The northwest corner of Connecticut Avenue and Windom Place is under new management. The building housing the Van Ness Potbelly, Well Fargo Bank and Parkland Cleaners has been sold to Roadside Development for $6.5 million for “a likely future development.” Richard Lake, Roadside’s co-founder tells the Business Journal: “Obviously we’ll clean up all these assets […]
POSTPONED: Get an update on the UDC student center project Sept. 22nd
Because September 22nd is Yom Kippur, UDC is rescheduling the meeting. No new date has been set yet. Work on the UDC student center is scheduled for completion in December. Will they make it? Come to a Community-Campus Task Force meeting on Tuesday, September 22nd, at 6:30 p.m for an update on the status of […]
Calvert Woodley owner sells building, but business will stay put
“Popular wine store sells its Northwest D.C. property, but retailer is staying put” says the headline. That store: Calvert Woodley Wines & Spirits at 4339 Connecticut Avenue. The Washington Business Journal has more details on the sale: Ed Sands, longtime co-owner of Calvert Woodley, confirmed the deal, which closed at 5 p.m. Thursday. The goal, […]
Tenleytown, Van Ness leaders cheer ‘Main Streets’ initiative
by Cuneyt Dil Current Newspapers correspondent Tenleytown and Van Ness have their faults, some say: Advisory neighborhood commissioner Tom Quinn once called the former an “architectural nightmare,” and his colleague Jon Bender says it lacks a cohesive identity and brand. Meanwhile, Van Ness commissioner Mary Beth Ray says the latter is a “concrete canyon” better […]
Van Ness Walgreens closing on July 30th
The Walgreens at 4225 Connecticut Avenue is closing on July 30th, only three and a-half years after it opened at the corner of Connecticut and Veazey. Customers who use pharmacy will find their prescriptions transferred to the Walgreens at 3524 Connecticut Avenue in Cleveland Park, but prescription records are available at any Walgreens. Reader Ashley […]