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District Taco Declares Restaurant Completion (1309 F St NW)
Photo from District Taco’s Twitter stream The folks at District Taco tweeted this morning that the restaurant build-out is complete. A now hiring sign sits in the window as well as signs that breakfast tacos may become part of Penn Quarter residents’ regular breakfast meal rotation. An opening day has yet to be announced, but […]
733 10th St NW Office Building Success
733 10th St NW, taken in March 2011 Globe St has a nice article detailing the success of Skanska’s speculation office building at 733 10th St NW. With rents as high at $818/sq ft, which analysts report as very respectable, Skanska had been able to bring occupancy to 91% before the building was completed. It […]
Gallery Square Construction Update *pics*
Work is progressing on the collection of buildings on the NE corner of 7th & H St NW. The facade of the corner building received a paint job, ironically in the color of brick red (1st photo), but the neighboring building on 7th St is still hollowed out (2nd photo). Douglas Development’s website has some renderings of […]
Jaleo Renovation Complete! (480 7th St NW)
It’s hard to believe that Jaleo has been in operation for almost 20 years! After a month-long renovation, the Spanish tapas restaurant headed by Chef José Andrés’ ThinkFoodGroup, has reopened. Locals will quickly notice that the overall layout of the restaurant is still the same, though, some of the seating has been altered to accommodate the new benches, tables […]