Washington Business Journal

The distribution center is located at 16020 Leeland Road in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.

A 43-acre resort in Frostburg has hit the market for $7.9 million, offering a unique opportunity for individuals looking to get into the hospitality industry.

Limited liability corporations operating in D.C. will now need to report new details about their ownership structures to city officials.

Viceroy Hotels & Resorts will be the latest brand to launch in the District this summer with the former Kimpton-managed Mason & Rook Hotel, which is undergoing an $8 million renovation and rebrand.

With his untimely death, former Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant left behind a 20-year basketball career, five NBA championships, two Olympic gold medals — and a budding business empire that stretched into venture capital, media and, of course, sports with a couple D.C.-area connections.

The 3.2-acre McLean estate that belonged to Jim Kimsey, the late co-founder of AOL, sold for $45 million last week, according to listing agents.

Walmart has gifted $5 million to the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, the second large gift the retail giant has given to the Smithsonian museum in its lifetime. 

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial at Judiciary Square is running out of space for names decades earlier than expected.

Northern Virginia diner Bob & Edith’s Diner is recruiting investors to open franchise locations across the country.

Rothy’s, the shoe company that makes women’s staple flats out of recycled plastic, has opened a rare brick-and-mortar store in Georgetown. 

D.C. real estate investment firm PRP LLC plans to convert 4900 Seminary Road, a 12-story, 209,000 square foot building, into residential.

Skyland Town Center in Ward 7 will be home to the first drive-thru Starbucks in the District.

Amazon.com Inc. in 2017 set a goal to receive $1 billion in incentives on top of any incentives it would get for its second headquarters in Arlington.

Gov. Hogan wants to cut income taxes for retirees by $1 billion over the next five years, a “major step” toward his goal of eventually eliminating all retirement taxes.

The estate at 1607 28th St. NW in Georgetown has sold to Evermay Georgetown LLC for $12 million, according to D.C.’s Recorder of Deeds.

The restaurant will grow from two floors to three, while the first and second floors will be expanded by 400 square feet each. The kitchen will be expanded and the restaurant’s entire interior will be remodeled.

The Downtown D.C. Business Improvement District estimates there’s about 7.7 million square feet of empty office space within its borders, per a recent report.

City-State Brewing Co. has signed a lease for 13,000 square feet. The space will include a microbrewery, taproom and event space. 

Everything must go from Gypsy Sally’s in a complete liquidation conducted by Rasmus Auctions. Bidding is open now and closes Jan. 27.

A traveling exhibit that will include former Washington National’s star Anthony Rendon will debut at the National Museum of American History on Oct. 9.

Morgan State University is looking to bring a medical school to its Baltimore campus through a new partnership.

The International Spy Museum will change an exhibit that addresses torture after members of the Senate Intelligence Committee and the intelligence community said the exhibit was “sanitizing” the torture program used by the CIA after 9/11.

D.C.-based gelato powerhouse Dolcezza Gelato is raising money on the heels of an expansion into wholesale that has catapulted company revenue.

D.C. will hold a special election June 16 to fill the seat of embattled Councilman Jack Evans, D-Ward 2, who will leave the council Jan. 17.