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Which Neighborhood Would Most Support an Upscale Grocer Very Similar to a Marvelous Market?

By Prince Of Petworth


Photo by PoPville flickr user Max Resnick

A commercial real estate broker has a client who is planning on opening an upscale grocery store (approximately 2000 square feet) with a very similar set up to a Marverlous Market. They are committed to opening up the store in DC but they haven’t yet decided exactly where they’d like to open. So I offered to poll PoPville. The neighborhoods they are considering are Hill East, Columbia Heights, Petworth, Logan Circle/Shaw, Navy Yard, and H Street, NE.

Which neighborhood do you think would most support this type of store?

Wagshal’s Coming to 3201 New Mexico Avenue, NW in Early 2013

By Prince Of Petworth


3201 New Mexico Avenue, NW

Thanks to a reader for sending word that the coming soon signs have gone up in the old old Balducci’s space at 3201 New Mexico Avenue, NW near American University. Their Website says they’ll be open in early 2013. We judged Wagshal’s deli at 4855 Massachusetts Ave NW here.

Dear PoPville – Can a Harris Teeter and a “big grocery store” Coexist a Few Blocks from Each Other?

By Prince Of Petworth


Potential future home of a Harris Teeter at southern end of Sherman Ave, NW

Dear PoP,

So, I’m confused.  A little while ago, you reported that Harris Teeter will be coming to the area just north of the 9:30 Club.  Now I hear that the DC government is considering a tax break so Howard Town Center (including a big grocery store) can be built just blocks away.  Are these both happening?  Can they co-exist?  I’m all for more retail and grocery store competition in the neighborhood, but this seems like overkill.  What exactly is going on here?

Anyone think a Harris Teeter and a large grocery store can coexist just a few blocks away from each other?

“Upscale Grocer” Coming to 14th and Belmont St, NW in Columbia Heights

By Prince Of Petworth


14th and Belmont St, NW

A reader sends huge news about the retail spaces in the new Capitol View building from the Meridian Hill Neighborhood Association:

Capitol View on 14th, 2420 14th Street, NW, planned uses for retail space – George Levin of UDR and Chris Wilkinson of commercial broker JBG Rosenfeld Realty reported that the building is nearing completion, has eight retail spaces totaling 16,110 SF ranging from 1,008 SF to 3,977 SF, some of which can be consolidated to larger units at build-out, and 225 residential units; UDR is close to signing a lease with an upscale grocer for a 4,952 SF space on the corner of 14th and Belmont Streets; for spaces north of the residential entrance on 14th Street they are in discussions with a bank and drycleaner; and a mid/high-end restaurant has expressed interest in the commercial unit at the corner of 14th and Chapin Street and the space at the corner of 14th and Florida Avenue in the View 14 building across the street, which is also owned by UDR.

Any guesses on who the “upscale grocer” could be? Maybe something like Dean & Deluca?

Glen’s Garden Market Will Have a Cafe Selling Locally Made Beer and Wine in the former Townhouse/Secret Safeway

By Prince Of Petworth


2001 S St, NW

Back in June 2012 we learned that the former Townhouse/Secret Safeway at 20th and S St, NW would become Glen’s Garden Market. The building has been renovated and Glen’s has just applied for a liquor license to sell beer and wine:

“New Market specializing in locally grown and raised produce, meats, poultry, and dairy products for on and off premise consumption. Café will be communal seating space. Market and Café will sell locally made beer and wine. Request a tasting endorsement.”

Stay tuned for a spring 2013 opening.


20th and S St, NW

Harris Teeter Signs Letter of Intent to Come to New JBG Project Near the Southern End of Sherman Ave, NW

By Prince Of Petworth


945 Florida Ave, NW

Big news from the Washington Post:

Executives at the JBG Cos., one of the region’s largest real estate developers, said they plan to open a Trader Joe’s grocery store in an apartment building under construction on 14th Street NW, just south of U Street next year.

A few blocks northeast of that project, JBG and its retail arm, JBG Rosenfeld, have lined up a commitment from another grocer, Harris Teeter, but it will require winning the rights to some city-owned property on Sherman Avenue.

We’ve long been rejoicing over the coming Trader Joe’s to 14th and U Street, NW but this is the first I’ve heard about the possibility of a Harris Teeter coming to the area.


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Back in March 2011 we learned JBG had purchased the former Atlantic Plumbing Supply properties across the street from Duffy’s near the 9:30 Club.

Think a Harris Teeter would do well in that location?

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