WC Smith welcomed its 2024 Summer Youth Employment Program participants, kicking off our 32nd year of hiring DC-area teens for summer jobs within the company. The participants heard from John Burns, an attorney, community activist and entrepreneur. With his brother Mike, Burns founded The Burns Brothers, a group of 8 different businesses that ignite, inspire, […]
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An IHOP restaurant is returning to the Shops at Park Village in mid-summer 2024. IHOP first came to the Shops in 2008, becoming the first national sit-down restaurant to open in DC’s Ward 8. However, as the case with many others, that dining spot shuttered in the wake of the Covid pandemic. WC Smith, which
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On June 20 WC Smith and our development partners, joined by DC Mayor Muriel Bowser and Councilmembers Kenyan McDuffie and Anita Bonds, broke ground on the final phase of Skyland Town Center. This third phase will deliver 126 townhomes for sale, a 75-unit all-affordable property building for seniors, 10,000 square feet of retail, and a
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WC Smith was recognized June 6 for our charitable giving and community engagement, ranking 4th among mid-sized companies in the Washington Metropolitan area for 2023, as compiled by the Washington Business Journal. The newspaper organizes its awards by company size – large, mid-sized and small. WC Smith was among the honorees in the mid-sized companies.
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WC Smith, Building Bridges Across the River and the Washington School for Girls on May 1 broke ground on a 33,000 square foot expansion at THEARC, to be the new home for the independent Catholic school. Currently, WSG’s student population is split between two campuses with middle schoolers attending classes at THEARC and third through
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A new Dunkin, offering Dunkin Donuts, Baskin Robbins ice cream and other menu items, will open as a stand-alone restaurant at the Shops at Park Village. It will be the only Dunkin to operate in DC neighborhoods east of the Anacostia River. Featuring a drive-thru option, the 1,600 square foot store will be located at
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Congratulations to Maureen McKenzie, who in April 2024 celebrated her 50th anniversary with WC Smith! Maureen has been the resident manager of Cambridge Square, a multifamily property in Bethesda, MD, since 1967. WC Smith began managing Cambridge Square seven years after she started. He husband worked at the property and her son, Patrick, is a
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WC Smith joined with several nonprofit organizations and vendors to support the 2024 Spring Fling, the annual spring festival sponsored by Building Bridges Across the River. The event, held April 6 at THEARC campus, attracted more than 500 people – the majority of them under age 18 The day featured food, live music performed by
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The Canal Park Ice Rink, in DC’s Capitol Riverfront neighborhood, played host to several national media stories about the Howard University Figure Skating team, the first of its kind at an Historically Black College or University (HBCU). The stories, which included pieces by CBS Morning News, Good Morning America and NPR, profiled the team’s founders,
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Two WC Smith properties – 2701 Connecticut Ave. and Park Vista – landed in the top-50 nationally among J Turner Research’s overall 2023 “Elite 1%” Power Ranking. 2701 Connecticut was ranked #40, while Park Vista, an affordable property, ranked #49 out of the 1,285 properties across the country that made the list. These buildings ranked first
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