Washington Business Journal

The company, which has made two major acquisitions of D.C.-area companies in the last year, has shifted its headquarters from Pasadena, California, to its existing office in Centreville.

After watching lower-end footwear retailers be gobbled up by chains, Maurice Breton made a departure for a new demographic: well-heeled crowds in urban, walkable areas. The D.C. area was the perfect place.

Critics of HQ2, emboldened by Amazon.com Inc.’s nixed New York plans, are hoping to derail the $23 million incentive package Arlington County is weighing for the e-commerce and web services giant.

JBG Smith Properties showed a glimpse of what it wants the Crystal City skyline to look like in a preliminary filing with Arlington County. See the renderings.

U.S. auto manufacturers predict new-vehicle sales will hit a five-year low in 2019 amid rising interest rates and escalating trade tensions abroad.

Maryland is no longer the state with the highest ratio of millionaire households. The state has held the No. 1 spot since 2010, but new 2018 data shows it is down to the No. 4 position.

The auction description promises a “complete liquidation of its existing studio, editing, broadcast and technical assets.”

Clyde’s Restaurant Group CEO John Laytham, who worked with the stalwart Washington restaurant group for more than 55 years, died Thursday at Washington Hospital Center. He was 74. 

It’s not easy to sum up the wild year that was 2018 in a few words, but Washington Business Journal asked a bunch of the region’s top executives to give it a try.

The owner of Chevy Chase-based WeddingWire Inc. has closed on its nearly $1 billion deal to acquire XO Group Inc., parent company of The Knot. May they live happily ever after.

The Falls Church health system decided to only advance the first, 5 million-square-foot phase of expansion for its Inova Center for Personalized Health — one-third of its original plan.

The D.C. Council unanimously approved a bill that requires major disclosures from individuals with ownership interests in any limited liability corporation in the District, a move expected to create sweeping implications for the business community.

Mike Isabella’s restaurant group is going out of business and many of its restaurants could close as early as the end of the year.

Redfin will relocate its Chantilly offices to the Westfields Corporate Center, where the real estate brokerage will have access to new, on-site amenities and a new Wegmans nearby.

District-based Interfolio, which makes software for college and university faculty members, is set to be acquired by Insight Venture Partners.…

Gov. Larry Hogan is creating a commission tasked with drawing a gerrymandered congressional district in order to comply with a…

HCA-owned StoneSprings Hospital Center has appointed Matt Mathias as its new CEO. Mathias, part of Nashville-based HCA Healthcare for 14…

Wegmans has cemented a deal to open at Reston Crescent, where developer Brookfield Properties hopes the popular grocer will serve as an anchor to attract others to the 4 million-square-foot mixed-use development.

The fast-food poultry purveyor has signed a 15-year lease with an affiliate of Douglas Development Corp. for 1214 18th St. NW, a couple of blocks south of Dupont Circle.

Monumental, in partnership with food and beverage vendor Aramark Sports & Entertainment, spent $40 million to install new seating, add and redesign concessions and modernize the concourses.

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Taylor Gourmet has had a run of fast growth, nearly doubling its store count in the past three years.

The 200-unit Alexandria e-lofts is being offered for sale after a mix of office dwellers and residents boosted occupancy in the building to past 90 percent, validating the concept of creating a live-work concept from a former office building.

Mike Isabella Concepts has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to multiple reports, in the wake of a six-month period during which the business was sued for sexual harassment and closed several eateries, including its massive food hall at Tysons Galleria.