Many have been wondering what will happen to everything that's still locked inside the shuttered Foxtrot Market at 7262 Woodmont Avenue at Bethesda Row. It turns out it will all be liquidated later this month by creditor J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. A law firm representing the bank will hold an online foreclosure sale of "substantially all of the assets of Foxtrot Ventures Incorporated," and the assets of several related Foxtrot shell companies, at 10:00 AM on May 10, 2024.  The assets will include "inventory, intellectual property, accounts, chattel paper, documents, furniture, fixture ..read more

Giorgetti is now open at 5471 Wisconsin Avenue, at The Collection at Chevy Chase in Friendship Heights. With local partner Salus Homes, the legendary Italian furniture design firm has brought one-and-a-quarter century of fine craftsmanship from the Brianza region of Italy to this upscale Chevy Chase showroom. While the store is open now, a grand opening celebration will be held later this month. Operating hours of Giorgetti are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Mondays, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM Tuesday through Friday, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Saturdays, and closed on Sundays. Photos courtesy The Collection a ..read more

The century-old legacy of a U.S. Army chemical weapons testing site in Northwest Washington, D.C. continues to haunt the Spring Valley community. A major remediation project to locate and remove World War I-era munitions - and the toxic chemicals and compounds they contain - from soil in the residential neighborhood is drawing to a close. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has now released its first Five-Year-Review (FYR) of the project and its results, a thick document nearly 300 pages in length. Written in a highly-technical format rather than clear prose for the common man, and acce ..read more

Ruta, a Ukrainian restaurant at 327 7th Street SE in Washington, D.C., is expanding to Bethesda. Their logo is now being applied to an exterior wall at 4862 Cordell Avenue in Bethesda. This was formerly home to MOMO Chicken + Jazz. Construction on the new restaurant began about two and a half weeks ago. In an area with no options for a full menu of Ukrainian, Eastern European or Russian cuisine, this is a welcome development ..read more

Montgomery County police responded to a report of a strong-arm robbery in downtown Bethesda Sunday night, April 28, 2024. The robbery was reported at a business in the 7000 block of Wisconsin Avenue at 7:56 PM Sunday.  ..read more

The Block, the Asian food hall at 967 Rose Avenue at Pike & Rose, has closed. Reduced hours and departing tenants had already reduced business at the venue. The closure was first reported by The MoCo Show. In March, Store Reporter noted that property owner Federal Realty had removed The Block from its leasing map. Vendors told MoCo360 that the food hall might close at the end of the month ..read more

The permanent sign is now up at the Solaire 7607 Old Georgetown apartment tower in downtown Bethesda. It is directly over an entrance to the new building, the latest in Washington Property Company's Solaire portfolio of apartment developments in Montgomery County.  There's probably a fire code reason why the red FDC sign and water connections are in that specific spot to the left of the door, but it's rather unfortunate from an aesthetic and design standpoint, as they stick out like a sore thumb. The building recently opened, and we are awaiting the posting of the first residents' ear ..read more

Montgomery County police responded to a report of a 2nd-degree assault at a store in the Friendship Heights area of Chevy Chase early Friday afternoon, April 26, 2024. The assault was reported at a store in the 5400 block of Wisconsin Avenue at 12:16 PM Friday. An individual was also accused of theft in the same incident ..read more

A construction project to add a rooftop amenity to the Wisconsin Place development in Friendship Heights is well underway. Property owner BXP is creating a rooftop terrace for use by tenants of its office building, among other upgrades to increase marketability of the office space in the working-from-home era.  It is located on top of the low-rise Shops at Wisconsin Place building adjacent to the office tower. The terrace will include a kitchen and canopy seating areas, and can be programmed for work or leisure uses, according to a BXP press release. Construction is anticipated to c ..read more

Foxtrot Market abruptly closed all of its stores last week, including the Bethesda Row location at 7262 Woodmont Avenue. But as of last evening, the Bethesda store is still fully stocked with packaged foods and merchandise like t-shirts. This may be in part because the chain laid off its employees with equally-short notice when the closure announcement was made last Tuesday. Will the chain retrieve its equipment, furniture and inventory, or will landlords across America recoup some of the unpaid rent by seizing it and locking Foxtrot out ..read more