News - 28 August 2025
Andy’s Pizza To Open In Georgetown
Andy's Pizza is looking to open its 12th DC-area location in Georgetown.
Latest News
Latest News
News - 8 August 2025
Whole Foods Market opens new, larger store in Reston
After a mere three-day absence, Whole Foods Market is back open in Reston.
News - 26 June 2025
New York’s Xi’an Famous Foods Is Quietly Doing Bonkers Business in Alexandria
Xi’an Famous Foods is a New York destination for chili oil-spiced, hand-ripped noodles and plump dumplings, made famous by the likes of Anthony Bourdain. (“This place is unbelievable. This place …
News - 24 June 2025
New apartment building at Halley Rise in Reston announces grand opening
A new housing option has opened up at the Halley Rise development in Reston.
News - 22 May 2025
NYC’s Famed Cafe Fiorello Opens in D.C.
A New York City legend is making D.C. its second home. The venerable Cafe Fiorello, which first opened its doors in Manhattan over five decades ago, lands in the shadow of …
News - 23 April 2025
Panera Bread returns to Reston tomorrow
One of the world’s most popular fast-casual brands will open a new Reston restaurant tomorrow, six years after closing its last neighborhood eatery.
News -
Advance Auto Parts Signs on to Replace Walgreens
Advance Auto Parts is going to be taking over the space that was recently home to Walgreens at 12222 Veirs Mill Rd. in the Randolph Crossing shopping center that’s …
News - 7 March 2025
Dolcezza Is Opening an H Street Gelateria—With Soft-Serve
When it comes to the genesis for a new dining concept, every restaurateur has a story. For Dolcezza gelateria and café co-founders Violeta Edelman and Robb Duncan, theirs starts in the …
News - 19 February 2025
Call Your Mother bagel chain rolls into Prince George’s County with mobile shop
Bagel chain Call Your Mother has rolled into Prince George's County, literally.
News - 17 February 2025
The Salty Donut to open 4 D.C.-area locations, including 2 in former District Doughnut spots
D.C. is getting salty, and not just politically. Miami-based doughnut and coffee shop The Salty Donut plans to open four locations across Greater Washington this year, including three spots in …
News - 20 January 2025
Baltimore County buying Macy’s building at Security Square
WOODLAWN, Md. — Macy’s isn’t giving up on all of its brick-and-mortar stores, but it will close the one at Security Square Mall in March, and many of its …
News - 10 January 2025
Tatte plans summer opening in Falls Church
Falls Church is poised to welcome another Tatte to the D.C. area later this year.
News - 17 December 2024
Retail Hub Modeled After Union Market Planned For H Street
A trio of partners has acquired five lots on the Northeast D.C. retail corridor and plans to develop an indoor-outdoor concept with spaces for 12 tenants, with tentative plans …
News - 13 December 2024
A Few Cool Hardware Stores to replace Gold’s Gym in Rockville
A Few Cool Hardware Stores, the employee-owned hardware store chain behind Frager's Hardware, Glover Park Hardware and Petworth Ace Hardware, has inked a deal to replace Gold's Gym at …
News - 21 October 2024
Regency draws popular Three Notch’d Brewing, others to The Crossing Clarendon
It will be the first northern outpost for the brewery, which will be joining a mix of new tenants.
News - 16 October 2024
N. Va. furniture store lease leaves just a few unfilled Bed Bath & Beyond spaces in Greater Washington
Well over half-a-million square feet of big-box space has been filled in barely a year.
News - 15 October 2024
Skanska signs lease with The Angie to recently completed 3901 Fairfax in Arlington
New European-inspired concept from Balos Restaurant Group and For Five Coffee Roasters will open first Virginia location in Spring 2025
News -
8 things to know: Fitness club doubles space with pickleball expansion
Good morning, Baltimore! It's hard to believe it's almost mid-October and that mentions of "the end of the year" have already begun increasing in frequency. I'll add to the chorus …
News - 26 September 2024
Chase adding seven more branches across D.C. region this year. Here’s where.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is on track to open seven more branches across Greater Washington before the end of year in its ongoing push to gain market share …
News - 23 August 2024
Mazza Gallerie Mall Redevelopment Targets Spring 2025 Delivery
The redevelopment of a Friendship Heights mall should be complete by next spring.
News - 22 August 2024
Goodwill of Greater Washington to uproot Northeast D.C. retail store
Goodwill of Greater Washington plans to uproot its D.C. retail store from 2200 S. Dakota Ave. NE later this year for new space in the Hecht Warehouse District nearly two …
News - 1 August 2024
MyEyeDr. Plans 20 New Locations in 2025 and 50 Per Year After That
Over more than 20 years, MyEyeDr. has built a footprint of vision centers in the U.S. that spans more than 840 locations in 27 states. The company has its …
News - 10 July 2024
A Miami doughnut chain honored for its pastries to open first D.C.-area location
A Miami-based doughnut and coffee chain that started out of a camper and has since grown to 19 locations across five states will soon plant its flag in Greater …
News - 23 May 2024
Pickleball courts to take over former Bed Bath & Beyond space
Score another point for fast-growing pickleball. A health and fitness club is expanding at Annapolis Towne Center, with plans to convert a former Bed Bath & Beyond store into an …
News - 15 April 2024
Former Cava exec expanding fast-casual chicken restaurant in Montgomery County — then beyond
A year after opening Isaac’s Poultry Market in Gaithersburg, founder Rob Gresham has signed a lease for a second storefront with a vision for much more down the road.
News - 19 February 2024
Outdoor furniture retailer inks first three D.C.-area leases
Fortunoff Backyard Store, an outdoor furniture retailer that got its start in New York more than a century ago, is expanding into Northern Virginia.
