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Welcome to our News and Media Hub. Here, you’ll find the latest headlines, in-depth articles, and project updates that bring our dynamic community to life.
November 20, 2024
Celebrate the Grand Opening of ALDI at Art Place at Fort Totten
Ribbon-cutting ceremony and community event on December 5th will welcome highly- anticipated grocery store to Northeast D.C.
February 12, 2022
WTOP News
Groundbreaking on a new Aldi
There was a ceremonial ground breaking Saturday near the Fort Totten Metro station, where the Lamond Riggs neighborhood is getting a 24,000 square feet Aldi grocery store, the largest in the district. Phase 2 of development promises more for culture in the community.
August 31, 2021
DC Urban Turf
A Look at What Could Replace Meow Wolf at Art Place in Fort Totten
The article discusses potential new tenants and changes in the development plans for Art Place in Fort Totten after Meow Wolf’s exit.
May 15, 2020
Commercial Observer
DC’s Art Place Adds 2 Tenants
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation has signed both Love and Care Development Center and Rocketship Public School to leases at Art Place, a mixed-use development project in Washington, D.C.’s Fort Totten neighborhood.
April 4, 2019
Washington Business Journal
24 Hour Fitness to open in Fort Totten
24 Hour Fitness has agreed to open a 40,000-square-foot location at Art Place at Fort Totten, the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation's mixed-used development in Northeast D.C.
February 4, 2019
Washington Business Journal
Aldi signs lease for largest D.C. store, in Fort Totten
Aldi has agreed to open a 25,000-square-foot store at Art Place at Fort Totten, the Cafritz Foundation's redevelopment of the Riggs Plaza apartment complex at South Dakota Avenue and Kennedy Street NE.