MRP rolls out next phase of a waterfront project next to Nationals Park

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With Dock 79 a month from opening, MRP Realty is advancing plans for the second phase of the Florida Rock overhaul on the banks of the Anacostia River, immediately south of Nationals Park.

MRP, with partner Florida Rock Properties Inc. (a subsidiary of FRP Holdings Inc.), has filed plans for 71 Potomac, a 253-unit multifamily building with 12,500 square feet of ground-floor retail and 274 underground parking spaces — one level of which would serve the ballpark and the D.C. United stadium on Buzzard Point. It will be constructed on the west side of Dock 79, a 305-unit apartment building with 20,000 square feet of retail scheduled to deliver in August.

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Canopy by Hilton Says Hello to Oregon

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Construction is underway on a new 10 story hotel in the Pearl District by ZGF Architects. The hotel will be operated by PM Hospitality Strategies under the Canopy brand, a new addition to the Hilton portfolio of brands. The developer for the project is the Buccini/Pollin Group. The 128’-8” tall building will include 153 guest rooms. No vehicular parking is proposed.

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Marriott Marquis in Washington finally lands a celebrity chef

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Celebrity chef and restaurateur Mike Isabella will take the remaining restaurant space available in the Marriott Marquis Washington, D.C., opening Spanish restaurant Arroz in early 2017.

The announcement comes nearly a year after we learned Chicago restaurateur Alfredo Sandoval pulled out of a deal to open Mercadito, which would have been his first D.C.-area restaurant, in the convention center hotel at 901 Massachusetts Ave. NW.

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