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Crime Report: Rumble in the DoubleTree 02/20/2014 08:30am • Police responded to the DoubleTree hotel in Pentagon City on Sunday afternoon for a large fight. According to this week’s Arlington County crime report, as many as 10-20 people were fighting in the hotel lobby. ASSAULT BY MOB/MALICIOUS WOUNDING, 140216011, 300 block of S. Army Navy Drive. On F Website finds hotels where smokers can light up 02/18/2014 12:32pm • WASHINGTON - With many hotel chains banning smoking entirely, customers who choose to indulge often find it challenging to book a hotel room where they can light up. A new website, Smoketels.com, only books smoking rooms. As businesses and governments increasingly forbid smoking because of heal GMU housing report: Keep range of incomes in mind 02/14/2014 04:06pm • Multifamily housing is a growing trend, says the George Mason Center for Regional Analysis. But in order for it to continue to be successful, there needs to enough to appeal to residents at all price points. The CRA recently issued a new report, Multifamily Housing in the Washington, DC Reg Rental Report: Studio Or One Bedroom Apartment? 02/11/2014 11:25am • Editor’s Note: This biweekly sponsored column is written by Rick Gersten, founder and CEO of Urban Igloo, a rental real estate firm that matches up renters with their ideal apartments, condos or houses. Please submit any questions in the comments section or via email. It’ Rental Report: Studio or One-Bedroom Apartment? 02/06/2014 02:30pm • Editor’s Note: This biweekly sponsored column is written by Rick Gersten, founder and CEO of Urban Igloo, a rental real estate firm that matches up renters with their ideal apartments, condos or houses. Please submit any questions in the comments section or via email. It’ Apartment Skyscraper to Replace Rosslyn McDonald’s 02/04/2014 01:15pm • The McDonald’s at 1823 N. Moore Street in Rosslyn will soon be closing to make way for a 31-story mixed-use residential skyscraper. Developer JBG expects to begin construction on the first of two planned towers of its Central Place development by early spring, the company says. The 3 Rental Report: Tips For A Happy Landlord-Tenant Relationship 01/28/2014 10:35am • Editor’s Note: This biweekly sponsored column is written by Rick Gersten, founder and CEO of Urban Igloo, a rental real estate firm that matches up renters with their ideal apartments, condos or houses. Please submit any questions in the comments section or via email. Whether y Bethesda Seniors, Parents Get Police Version Of Beach Week 01/28/2014 09:30am • The three cops who spoke to Bethesda high school seniors and parents have seen a lot during the time-honored tradition of Beach Week — kids jumping out of second-story windows, groups getting evicted from rental homes before even moving in and friends leaving passed out friends on front lawns Rental Report: Tips for a Happy Landlord-Tenant Relationship 01/23/2014 03:15pm • Editor’s Note: This biweekly sponsored column is written by Rick Gersten, founder and CEO of Urban Igloo, a rental real estate firm that matches up renters with their ideal apartments, condos or houses. Please submit any questions in the comments section or via email. Whether y West Lane Neighbors Still Have Misgivings About Apartment Project 01/23/2014 09:30am • The developer of a seven-story, 120-unit apartment building less than 1,000 feet from the Bethesda Metro will submit its plans to the Planning Department next week. At a required pre-submittal community meeting on Wednesday, it was clear some nearby residents still opposed the 4831 West Lane project Glen Echo Park Still Recovering From Government Shutdown 01/22/2014 10:30am • The nonprofit that operates theater companies, art studios and a host of other events in Glen Echo Park lost about $200,000 as a result of October’s federal government shutdown. A cocktail reception and fundraiser on Friday at the Round House Theatre (4545 East-West Highway) will hopefully sof Greens Endorse Vihstadt for County Board 01/18/2014 10:00am • The Arlington Green Party has voted to endorse John Vihstadt, who’s running as an independent for Arlington County Board. The Greens are endorsing Vihstadt in lieu of nominating their own candidate for the upcoming County Board special election. The party says Vihstadt shares their “oppo Federal Realty Hopes PerSei Gets Pike & Rose Off The Ground 01/16/2014 09:05am • Each of the 174 units at Federal Realty’s PerSei rental property was built with a specific type of tenant in mind. The building, the first apartments to be delivered as a result of the 2010 White Flint Sector Plan, will also be the first test of the residential market for Rent prices rise in D.C., taper off in Md. and Va. 01/15/2014 04:27pm • WASHINGTON - Rising rent prices seem to be the norm in the D.C. metro region, but the cost of an apartment has actually gone down. The price of a unit in a large apartment complex in the D.C. region fell by about 2 percent last year, according to the research firm Delta Associates. The firm has Tie Society turns Netflix model to menswear 01/15/2014 11:24am • WASHINGTON -- The concept behind Netflix is being applied to menswear, but the company behind it insists their plan is no house of cards. Tie Society describes itself as "a monthly subscription service for designer menswear accessories." The D.C.-based company lets subscribers pick out ties onl