retail : Development News

A new 11-story office/retail building is planned for 1000 F Street, dubbed, for now, Jemal's Up Against the Wall.

Construction on the 30-unit, mixed-use apartment building at 2221 14th St NW should be complete by next year.

The 24,000-square-foot mixed-use building will be made up of 25 condominium units with 3,000 square feet of retail space on the ground level.

A new live music venue is opening at 1006 Florida Ave NE.

The Last Shall Be First Consignment will be the first east of the river, owner says.

"We're very excited about the retail aspect and that it's not a restaurant," says Bob Cohen, president of developer Perseus Realty.

Turkish clothing retailer Sarar expands to Washington.

The first thrift store has been so successful, the nonprofit says, that a second location will open this spring.

First roller derby store opens in Chinatown.

Chez Hareg Organic Market to open at 806 H St NE in April; warehouse in Trinidad coming around the same time.

Washington's zoning authority approved Petco's petition to move to Columbia Heights. 

Westmill Capital announced it has won the rights to develop the site of a closed community library in the bustling H Street corridor.

DC Boxing and Fitness will be the inaugural retail tenant in the Capitol Hill Tower building, a 344-unit co-op located at 1000 New Jersey Ave. SE.

A former beauty salon in 16th Street Heights will become a small grocery store stocking Ethiopian staples and more.

One of the biggest fashion retailers in America will open a store in downtown Washington, D.C. in spring 2013.