The city of College Park took another major step toward reshaping its downtown this week, authorizing the purchase of two properties along Route 1. The buildings at 7409 and 7411 Baltimore Avenue, which are currently home to Subway and Shanghai Cafe, … Continue reading →

One of the hottest parts of the real estate industry in recent years has been student housing and now that boom is coming to Hyattsville. An investor in the United Arab Emirates has bought the Towers at University Town Center and … Continue reading →

Moby Dick, one of D.C.’s hottest food chains, gained notice recently in Eater D.C. for opening its first restaurant in Baltimore. But you may not have realized that this chain has been in College Park for a while already. The … Continue reading →

College Park’s Discovery District has landed a Fortune 500 tenant: Capital One. The McLean-based financial services company will open a 7,500-square-foot innovation lab in March or April on the first floor of the 850-space garage in the Hotel at the University … Continue reading →

Wayson R. Jones’ latest exhibition will be seen by more people than ever. That’s because it’s at the Hotel at the University of Maryland, where several of the Mount Rainier painter’s pieces are on display. A graduate of the University … Continue reading →

District Taco will open in Riverdale Park at noon on Monday, Dec. 11. The popular D.C. Mexican chain’s first outpost in Maryland will be in the growing Riverdale Park Station, just down the street from the new MOD Pizza. “Our … Continue reading →

If you are looking for a new brunch spot, check out The Common. Set on the first floor of the College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center on the eastern side of campus at the University of Maryland, the restaurant opened … Continue reading →