UPDATE, noon: Not only has JBG purchased the Atlantic Plumbing site on Florida Avenue, it also picked up the other Atlantic Plumbing site at 2112 8th Street, just east of the 9:30 Club, for $11,544,000. JBG is working with the private equity firm Walton Street on both parcels, and plans to break ground within 12-15 [...]
MetroWeekly has the scoop:
After months of operating The Center, the local LGBT community center, out of 1810 14th St. NW, David Mariner, executive director of the organization, announced today that he's been given a June 18 deadline to vacate.
''We knew when we came here that there was a possibility that we would have to leave [...]
A familiar, long-running story is back in the news—and that's definitely a bad thing.
For years, D.C. officials have wanted to build a hotel to support big groups hosting events at the Washington Convention Center. That project—despite the economic downturn—was rejuvenated this summer when Councilmembers Kwame Brown (At-large) and Jack Evans (Ward 2) decided it could [...]
Just when you thought 'Well it looks like we're over the final hurdle!" it appears the D.C. Convention Center hotel may be facing more delays.
This summer, the D.C. Council zoomed forward on a financing deal to jump-start a long awaited 1,167-room Marriott Marquis hotel, which is supposed to stimulate the city's convention business, and minimize [...]
