Posts tagged Retail
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Wheaton developer builds small, but thinks big
While County Executive Ike Leggett wants to give developer B.F. Saul $40 million of public funds to build on public land in downtown Wheaton, one developer’s been building here with minimal help from Montgomery County for decades. His name is Leonard Greenberg, and since the mid-1980’s, his company Greenhill Capital has acquired nearly a third of downtown Wheaton,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro money
More revenue ideas; Two Metro employees accused of stealing; CCT likely to be BRT; Shields up; Historic track preservation; Maryland smart growth tools not enough; Tenleytown Safeway still gets opposition; What crazy drivers do; The smaller American home; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Emerald City
Green is good; Gentrification not behind murder rate drop; Getting the Occupy out; Purple Line’s condemnations; Compromising on the waterfront; Metro board wants options; Business density makes for walkability. Keep reading…
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New residents and arts spaces could spark Ward 4’s 14th St.
Can 14th Street north of Columbia Heights become a lively and successful commercial area once again? A new plan suggests finding spots to catalyze development, possibly including the WMATA bus barn or surrounding properties, and making a piece of the corridor into a place for artists to live and work more cheaply. This part of DC boomed in the mid-20th century, spurred by population… Keep reading…
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Parking-free, mixed-use building is right for Tenleytown
Douglas Development wants to rebuild Tenleytown’s long-vacant Babe’s Billiards into a mixed-use development with 60 residential units and ground floor retail space. Perhaps most significantly, Douglas wants to build no parking at all on the site. The once-popular neighborhood nightspot has been shuttered for several years, despite its location just a few… Keep reading…
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Lunch links: The boss fixes it
Caught by the boss; Hundreds of parts replaced; Smells fishy; Hangout with Sarles and reporters; Real-time info real helpful; Bus to Mark Center working; DOT fixes disaster damage, spares HSR; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Don’t jump
Metro behind in suicide prevention; Troubles for the trolley?; 11th St. Bridge span opens; Who should maintain the roads?; Gentrifiers get gentrified out; More playgrounds than you think; Photo tickets down, bike lane tickets up; And…. Keep reading…
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Walk-up windows are good urbanism
A macaron shop looking to open in a small space in Georgetown is proposing to sell their sweets from an open window facing the sidewalk, rather than from an interior register. Customers wouldn’t actually go inside the shop, they’d merely stop outside it, and order through a large window. Hopefully the store will be approved, because walk-up windows are great urbanism. Keep reading…
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Experimental real-time transit screens come to Arlington, DC
If you go into the Java Shack coffee shop near Court House in Arlington, or walk past the Red Palace bar on H Street in DC, you will see a new experimental project from the Mobility Lab: Digital screens showing real-time transit arrivals and Capital Bikeshare availability. At Java Shack, customers waiting for coffee or sitting at a table can see the next Metrobus, ART, or Orange Line… Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Hold it
A matter of personal dignity; ICC beats projections; Micro living for the masses; Our suburban presidential candidates; Closing bars for safety’s sake; Purple Line moves ahead; Bluetooth travel time; Redevelopment agencies lose fight; And…. Keep reading…