plans new location as it prepares for closure in Arlington
Carpool, one of Ballston’s favorite independent sports bars, is nearing the end of its time in Arlington, although the management plans to reopen in Fairfax County come summer 2017.
H&R Retail Completes Three Major Retail Leases in Washington, DC and Northern Virginia Totaling 40,114 SF
Transactions include 29,409 square-foot land lease for TD Bank in Alexandria H&R Retail, a Washington, DC/Baltimore-based retail real estate brokerage firm,announced that it recently completed three major retail lease transactions in Washington, DC and Northern Virginia totaling 40,114 square feet. The leases include:
Small Bites: Wings and BBQ Come to Rockville’s Wintergreen Plaza
Wintergreen Plaza in Rockville is continuing its retail transformation. Earlier this month Wingstop, a Dallas-based fast-food chain that specializes in a variety of chicken wings, opened at the shopping center at 891-E Rockville Pike. It’s the second Rockville location for the company, which has another restaurant at the Fallsgrove Village Center. And next year Mission BBQ is… Read more »
Brian Mitchell With H&R Retail Completes 3 Leases For Verizon Wireless Dealers In Mid-Atlantic Region
H&R Retail, a Washington, DC/Baltimore-based retail real estate brokerage firm,announced that Brian Mitchell has completed three lease transactions for new locations for Verizon Wireless dealers in the Mid-Atlantic region.
H&R Retail Represents Federal Realty In Purchase Of Shopping Center In Alexandria, VA
H&R Retail, a Washington, DC/Baltimore-based retail real estate brokerage firm,announced that it represented Federal Realty Investment Trust in the purchase of a shopping center at 6464 Lincolnia Road, Alexandria, Va. (Fairfax County) for an undisclosed price.
Dave & Buster’s Schedules Silver Spring Opening for Nov. 21
Dave & Buster’s will open at Ellsworth Place in downtown Silver Spring later this month.
PetSmart Opens First Store in D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — PetSmart Inc. has opened a new 12,000-square-foot store at 2484 Market St. N.E. in Washington, D.C. The new store is the first location for the pet retailer inside the Washington, D.C., metro area.
District Taco and Mod Pizza sign for new locations; District Distilling starts serving its own booze
The Maryland suburbs are getting their first District Taco, and it will be in Riverdale Park, the Prince George’s neighborhood that is getting the county’s first Whole Foods Market. District Taco has signed a lease for 3,016 square feet in Riverdale Park Station, the Whole Foods-anchored development from Calvin Cafritz Enterprises. It will be District… Read more »
In Prince George’s County, an ‘automobile suburb’ evolves into a desired enclave
With a new mixed-use development in the works on Baltimore Avenue (Route 1), change is in the wind. A Whole Foods Market is scheduled to open next year at Riverdale Park Station. Other businesses that have signed leases include Old Line Bank, Bella Beach Spa, Burton’s Grill, Jersey Mike’s submarine sandwich shop, the Habit Burger… Read more »
H&R Retail Completes Six Retail Leases In Maryland
H&R Retail, a Washington, DC/Baltimore-based retail real estate brokerage firm,announced that it recently completed six retail lease transactions in Maryland. The leases include:
The guy making your Mod pizza may once have been serving time
That guy sprinkling the anchovies on your Mod Pizza might be a two-time loser and ex-con, but that’s part of the business plan at the 150-store, fast-casual restaurant chain. “The idea of second chances…is a byproduct of the commitment we made early on to use the business as a platform to make a positive social… Read more »
iFly indoor skydiving opens in White Marsh — and this BBJ reporter takes a flight (Video)
I always dreamed of flying. From a young age, the idea of flying in an airplane or shooting off in a spaceship interested me for the fact that you were defying gravity while everyone else was stuck on the ground.
H&R Retail Represents Hobby Lobby in 57,497 SF Lease for New Store in California, Md.
H&R Retail announced that it represented Hobby Lobby in a 57,497-square-foot lease for a new store at Laurel Glen Shopping Center, 45315 Alton Lane in California, Maryland.
Tex-Mex Restaurant Planning Fall Opening in Rockville
Rockville Pike will soon be getting a slice of the Southwest. The Texas chain Chuy’s announced Friday it’s planning to open its first Maryland location in Rockville in October. The restaurant is building out a 7,300-square-foot space at Federal Plaza where Ruby Tuesday used to be.
Starbucks, Zoe’s Kitchen near opening in Timonium
Construction and build out of a new building in the Timonium Square Shopping Center complex took a little longer than anticipated, but a new Starbucks Coffee and a Mediterranean eatery are close to opening their doors.
At long last, movement on the long-shuttered Latham Hotel in Georgetown
Since 2012, the building at 30th and M streets NW has sat empty, at times covered in construction fences, making for an unwelcome eyesore practically at Georgetown’s gateway.
Why the latest Harry Potter book has local bookstores ‘really excited’
The eighth Harry Potter book is set for release on Sunday, and local book stores are already preparing with parties and pre-sales.