News - 14 February 2024
Pizzeria, BBQ spot among 6 new retail tenants at Bethesda shopping center
A Neapolitan-style pizzeria, the first brick-and-mortar outpost for a popular barbecue food truck and a seemingly ubiquitous Boston-based bakery chain will be among the first wave of tenants at …
News - 7 February 2024
Chase adding even more branches across Greater Washington
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is planning to open at least 30 more branches in the D.C. region and nearly 200 across all of Maryland, Virginia and D.C. …
News - 5 February 2024
Dog Haus Biergarten Opens in College Park on Sunday, Feb. 4
The Dog Haus Biergarten will open in College Park on Sunday, Feb. 4.
News - 2 February 2024
Laura Bellantoni Joins H&R Retail
Laura Bellantoni Joins H&R Retail as Director, Bringing Extensive Expertise to the Team Bethesda, MD – H&R Retail is proud to announce the addition of Laura Bellantoni to its team. …
News - 1 February 2024
John Schultz Joins H&R Retail
John Schultz Joins H&R Retail as Vice President, Bringing Extensive Expertise to the Team Bethesda, MD – H&R Retail is proud to announce the addition of John Schultz to its …
News - 30 January 2024
PANERA SIGNS LEASE FOR NEW STORE IN RESTON’S HALLEY RISE
The bakery, soup, and sandwich vendor Panera Bread has signed a lease for a new location in Reston. It will be part of the huge Halley Rise development going up just …
News - 13 December 2023
Fortunoff Backyard Store, Charleys Cheesesteaks Come to Falls Church, Va.
Two retail tenants will fill 19,900 square feet at the Crossroads Place retail center in Falls Church, Va.
News - 11 December 2023
NEW: Virtual reality gaming venue sets opening date at The Boro in Tysons
Zombies, pirates and other virtual characters are about to be unleashed on Tysons, just in time for Christmas.
News -
Nike wanted another retailer’s space in Georgetown. Aerie wasn’t having it.
Lifestyle and intimate apparel brand Aerie has exercised an option to extend its stay in a Georgetown retail space for another year, outmaneuvering sports apparel company Nike, which had …
News - 3 November 2023
Top Retail Leases Recognized for Washington, DC
Prominent retail leases signed by Whole Foods Market, Bob's Discount Furniture and Sprouts Farmers Market negotiated by top dealmakers from Rappaport and H&R Retail are among the third-quarter retail …
News - 18 October 2023
Fitness chain StretchLab bulking up in Greater Washington
Need help limbering up after too much time chained to the desk? A one-on-one assisted stretching chain that’s got big plans for Greater Washington wants to help. Irvine, California-based based StretchLab, …
News - 8 September 2023
Whole Foods sets opening date for large new Springfield store
The new Whole Foods Market at Springfield Plaza, double the size of the chain’s existing and soon-to-close West Springfield store, opens Oct. 4, the Amazon.com Inc.-owned company announced Thursday.
News - 15 August 2023
Lego Discovery Center opens in Springfield, ushering in new era for town center
The highly anticipated Lego Discovery Center has launched in Springfield, though it’ll be a few more days before the brick-building mecca officially welcomes the general public.
News - 17 July 2023
Life Time’s combined fitness, coworking center opens in Clarendon. Here’s a look inside.
Life Time is now Arlington’s one-stop destination for work and health.
News - 29 June 2023
Goodwill Signs 10-Year Lease with Woodbridge Industrial Facility
Goodwill of Greater Washington has signed a 10-year lease agreement for the 95 East Distribution Center in Woodbridge, Virginia, with the joint venture of Cannon Hill Capital Partners and …
News - 27 June 2023
Skanska lures Japanese restaurant, Body Fit Training to Scotts Run
Restaurateur Joon Yang plans to open a Japanese restaurant from the base of the Heming, a 28-story luxury apartment building being developed at Scott’s Run in McLean.
News - 22 June 2023
Chase to open three more branches in Baltimore City, county this year
JPMorgan Chase & Co. will open its first downtown Baltimore branch in August as the banking giant works to have 17 branches up and running in the city and county by …
News -
Planet Fitness plans new locations in Takoma Park, Wheaton
One of the nation's largest Planet Fitness franchisees plans to open two new facilities in Montgomery County later this year as it continues to bulk up the budget fitness …
News - 16 June 2023
Tishman Speyer Secures $150M Construction Financing To Turn D.C. Shopping Mall Into Multifamily
The developer announced Thursday it secured financing from RBC Capital Markets to convert Mazza Gallerie, a 1970s-era shopping mall, into a 320-unit apartment development with 90K SF of retail.
News - 13 June 2023
Ross Dress For Less to Open Second Location in Woodbridge
Ross Dress For Less has leased its second property in Woodbridge, Virginia. The new location spans 22,721 square feet and is situated at Marumsco Plaza, a shopping center on …
News - 12 June 2023
Announcing the WBJ’s 40 Under 40 honorees for 2023
Our 40 Under 40 program is one of the most competitive the Washington Business Journal fields each year — and this year is no different. Selected from hundreds of nominations, this …
News - 6 June 2023
Whole Foods at Walter Reed to Open at End of June
The Whole Foods Market at the Parks at Walter Reed will be open by the end of the month.
News - 2 June 2023
Chase eyes former Hops brewery in Alexandria for new branch
Part of the shuttered Hops Grill & Brewery in Alexandria's Potomac Yard is slated to become a bank branch.
News - 2 May 2023
BEST LEASE Lego Discovery Center
Springfield Town Center landing the lease in 2022 for the new Lego Discovery Center, billed as Lego’s latest spin on its nationwide themed attractions and the first of its …