Via bloomingdale (for now), it looks like Harris Teeter has committed to open a location in a new development project called Constitution Square at 1st and M Streets NE, right next to the New York Ave. Metro station. The news was first posted on the ANC 6C05 blog maintained by commissioner Alan Kimber.

Kimber reported that Harris Teeter had originally been interested in an approx. 40,000 sq. ft. space at 3rd & H Streets NE owned by Stuart Development, but the grocery store chain has since pulled out of its non-binding agreement with the developer in favor of the New York Ave. Metro location. The PUD for the 3rd and H space was approved in part on the premise that there would be a full-service grocery store in the development, so Stuart Development has apparently been pursuing a variety of grocers, including Trader Joe’s, but no company has committed to lease all or part of the space for a grocery store yet.

Kimber says that if no full-service grocer store can be convinced to open in the H Street space, the developer will likely have to seek an amendment to their PUD to permit a splitting of the space in order to entice a smaller, specialty grocery that could share the space with something like a CVS or Rite-Aid.