Peruvian Chicken Restaurant To Open in Kensington
The Peruvian chicken chain Crisp & Juicy is coming to Kensington and re-entering a local market it left after a fire struck its original Wheaton location in 2013.
Done deal for merger of two supermarket giants
The Federal Trade Commission has given its blessing to a deal that creates the fourth largest supermarket company in the United States. Delhaize Group, based in Belgium, is the owner of Food Lion. Ahold, based in the Netherlands, is the parent company of Stop & Shop. The combined company, called Ahold Delhaize, will generate about… Read more »
Georgetown getting a huge new escape room, ArtJamz to N. Virginia and more retail news
Escape Room Live, one of several escape entertainment concepts that have been exploding in the D.C. area for the past two years, has signed its biggest lease yet for a 6,573-square-foot location in the former West Elm at 3345 M St. NW in Georgetown.
University of Maryland’s flagship campus is finally getting the town it’s always wanted
The sticky-floored Rendezvous Inn — affectionately known as “the Vous” — epitomized the College Park Ronald D. Paul knew in the 1970s.
The ‘Whole Foods Effect’ shines on
The surge in health-conscious retailers is evident wherever one shops. In the space of a few years, the likes of Lululemon, Fresh Market, and Orangetheory Fitness have proliferated in shopping centers. But Whole Foods, arguably a chief driver of the trend, has transformed its own business as well as that of centers.
Bagby Pizza Co. taps Lutherville for third location
The thin-crust, artisan Bagby Pizza Co. will open its third location in the suburban Yorkridge Shopping Center early next year. The 2,370-square-foot restaurant will open in the Lutherville center and serve its popular menu of handmade pies, artisan sandwiches and salads.
Dulles-based contractor M.C. Dean to shift headquarters to Tysons
Dulles-based electrical engineering and contracting firm M.C. Dean has reached a deal to shift its headquarters from Dulles to The Boro, a 4.2 million-square-foot mixed-use redevelopment of Science Applications International Corp.’s headquarters campus in Tysons.
Vasilis Mediterranean Grill Partners with New Chef, Prepares To Open in New Kentlands Location
Longtime Kentlands restaurant Vasilis Mediterranean Grill is preparing to move to its new, larger location on Centerpoint Way and plans to open in early September.
Prince George’s County Gets First Nordstrom Rack At Woodmore Towne Centre
GLENARDEN, MD–The 30,000-square foot store, as well as another 29,000 square feet of retail, will be part of Woodmore’s phase two of development.
Why Greater Baltimore is going through a retail revolution
The contents of the former Owings Mills Mall were recently auctioned off in spectacular, piecemeal fashion. Fitting rooms, customer service counters, water fountains, clothing racks and even sinks and flagpoles were harvested and sold online to make way for the wrecking ball and a new retail center.
Tegna lands new home in Tysons
Tegna is moving in Tysons. The former Gannett Co. Inc., which changed its name last year after its print division was spun off, will relocate from the Gannett headquarters at 7950 Jones Branch Drive to a new 440,000-square-foot office tower at The Boro, The Meridian Group’s massive mixed-use development a short walk from the Greensboro… Read more »
Revamped Silver Spring mall picks up Guitar Center, new farmers market for D.C., and more retail news
Music lovers in Montgomery County will have a new place to geek out come 2017 when Guitar Center opens a 14,500-square-foot store in the revamped Ellsworth Place mall in downtown Silver Spring.
DC’s 14th Bluemercury Just Opened at Cathedral Commons
It’s pretty exciting when local brands and businesses make it big, and now with 95 locations nationwide, I think it’s safe to say Bluemercury has done just that. After its start as a Georgetown beauty shop in 1999 under Barry and Marla Malcolm Beck, Bluemercury expanded locally, then nationally, before being acquired by Macy’s in 2015.
Kung Fu Tea is Bringing More Bubble Tea to the ‘Burbs
Bubble tea franchise Kung Fu Tea is beefing up its presence in the D.C. suburbs. The cafe, which opened a flagship location in Rockville last summer, is poised to debut locations in both Silver Spring and Tysons Corner this year. There’s also a location in Annandale.
Whole Foods, ShowPlace Icon at The Boro
At 4.2 million square feet, The Boro, the Meridian Group’s mini city a short walk from the Greensboro Metro station, is among the largest planned developments in Tysons.
Hard-hat tour: Inside the Cafritz Foundation’s Art Place at Fort Totten
It’s difficult to grasp the scale of Art Place at Fort Totten from the streets that bound it, but from the inside, you get it. This is a massive undertaking.
New seafood spot from Pork Barrel owners coming to Alexandria
The restaurant group behind Pork Barrel BBQ, Sushi Bar and Holy Cow in Del Ray and Sweet Fire Donna’s in Alexandria’s Carlyle neighborhood is making another investment in the latter.
H&R Retail Completes Five Retail Leases In Washington Area
H&R Retail, a Washington, DC/Baltimore-based retail real estate brokerage firm,announced that it recently completed five retail transactions in the Washington, DC region. The transactions include: