November 20th, 2009 |
by Clay Gump |
published in
Businesses, M Square Research Park, Speculation
[flickr float="left" size="medium"]4119193301[/flickr] East Campus? Stalled. Purple Line? Still Waiting. Maryland Football? Don’t ask. Here at RTCP we could use a little good news. Well we got some from Washington Business Journal. It looks like M-Square was selected as the top choice in Prince George’s for a new cluster of biotech startups. The proposal calls [...]
October 21st, 2009 |
by Clay Gump |
published in
Businesses
[flickr size="small" float="left"]4032216143[/flickr] Our post on the new possible location for the College Perk brought a few interesting observations. “Please say it ain’t so” got things riled up with this post. Ok the folks who ran the original place had issues with confronting the basic reality of doing business, like getting permits and paying taxes [...]
October 9th, 2009 |
by Clay Gump |
published in
Businesses, Speculation
[flickr size="small" float="center"]http://www.flickr.com/photos/morningstar1369/3549714185/[/flickr] File this under “things that make you go Hmmm….” It seems the oft-troubled, slightly singed, yet always funky College Perk might be making a move to take over the former location of the 94th Aero Squadron. Check out http://www.the-perk.com/ for details. Some of the added features they are looking to add are…. [...]
October 2nd, 2009 |
by Clay Gump |
published in
Businesses, General College Park
[flickr float="center"]389607139[/flickr] The latest Economic Update from the City is available HERE. Here are the highlights. THE DOMAIN AT COLLEGE PARK* Located at the corner of Campus Drive and Mowatt Lane on the Poole property, the Domain is expected to be a 5-story luxury multi-family building with 250 residential units and 5,000 – 10,000 square [...]
August 6th, 2009 |
by Clay Gump |
published in
Businesses, Downtown
At the opening ceromony yesterday for the new downtown parking garage amid the usual pomp and circumstance a big announcement was made regarding the 5800 square feet of ground floor retail. The original Ledo’s will be moving from their long time location in Adelphi to downtown College Park. This is the mothership of all Ledo’s [...]
July 29th, 2009 |
by Clay Gump |
published in
Businesses, East Campus, General College Park, M Square Research Park
On Friday July 17th the City hosted a Real Estate roundtable. Ann Wylie, the Vice President of Administrative Affairs, was the primary presenter. There were many Campus and Local officials present and based on the lack of empty seats interest was high. The second speaker was Chris Warren providing details of local economic activity. Here [...]
June 16th, 2009 |
by Albert Wavering |
published in
Businesses, Speculation
Instead of the sharp boundaries that exist today, there should be a symbiotic relationship between the University of Maryland and College Park, with each providing resources and vision for shared projects that can improve both the University and the city. The University wants to attract top-tier students and faculty. The city of College Park wants [...]
May 13th, 2009 |
by Clay Gump |
published in
Businesses, Speculation
Stevie Fanchise might actually become a franshise. The Diamondback reports that the one-time Maryland Basketball star could trade dunking the “rock” to dunking buffalo wings to become a partner with current ‘Fe owners. The long-time Terp hangout will undergo extensive renovations this summer. In the meantime, Srour said Santa Fe will be closing May 24 [...]
