Poplar Point, on the east Anacostia waterfront, is one of the largest undeveloped swaths of land in the city.
A new proposal could keep the FBI in D.C., moving it to site a block away from Union Station.
As expected, Mayor Vince Gray’s administration is suggesting that the FBI build its new headquarters on Poplar Point.
Mayor Vince Gray intends to suggest that the FBI relocates to Poplar Point in Southeast D.C. when it vacates the crummy old J. Edgar Hoover building.
The big scoop everyone’s buzzing about today is that Wal-Mart is sniffing around for a location in D.C., maybe in Poplar Point, maybe elsewhere. Jonathan O’Connell first reported the news in the Washington Business Journal, and has since updated with more comments from Wal-Mart, in which the company basically says that it’s looking, but it’s not likely to happen in the immediate future. The crucial piece of information in all of this is that…
As if it wasn’t enough that key city officials have not been willing to agree to support $225 million in public financing for a new stadium at Poplar Point (they’ve been holding at $150 million for the last month), City Paper’s Mike DeBonis reports that more than a dozen people were laid off from United owner Victor MacFarlane’s company last week — including Linda Mercado Greene, a former top aide to Marion Barry who helped…
Big story this morning on the longstanding controversy over whether the District wants to help build a new soccer stadium for DC United. The on-again, off-again Poplar Point location for a new stadium appears to be on again in the minds of the Fenty administration. The Mayor is set to announce that he has selected Bethesda-based Clark Realty Capital as the developer of Poplar Point, and the Post reports that Fenty suddenly has in mind…
Welcome back to work, Washington. Perhaps you’re struggling to focus this morning, having only barely recovered from the weekend’s Halloween festivities. Perhaps you just had a difficult time extricating yourself from your bed on this first cold morning of the year. Whatever the case may be, DCist recommends a strong cup of coffee with a dash of Rumbler to get your motor running today. The Rumbler is described as a “high-tech blaster” being used in…
The Post’s David Nakamura says some Maryland officials would like to lure D.C. United across the border. Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot, noting the derailed talks between D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and D.C. United owner Victor MacFarlane, wrote a letter to the Maryland Stadium Authority asking them to look at snagging United for themselves.”In the wake of these developments, I would strongly urge the Maryland Stadium Authority to meet with representatives from the United to learn…
D.C. Council members Marion Barry (D-Ward 8) and Yvette Alexander (D-Ward 7) announced the creation of the Poplar Point Coalition over the weekend, just days before the RFEI’s are due from developers for interest in the 130 acre site known as Poplar Point. The announcement comes as tension has been building between the DC United owner, Victor MacFarlane, Ward 8 Council member Marion Barry, and Mayor Fenty. Several months ago a disagreement over total figures…