Howard University’s plans to build a new hospital on its campus would bring to the District a modernized trauma center and teaching facility — “the centerpiece” of an academic medical complex.
Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, which has a tie to the D.C. area, aims to open around 50 locations in Greater Washington, including two in Northern Virginia we previously wrote about and one in D.C. proper that could open as soon as later this year.
The Boeing Co. has committed $50 million to Virginia Tech’s forthcoming Alexandria campus — equaling the largest-ever gift in the history of the Blacksburg university.
It's a big moment for Howard University, with huge donations coming in, enrollment up, a new hospital on the way and an alum running for vice president. It's a moment President Wayne Frederick calls a "coming of age" for the storied university.
In another blow to Monumental's plan to build a new arena for the Wizards and Capitals in Virginia, D.C.-area labor unions have come out against the proposal.
There is reason to believe a deal to bring the Washington Wizards and Capitals across the Potomac River is imminent even as D.C. continues to negotiate an agreement to keep them downtown.
Only 0.7% of commuters cycle to work in the region, data show. So why is DDOT replacing car lanes with traffic lanes on Connecticut Avenue, our columnist wonders.
Lee's Flower and Card Shop has been open on D.C.'s U Street for 75 years. The store is now owned by sisters Stacie Lee Banks and Kristie Lee, the granddaughters of the shop's founders.
Howard University’s plans to build a new hospital on its campus would bring to the District a modernized trauma center and teaching facility — “the centerpiece” of an academic medical complex.
Virginia Tech is doing more than its innovation campus in Northern Virginia. It's also partnering with a D.C. health system to locate a new research team at the old Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
It took more than seven years, but Ambar is nearly ready to open its Shaw outpost with bottomless meals and new features not included at its other locations.
Two Black-owned banks, the City First Bank of D.C. and Los Angeles-based Broadway Federal Bank, say they plan to merge to create a behemoth aimed at investing in underserved and underbanked neighborhoods.
The Iverson Mall in Prince George's County sold at auction Tuesday. Its new owners have big plans in mind for the retail center not quite three miles from the Branch Avenue Metro station.
Indian ed-tech giant Byju's has reportedly offered more than $1 billion to acquire a D.C.-area ed-tech firm that's been growing fast through its own M&A.
Dan and Tanya Snyder's aptly named River House spans just over 15 acres fronting the Potomac River and features a 30,000-square-foot home completed in 2004. It is hitting the listing sites for what would be a record price.
Hamm is the first-ever chief marketing officer for the top-ranked National Women’s Soccer League club, the Washington Spirit, and she’s spent her first three months on the job working to position the team as one to watch.
Prefect Technologies Inc., a D.C. startup that focuses on automating and organizing data, has raised $32 million in new funding from some big-name investors — just four months after its last eight-figure round.
Lizz Rene created Po' Up! Cards, a Black collegiate drinking game, in 2020. She tells us why, how her product ended up on the shelves of Busboys and Poets, and what her go-to college drinking game was.
We may not be able to see racism under our microscopes, but its effects are nevertheless viral, spanning the arc of American history, writes Marty Rodgers of Accenture.
Last year Metro adopted a plan for millions of square feet of private development on transit station property. That vision is inching forward for seven stations along D.C.'s edges and in the 'burbs.
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser isn't accepting the Washington Mystics as a consolation prize at Capital One Arena if the Wizards and Capitals move to Alexandria.
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For decades, the District has talked about building a new Archives and Records Center, to store D.C.'s vast history — from Frederick Douglass's will to Duke Ellington's birth certificate. It's finally happening.
Bowie State University is seeking bids for the development of an esports gaming lab facility on campus. Here's why the university is investing in this growing sector.
D.C.'s mobile sports betting app has been marred by technical problems and, bettors say, poor odds since it launched in 2020. Now a big-name operator is taking it over.
Susan Tynan, our CEO of the Year, has raised more than $81 million in venture funding for Framebridge, her custom framing startup. Only a few women have ever raised more than $10 million in the region.
Virginia Tech has named Sara Hooshangi, a faculty member at George Washington University, founding director of its computer science program at its Innovation Campus in Alexandria. The high-profile position will help grow the region's tech workforce.
George Washington University has filed plans to decommission the Charles E. Smith Center pool and replace it with new facilities for the men’s and women’s basketball teams.
A D.C. serial entrepreneur raised a multimillion-dollar seed round for his latest venture, an AI-powered geospatial mapping startup called Impact Observatory. And now, he's planning a hiring spree.
A major sewage leak destroyed an acclaimed Washington Post reporter's notes. He's suing the Purple Line for at least $1 million in lost book and movie revenue.
Thanks to Washington Nationals outfielder Gerardo Parra, BreakingT created its most popular sports-based T-shirt this year. And it's just getting busier with the Nats and Washington Mystics wins.
Virginia Tech's Innovation Campus has received a huge gift from a pair of alums, and more is expected as the university continues its $1.5 billion capital campaign.
The Sandlot bills itself as a cultural and social hub for the D.C.-area neighborhoods in which it locates. For Anacostia, it plans to do even more when it opens.
It's been a long and windy road, but The Bazaar by José Andrés is nearly ready to open from inside the Waldorf Astoria, Washington, D.C., which formerly flew a Trump International flag.
A big group of prominent investors just bought into the Washington Spirit. The women's soccer club is adding the daughters of two presidents, a former Olympian, a local Amazon exec and other notable names to its roster of financial backers.
Amazon is offering new commuter perks to encourage its corporate employees, including those at its new Arlington headquarters, to bike to and from work.
Of all the disasters José Andrés and his team have responded to, few, he says, compare with the Covid-19 crisis. “This was something that was coming from all angles, and you couldn’t see the enemy shooting at you.”
Nearly 100 members of the U.S. House have signed a letter from Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., urging that D.C. receive the full funding allocated to states in the $2.2 trillion economic stimulus legislation related to the coronavirus pandemic.
Virginia Tech has named Lance Collins, current dean of engineering at Cornell University, as the dean of its planned Northern Virginia campus. Here’s why he’s the man for the job.
"My daily routine has been very much the same for decades, up until March 2020 when everything changed. Now, I just miss my dear Chili Bowl," writes Virginia Ali, the co-founder and owner of D.C. institution Ben's Chili Bowl.
Shelly Bell's Black Girl Ventures has evolved into a multicity effort to finance and uplift Black women. We're thrilled to have her as a Diversity in Business Awards honoree.
Here's the latest update on the design and construction plans for Virginia Tech's new $1 billion graduate campus planned for Alexandria's Potomac Yard, a stone's throw from Amazon's HQ2 campus.
Steve Case's Rise of the Rest tour — an attempt to fund more startups outside of the usual tech hubs — is going virtual during Covid-19, and is aiming this pitch competition toward Black founders, in particular.
The Washington Nationals and Mystics both won it all in 2019. Team owners Mark Lerner and Ted Leonsis share with us what they'll remember the most from their teams' unforgettable seasons.