Good Tuesday morning, Alexandria!
🌤️ Today’s weather: Expect partly sunny skies and a high near 78, accompanied by a northwest wind at about 6 mph. As for tonight, mostly clear conditions prevail with a low around 60. The north wind at approximately 5 mph will become calm during the evening.
🚨 You need to know
It’s been a while since the Potomac Yard Arena was in the news, but its shadow still lingers over the Potomac Yard neighborhood months after the deal’s implosion.
The Washington Business Journal (WBJ) published an interview with Doug Firstenberg, principal at Bethesda-based developer Stonebridge. Stonebridge is developing a pair of mixed-use residential/retail buildings at 400 Swann Avenue and 2601 Oakville Street, just across Route 1 from the Potomac Yard shopping center.
WBJ reported that Firstenberg was bullish about future development at Potomac Yard, telling WBJ that the area has the fundamentals like quality of life and accessibility that make new development appealing.
WBJ noted that this outlook was contrary to Matt Kelly, CEO of JBG Smith, who earlier said that without the Potomac Yard Arena there’s insufficient demand to redevelop the current Target-anchored shopping center. Kelly told WBJ that only a “mega-anchor” would justify JBG stopping the current revenue from the shopping center to make way for extensive redevelopment.
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