WASHINGTON — New York-based The Little Beet Table has signed a lease for its first sit-down Washington restaurant at The Collection in Chevy Chase.
The 5,000-square-foot restaurant’s menu will focus on regionally-sourced ingredients. The Little Beet Table is an offshoot of its fast casual counterpart, The Little Beet, which has a location at 1212 18th St. Northwest.
With the recent departures of several longtime luxury retailers at The Collection, developer The Land Co. has decided to reposition it with a mix of new retail and restaurants.
The Land Co. starts construction on the nearly 20-acre site this fall, and the redeveloped project is expected to be done by late 2017.
It will include existing retail and restaurants with a mix new neighborhood shops, cafes and restaurants, as well as new public spaces and plazas and new storefronts.
“We’re building a destination experience where people want to spend time shopping, eating, or even just socializing, a place for the people of Chevy Chase and Friendship Heights to call their own,” said The Land Co.’s CEO Tom Regnell.
Streetsense has been hired to manage leasing activity.
“While quality is important to any demographic, exclusivity isn’t always a driving factor in a world where consumers place a tremendous amount of value on individual experiences that reflect their own personal identity,” said Streetsense Director of Real Estate Michael Smith.
The average household income in Chevy Chase is more than $165,000, but its demographics have been shifting from affluent retirees to young families. The Land Co. says that it why it decided to reevaluate the mix of retail and restaurants at The Collection.
