washingtonpost.com - From the Ground UpFrom the Ground UpBethesda Community Is Hot Property- April 23, 2005 Developers can't help but covet the 50 houses tucked behind the stores and restaurants of Bethesda Row in downtown Bethesda.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61609-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_business/colum... District to Decide Soon on Plan for Franklin School- April 23, 2005 The white paint has turned yellow and peeled off the walls at the 136-year-old Franklin School on the southeast corner of 13th and K streets NW. The wood floorboards have rotted. Rust covers the plumbing pipes. A thick layer of dust coats the wrought iron handrails of the brown and white tiled steps.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14113-2005Jan16.html?nav=rss_business/colum... Diamond Dealer Says He Was Cut Out of Lease- April 23, 2005 Ronnie Mervis, the local diamond importer known for his radio commercials, filed a lawsuit March 16 against Ronnie Cohen, a well-known Rockville developer, saying Cohen backed out of a deal to lease him a retail spot on Rockville Pike.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23896-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_business/column... Intermediary Seeks a Deal in Hotel Dispute- April 23, 2005 Developer Greg Fazakerley has emerged as one of the key figures helping to broker a deal between two sides locked in a heated dispute over where to build the District's largest hotel and how to pay for it.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14648-2004Oct31.html?nav=rss_business/colum... Developer Bets on Condos in Anacostia- April 23, 2005 In the condominium boom sweeping the District, developers are scrambling to build still more one- and two-bedroom units with granite countertops and stainless-steel appliances.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5708-2005Mar27.html?nav=rss_business/column... Vacancies Decline Across Region- April 23, 2005 In the past year and a half, Paul J. Argy leased an additional 8,000 square feet of space for his accounting firm in McLean. He needed the extra space for the 40 employees he hired to keep up with his firm's 35 percent growth.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28036-2004Dec26.html?nav=rss_business/colum... More Retail Coming to Prince George's- April 23, 2005 Prince George's County may be getting some of the trendier retailers that civic leaders and local shoppers long have sought.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52482-2005Mar20.html?nav=rss_business/colum... Affordable Housing Proposal Gathers Steam- April 23, 2005 Developers are opposing a proposal that would require them to sell some condominiums and houses and rent some apartments more cheaply to people with low or moderate incomes.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3173-2004Nov21.html?nav=rss_business/column... Seeing Opportunity in Prince William- April 23, 2005 Matthew Ward is a senior vice president of a commercial real estate company in Skokie, Ill. But he knows Northern Virginia well, and he is poised to make a commitment that most local developers aren't quite ready to make -- for a large office building in the outer suburbs.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12630-2005Mar6.html?nav=rss_business/column... Watergate Co-op Plan Is Sign of the Times- April 23, 2005 A developer plans to turn one of Washington's best-known hotels -- the Watergate in the posh West End -- into residential units. The trend is increasingly popular, say developers and real estate brokers, as interest rates remain relatively low and the housing market stays hot.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59970-2004Oct24.html?nav=rss_business/colum... |