DC’s First Source mandate requires construction companies to give hiring preference to local workers if a project receives taxpayer dollars. Companies building qualifying projects of $300,000 to $5 million must hire 51 percent local residents, and those in charge of … Continue reading →
Amazon has opened its second DC area bookstore at Bethesda Row. The approximately 6,000sf store located at 7117 Arlington Road is the company’s 16th brick-and-mortar bookstore in the U.S. A 37,000sf Barnes & Noble at Bethesda Row closed in Kamagra … Continue reading →
The five-building, 3 million-square-foot project known as “The View at Tysons” will include a 615-foot tall “Iconic Tower” (building C-3) that will have retail, hotel and condominium uses, according to Fairfax County. This tower is expected to be the tallest structure … Continue reading →
Initiative 77 aims to eliminate the tipped minimum wage in the District of Columbia by gradually increasing the rate until it is equal to minimum wage for non-tipped employees. The initiative is on the ballot for the DC primary election … Continue reading →
On Thursday, the DC Court of Appeals halted the city’s plan to redevelop the 444-unit Barry Farm complex. In
Continue reading →Specialty grocer Trader Joe’s is expanding further in DC. In addition to Foggy Bottom, 14th Street and Capitol Hill (which opened last Friday), the California-based retailer plans to open a fourth DC location at Union Market next year and recently … Continue reading →
The DC Council is considering a bill that would direct the city to prepare and make public every six months a list of dilapidated properties owned by foreign governments, according to The Washington Post. The bill aims to address citizen … Continue reading →
HomeServices of America, an affiliate of the Warren Buffett conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway acquired the Mid-Atlantic residential brokerage house The Long & Foster Companies on September 7 for an undisclosed amount, according to The Washington Post. The acquisition includes Long & … Continue reading →
Capital One will open two Capital One Cafés in DC next year, according to Washington Business Journal. The concept, which has already been implemented in other markets, merges a café and a bank into one location offering coffee, pastries, free … Continue reading →
New York-based Rockefeller Group has partnered with The Meridian Group in a 50/50 joint venture for the development of the 437,000sf, 20-story Boro Tower in Tysons Corner, Virginia, according to Bisnow. The Gensler-designed office building is part of a 15-acre, … Continue reading →