Washington Business Journal

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. 

Maryland State Comptroller Peter Franchot plans to run for governor in 2022, he told supporters at an event in Silver Spring Tuesday.

Amazon wants to keep its second headquarters safe. And it’s looking at a variety of methods like incognito barricades and, oh yeah, “security robots.”

Fish by José Andrés, the celebrity chef’s seafood restaurant in MGM National Harbor casino and resort, will close by Jan. 15.

A modern flea market with roots in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is opening in D.C.’s Georgetown neighborhood.

The Bottom Line and Shaw’s Tavern have applied for sports betting licenses, according to D.C.’s Alcoholic Beverage Regulation Administration.

Virginia made a big jump in national rankings of the healthiest states in the country in 2019, according to an annual report.

A bill introduced in the Virginia General Assembly would let more shopping center developments offer open-container access under the state’s liquor laws.

Amazon said its second headquarters has reached and surpassed its first-year hiring goal, according to the company in a post Friday.