Washington Business Journal

It’s official: Adam Jones is now the owner Cal Ripken Jr.’s 25-acre Reisterstown, Maryland, estate. The Orioles outfielder paid $3.465 million for the property.

The food delivery robots that have been rolling down D.C. sidewalks for more than a year just got a big win from the District: They can stick around.

News for all the Wawa watchers out there: The popular convenience store chain will open in Tenleytown. 

College students leaving campus for the summer also leave behind plenty of possessions — and a group of Gallaudet University alums wants to take them off their hands.

The Washington Nationals ended their partnership with celebrity chef Mike Isabella following the news he and several of business associates were named in a sexual harassment lawsuit.

The new Commercial Loan for Energy Efficiency and Renewables is just the first of what the new nonprofit hopes will be a series of financial products designed to spur energy efficiency projects across the county.

The owner of the Señor Chicken restaurant at 3410 Mount Vernon Ave. has proposed changing the business to The Secret Garten, a bar and restaurant with an outdoor beer garden in the parking lot .

Montgomery County wants to transform the congested, accident-prone Veirs Mill corridor into a safe, transit-friendly community.

The White House advisers have started touring homes in the District with an eye toward “something more private,” an unnamed source told The Washington Post.

Former Panera employees from D.C. and Alabama have filed a class-action lawsuit against the fast-casual deli and bakery chain, claiming they were not paid overtime wages they say they were owed when they worked as assistant managers. 

The deal provides Target 23,220 square feet in Sam’s Park and Shop.

For the second time in eight years, the District landed on the short list to host the Gay Games only to lose the quadrennial competition on the last day. The 2022 games will be held in Hong Kong, the Federation of Gay Games announced Monday from Paris.

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust has lined up tenants for 80 percent of the space it renovated at the Mall at Prince Georges in Hyattsville, Maryland. Here are the retailers who made the cut.

D.C.-based Misfit Juicery, an anti-food waste company that uses misshapen or bruised produce to make bottled juices, has rebranded as the business grows. The move also positions the startup to expand beyond juice.

D.C. United’s ownership group is said to be considering a sale and began seeking buyers for a 35 percent stakepurchased last year from former minority owner Will Chang.

Washington, D.C., is one of 12 cities where Comcast Corp. is launching a wireless network to handle data coming from smart utilities, hospital patient monitoring and other internet-connected devices that businesses deploy.

The University of Maryland received high marks for the salaries its alumni make — an average of $55,700 a year — as well as for being relatively affordable.

The theater company recently unveiled new plans for a development at 501 Eye St. SW and is looking to submit a planned unit development application in the weeks ahead.

Two apartment buildings within The Wharf on the Southwest D.C. waterfront, totaling nearly 650 units between them, will begin leasing, by appointment only, on May 15. Both are expected to welcome their first tenants in the fall, if not sooner.

An investigation into conditions at the D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center uncovered equipment shortages and supplies being stored in dirty conditions. The serious lapses placed patients at risk and led to the removal of the center’s director.

The founders of D.C. startup Guard Llama, a personal device designed to connect people to emergency help faster than a 911 call, made it onto the ABC series to pitch their business to its panel of celebrity investors. The episode airs Friday.

Fresh Baguette, the Bethesda favorite that opened in 2013, is opening its first D.C. location on Wisconsin Avenue.

Iomaxis is embarking on a $3.8 million expansion that is expected to create 555 jobs in Fairfax County, Virginia.

Throwing an epic inaugural ball is a lot like planning a wedding — but with thousands of high-profile guests inside a presidential security zone during one of the busiest weekends in D.C.