Last week, we took a look at the Supermarket Tax Credit, which was supposed to incentivize grocery stores to locate in underserved areas. Walmart isn't asking for the break, even though three of its planned six stores would qualify. An astute commenter noticed that the District's newest Whole Foods in Foggy Bottom would also qualify, [...]
Earlier today, there was a fairly typical tiff in the Wilson Building: A councilmember wanted to make a constituent eligible for a tax abatement, and the bean counters pushed back. In this case, it was Tommy Wells who was trying to help out Safeway, which wanted its Southwest branch to be able to claim the [...]
Shoppers at the Columbia Heights Giant were greeted this evening with fantastic news: A flyer promising that all 19 cash registers will be open from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m., and a rotisserie chicken to anyone who finds one closed (unless it's "broken or offline"). Looks like all the whining about epic lines stretching back into [...]
Many neighbors up on Wisconsin Avenue have been excitedly awaiting an event scheduled for Thursday afternoon to celebrate plans–not break ground yet–for a modernized Giant Food store and large residential development known as Cathedral Commons. Just one problem: That's a) Right in the middle of the day, when most neighbors aren't around, and b) On [...]
Jonathan O'Connell reports this morning that Lowe Enterprises, which brought the Sexy Safeway to Mount Vernon Square along with an almost sold-out condo and apartment complex, is hoping to do the same with the long-neglected Stinky Safeway at 3830 Georgia Avenue. If it's as well-designed as CityVista, the planned 210 housing units and new [...]
Tis the season for first-quarter market reports, and yesterday brought us Delta Associates’ snapshot of housing trends. The Business Journal already picked up on the clearest message the stats are sending: Housing demand is starting to outstrip supply. The Post also runs down some of the pricing and foreclosure numbers.
But one graph in particular caught [...]
So you've probably heard the news: Starting on Friday, disposable plastic bags cost an extra 5 cents in D.C. grocery stores. These bags are clogging up the Anacostia River! They must be stopped. Anyway, the fee was passed into law this past July. Nothing you can do about it now—except pick up free reusable bags [...]
So the Cleveland Park Giant PUD was approved. What now?
According to the Giant's website, "Once the Zoning Commission approves the PUD, we anticipate it will take about 3 years to complete construction of the entire project." And spokesperson Sharon Robinson estimates it will take about a year to obtain all the proper permits before [...]
This week's Dupont Current has more details on the CityMarket at O project, which just received $1 million from D.C. Council emergency legislation. The funds will be used to pay architectural, engineering and other pre-development costs (with a groundbreaking expected in summer 2010).
The city previously offered to assist with those costs by funneling money from [...]
The CityMarket at O Street is a huge mixed-use project that will include more than 600 residential units, 87,000-square-feet of retail, and a colossal new Giant Food Store, partially inside the old market building at the corner of 7th and O Streets. At least this is the description that's recorded on Roadside Development's website. It's possible [...]
