Meeps Vintage Fashionette is located at 2104 18th St, NW. Meeps was purchased by the owners of Treasury Vintage in Nov. 2011. They’ll be reopening in mid-July:
Retail
JC Blessing (Express) Hardware is moving from 18th and Wyoming St, NW to 1750 Columbia Rd, NW.
950 F Street, NW
“Dear PoPville,
I saw the sign out front over the weekend and figured other j.crew devotees would be interested.”
Back in April 2012 we learned:
“J.Crew will occupy 3,044 square feet on the ground floor and 5,581 square feet on the lower level for a total of 8,625 square feet in the Atlantic Building.”
1410 U St, NW
Back in April the owners of DC Noodles at 1410 U St, NW were adamant that they’d stay open despite major construction at 14th and U St, NW. Sadly, despite their best efforts to stay open they will be closing for a year. Their facebook page now says:
DC NOODLES is temporarily closing on July 1st. We will reopen in July, 2013.
We wanted (and tried) to remain open during construction but the new structure requires us to temporarily close. Good news- menu will be temporarily available at Rice [1608 14th St, NW] until Noodles reopened its doors next summer. Thanks for your support.
Stem, located next door to DC Noodles at 1412 U St, NW will also be closing for a year.
A Sunglass Hut is coming to the recently closed Shoe Gallery space at 3251 M St, NW. If memory serves I think there used to be a Sunglass Hut across the street in the Shops at Georgetown Park. Still waiting to see what happens with Shops at Georgetown…
2000 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
On Monday we saw PAUL opened their third location at 1000 Connecticut Ave, NW. Looks like they may have a 4th in the works. A commenter writes:
“They are also supposedly opening in 2000 Penn. NW (Tower Records old space) before the end of 2012. The building management sent out an announcement to tenants of the building last month.”
You can see PAUL’s menu here.
9th and N St, NW
Dear PoPville,
Any idea what happened to Maruka and the jewelery shop at the corner of 9th & N across from Old City Green. I live right there and they seemed to disappear overnight. It’s been there for a while and now that Shakti yoga is gone, that end is totally vacant.
18th and L St, NW
Yesterday we heard the news that a DSW would be coming into the old Borders space in Friendship Heights. Looks like the downtown Borders at 18th and L St, NW might have a new tenant as well. Bisnow shares some scuttlebutt:
“that Nordstrom Rack is negotiating a lease at 1800 L St, Borders’ former location”
Nordstrom Rack currently has a DC location in Friendship Heights at 5333 Wisconsin Avenue, NW.
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5333 Wisconsin Ave, NW
Looks like Columbia Heights isn’t the only one getting a DSW (Designer Shoe Warehouse.) Thanks to @ricedavidw for tweeting the photo to @PoPville. This DSW will be located in the former Borders bookstore in Friendship Heights at 5333 Wisconsin Ave, NW.
On Wed. the Washingtonian got more details about the refurbished Union Market coming to 1309 5th Street, NE:
Edens president Jodie McLean says that the project is partly inspired by San Francisco’s Ferry Building: a multi-purpose community space that joins permanent restaurants and vendors with a rotating lineup of artisans, entertainers, and farmers. Union Market will eventually expand to about 40 vendors, a third of which will be permanent, plus outdoor farmers markets on certain days.
You can see a list of all the vendors who’ve already signed on here.
1309 5th Street, NE
Also earlier this week we learned that CityCenter DC coming to the old convention center site downtown will be getting a specialty food market possibly Eataly. And we’ve already heard about some plans for CityMarket at O at 7th and O St, NW. And finally we’ve also learned about the Navy Yard/Capitol Riverfront development, particularly the Boilermaker Shops.
So, knowing more details about these projects, for the Friday Question of the Day – I’m curious which big development project you are most excited about:
Union Market at 1309 5th Street, NE?
CityCenter DC at New York Avenue NW, 9th Street NW, H Street NW, and 11th Street NW?
CityMarket at O located at 7th and O St, NW?
Navy Yard development especially the Boilermaker shops at 200 Tingey St, SE?