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The mixed-use project, which has been in the works for years, moved closer to approval when the Historic Preservation Review Board accepted two key elements in its design. With ten buildings affected on the 600 block of H Street, the project has the potential to completely remake Chinatown.

Owner/architect Robert Bell is restoring the historic facade, restoring the neon sign, and planning to convert the building to mixed use.

After some "minimal" renovation, the store's second location will be ready to serve customers.

Busboys and Poets will offer coworking facilities at its new Takoma Park restaurant. The Busboys in Takoma Park and Brookland will both open by the end of the year. 

Via Umbria, a store for anything and everything Italian, plus a travel agency, opens Saturday in Georgetown.

The food incubator's racing to open within the next two weeks.

Surfside Taco Stand, a window-only offshoot of the popular Glover Park restaurant, will open in mid-September--and stay open.

Gallagher and Graham, a liquor store emphasizing the local, plans to open Oct. 1 at 12th and U NW.

The condo building incorporates two historic buildings, one of which was once the headquarters of DC's Wilkins Coffee Co, made famous by Jim Henson's commercials.

Signs point to a new natural foods store coming to Dupont Circle.

The space could become both a training academy for at-risk youth and a public-facing cafe.

The NW neighborhood will see a Barcelona Wine Bar, Raku and Starbucks among other retailers this fall.

A hungry H Street is finding its patience rewarded in the new H Street Organic Market.

The panel touted as exploring "new development frontiers" didn't exactly deliver said frontiers, but tidbits from existing markets in the District are enticing.

A 31-unit mixed-use buliding in Petworth may be making progress.