Breakfast links: DC’s downtown economy is slow to revitalize
View down Pennsylvania Avenue NW by Ben Schumin licensed under Creative Commons.
Almost a fifth of downtown DC offices are still empty
Pedestrian traffic in downtown DC is at 51% of pre-pandemic levels. The Downtown DC Business Improvement District** expects hybrid working to permanently change the neighborhood. Could office-to-residential conversions bring downtown back? (Tristan Navera / Business Journal)
UPDATED: Ashburton Elementary student has died after being struck by driver at school bus stop
7-year-old Muhammed Saifullah Elsyaf was killed near the intersection of King Charles Way and Grosvenor Lane in Bethesda. (Caitlynn Peetz / Bethesda Beat. Tip: Chester B.)
Arlington rents growing fastest in the region
Year-over-year rent growth in Arlington was 16.8%, compared to 10.6% in the District, according to a new Apartment List study. A lot of the increase is getting rental costs to where they would be if the pandemic didn’t happen, economists say. (Casey Nolan / WUSA9)
Proposals to transform two hotels into housing in Fairfax County
The 22-story Sheraton Tysons Hotel could be turned into a mixed-use, market-rate tower, while a Residence Inn in Herndon could become 17 units of affordable housing spread across 11 buildings. (Fatimah Waseem / FFXNow)
New residential development proposed for H Street Corridor
Developers recently pitched a new six-story mixed-use project at 814 14th Street NE to DC’s Board of Zoning Adjustment (BZA). If delivered, the development would yield 52 residential units plus commercial space. (Urban Turf)
Panel encourages Maryland courts to allow virtual proceedings post-pandemic
Audio and video court sessions could reduce the burden on participants to take off work, travel to courthouses, and find child or elder care, according to a 45-page report from a judiciary task force. (Katie Mettler / Washington Post)
**The Downtown DC Business Improvement District (BID) is a member of the DC Sustainable Transportation Coalition, which GGWash manages; the coalition’s membership includes ten of DC’s BIDs.
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