You know it's a big deal when Mayor Vince Gray breaks out the TelePrompTer -- this morning, Gray talked up the specifics on the retail portion of the new Yards development along the Capitol Riverfront, which will include a new Harris Teeter, several restaurants and a craft brewery from Neighborhood Restaurant Group. more ›

We missed this one from the Washington Business Journal earlier this week: Harris Teeter is looking at a fourth location in the District, this time at the mixed-use Capitol Riverfront development The Yards, nearby Nationals Park. The lease has yet to be signed and the BizJo estimates it would take at least three years before the store could open thanks to the current financing market, but word of a grocery store coming to the area understandably elicits breathless comments from neighborhood officials. '“We're thrilled there's going to be a Harris Teeter in the neighborhood,” said Michael Stevens, director of the Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement District ... “They all bought into the vision of the neighborhood and a grocery store is part of that vision,” he said.' more ›