CITI Open

We spent the last week at the Citi Open tennis tournament. Here, the best photos from a super fun week. At the semi-finals: EagleBank EVP Larry Bensignor with his wife, Fern, and Linowes and Blocher partner Rich Zeidman with his wife, Nancy. Who knew DC could have such perfect weather…

More Restaurants Heading to Shaw, Dolcezza heading to 44 Whole Foods

We’ve already had a lot of Shaw restaurant and retail news lately, and we’ll keep on adding fuel to that red-hot restaurant neighborhood fire with some more: three new restaurant concepts have signed on to The Colonel, a residential development at 1250 Ninth St. NW…

Dave Dochter and Matt Alexander Leave Cushman to Start New Retail Firm

Retail brokers Dave Dochter and Matt Alexander are no longer with Cushman & Wakefield and plan to launch their own brokerage, Dochter confirmed Friday. The pair — who worked together at Cushman the past five years…

The Dave & Matt Swat Team

When one of America’s five biggest REI stores (out of 140) announced recently it would take 51k SF in NoMa’s Uline Arena, it didn’t happen by magic. Behind the scenes was a machine. Or more precisely, the Cushman & Wakefield retail group led by Matt Alexander, left, and Dave Dochter…

No Shopping Malls Built Since 2009

Cierra Dorsey has “good memories” of the mall where she dragged teenager but now prefers, like other Americans, shopping elsewhere: the “shopping mall” traditional symbol of consumption in the 1960s, has more booming in the United States…

US Shopping Mall Culture – Dying or Just Changing?

Cierra Dorsey has happy memories of hanging out at the mall as a teenage girl, an adolescent rite of passage under threat in parts of the US as old-fashioned malls close their doors. While high-end malls thrive…

The Mall, US Consumer is an Endangered Species

Dorsey has “good memories” of the mall where walking in his teens, but now prefers like other Americans, do their shopping elsewhere: the traditional shopping mall…

US Shopping Mall Culture—Dying or Just Changing?

Cierra Dorsey has happy memories of hanging out at the mall as a teenage girl, an adolescent rite of passage under threat in parts of the US as old-fashioned malls close their doors. While high-end malls thrive…

Why Landlords and Restaurants Better Play Nice

Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Stephen Strasburg and Wilson Ramos. Developers and restaurants. One of those partnerships might seem not like the others, but as we heard yesterday at our 4th annual DC Restaurant Development Summit…

Sip Wine Tasting and Tapas Signs Lease in Rosslyn

The days of limited watering holes in Arlington’s Rosslyn neighborhood are coming to a close, it seems. The latest in a string of new spots, from Heavy Seas Alehouse to the forthcoming Bistro 360, will be Sip Wine Tasting and Tapas Restaurant…