Washington Business Journal

After just one year on the job, National Geographic Society President and CEO Tracy Wolstencroft will be stepping down at the start of next month.

If you like traveling long distance via train but don’t want to actually meet other people while doing it, Amtrak has a new option for you.

A building in Baltimore’s Fells Point used as the exterior of Meg Ryan’s house in the classic 1993 film “Sleepless in Seattle” is for up for sale.

The District’s Department of General Services will be moved out of the Reeves Center along the U Street corridor.

The revitalized pier at Old Town Alexandria’s newest waterfront development will feature a bar and lounge carved out of shipping containers.

George Washington University is advancing toward a gut renovation of its largest undergraduate residence hall, a building the school acquired in the 1950s and hasn’t fully updated since.

Physicians from Children’s National will now provide pediatric care in the emergency department at Doctors Community Hospital in Lanham every day from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m.

The D.C. area is seeing its first layoffs related to Nestle USA’s shift away from direct store delivery. The consumer packaged goods giant on Monday filed a notice of mass layoff that would affect 69 workers at the Nestle Dreyer’s Ice Cream Company in Laurel.

Busboys and Poets, the neighborhood coffeehouse, restaurant and bookstore, is making the leap to Columbia, Maryland. 

D.C. leaders have worked for years to bring more full-service grocers east of the Anacostia River, considering the current dearth of options there.

Northern Virginia’s top local leaders admit they’re failing to address the rapid rise of housing costs in the region — and in a truly rare move for politicians, they’re willing to take some of the blame for those shortcomings.

The Macy’s in downtown D.C. will start selling secondhand clothing in a partnership with tech retailer ThredUp.

The historic Henry Foxhall House at 3123 Dumbarton St. NW was sold on Aug. 8, according to a filing in the D.C. recorder of deeds.

The University of Maryland, College Park, and Under Armour Inc. revealed new uniforms on Tuesday paying homage to the teams of the 1980s.

Adams Morgan antique store The Brass Knob Architectural Antiques, long a fixture for antiques buyers and interior designers in Greater Washington, will close its doors in November. 

When the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library reopens in the fall of 2020, it will include a new 4,300-square-foot ground-level café and more.

An Old Town Alexandria home that dates to 1770 has hit the market for $2.295 million.

Lock7 Development’s project at 1736 Rhode Island Ave. Northeast is in line to receive $3.2 million through the National Housing Trust Fund.

Nestle USA Inc. plans to expand its footprint at 1812 N. Moore St. in Rosslyn, a move that comes as the company works toward a leaner footprint through cuts and changes to other parts of its business.

A local developer has restored the former home a history-making lawmaker, placing the LeDroit Park property on the market for $2.05 million.

The Defense Information Systems Agency has tapped a Vienna, Virginia, small business contractor to help its ongoing work.

A chain of juice bars with several D.C.-area locations has agreed to pay more than $10,000 in back pay and a $5,000 penalty to settle a wage lawsuit.

River Point, a 3-acre plot next door to late the AOL co-founder James Kimsey’s former residence, is being sold with a complete set of building plans for an approximately 30,000-square-foot house.

GetMyBoat is growing its presence in Maryland with nearly 170 boating and cruising options currently available in the state.