Alexandria's office vacancy falls to 18.8%, but Old Town's is rising
AEDP's mid-year report shows the city giving back 160,400 square feet while Northern Virginia absorbed 302,274. Carlyle remains the weakest submarket at 27.7%
Business
Small businesses, commercial activity, economic development, and the entrepreneurs and companies shaping Alexandria's economy.
National IQ names its first CEO, seven months after launching across Alexandria and Arlington
Michael Manuccia, whose career spans the FBI, defense technology and enterprise software, will lead the innovation district that counts AEDP among its founding partners
Korean café chain Twosome Place confirms U.S. debut on King Street, opening in mid-October
The Carlyle-owned brand's first American store will seat 78 at 404 King St., with a second Northern Virginia location already in the works
Kiwi Kuisine will reopen its Eisenhower Avenue pie shop with a ribbon-cutting and a pie-eating contest
The New Zealand-style pie maker marks 20 years in the region Oct. 10. The event is free, and there will be sheep to find.
SPA opens classified analytics lab at Alexandria headquarters
The 14,400-square-foot space holds 78 workstations.
From Head to Tail opens a free pet pantry, available to anyone who needs it, seven days a week
The Potomac Yard grooming shop stocked the space next door with food, toys, leashes and beds. There's no application and no cost — walk in and take what you need.
Royal Nepal will open on Labor Day to give a full day's sales to Nepal flood relief
Every dollar the Alexandria restaurant takes in that day goes to flood relief.
A new cider maker, and a first real harvest, at Lost Boy Cider
Jay Coulter took over the Alexandria cidery's cider program in June. Two months in, he picked about 100 gallons from eight trees planted outside the building in 2018.
Del Ray Business Association presents $10,511 to Scholarship Fund of Alexandria
Proceeds from the sixth annual Bands & Brews bar crawl go to a nonprofit that has awarded more than $24 million in scholarships since 1986; DRBA happy hour also introduces new member Continues Arcade
Junction closing Chevy Chase, leaving Del Ray as its only location
The Alexandria original, which added a bar and patio two years ago, is "open and doing great," the company said. Its Capitol Hill restaurant closed last month.
Alexandria Myotherapy celebrates four decades with a new home on Eisenhower Avenue
Mayor Alyia Gaskins cut the ribbon Thursday for the practice, which spent 30 years near the Old Town waterfront before this year's move
A postpartum support group launches in Old Town, started by two neighbors who couldn't find one
Mom League DC held its first eight-week Newborn Series in Alexandria this month. The series costs $375, and the next Alexandria group starts Oct. 6.
Alexandria's RiverRenew picks up national construction honor
ENR named the tunnel system an Award of Merit winner in its 2026 MidAtlantic Best Projects competition — the second industry award for the project in as many years.
NRG's Del Ray record store will be a second location of Mobius Records
The Fairfax City shop is targeting mid-September; Crooked Beat is also returning to Mount Vernon Avenue this fall
A toy lending library and play space is coming to Mount Vernon Avenue
Del Play, from a former teacher and a chef raising their own child in Alexandria, will offer drop-in play, borrowable toys and consignment in part of the former Streets Market. The target opening is December.
Old Town Books owner is opening an ice cream shop in Hollin Hall
Ally Kirkpatrick's Fabled Ice Cream has signed for 7940 Fort Hunt Road, a Fairfax County shopping center she has known since childhood. Build-out is beginning now, with an opening planned for 2027.