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DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, Councilmember Vincent Gray, community members and many excited area residents turned out Sept. 27 for the official ribbon cutting of the Lidl grocery store at Skyland Town Center. More than 200 people were in attendance for the event and open house that followed. Lidl is the first full service grocery store […]

Financing closed on Terrace Manor, marking a key milestone for the development of WC Smith’s fully affordable, 130-unit multifamily project in DC’s Randle Heights neighborhood. The $79.8 million project is being financed through the DC Department of Housing and Community Development’s Housing Production Trust Fund, tax-exempt bonds and a permanent loan through the US Department

Trek Bicycles has signed a lease to open a store at Skyland Town Center, becoming the first bicycle retailer to locate east of the Anacostia River. Headquartered in Wisconsin, Trek manufactures and distributes a variety of bicycles, biking apparel, and accessories through independently operated stores across the country and subsidiaries abroad. This Skyland location will

The DC Building Industry Association (DCBIA) has honored leaders from Building Bridges Across the River, WC Smith’s nonprofit partner that company CEO and Chairman Chris Smith founded in 1997. Receiving DCBIA’s Community Impact Award are Rahsaan Bernard, president of Building Bridges; Scott Kratz, Building Bridges senior vice president and director of the 11th Street Bridge

The Crest at Skyland Town Center was a winner of a CoStar Impact Award, being named Best New Multifamily Development in the DC market by CoStar Group. The Impact Awards are CoStar’s first annual awards program designed to recognize exemplary commercial real estate transactions and projects completed in 2021 with significant influence in neighborhoods or

WC Smith welcomed DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, city and community leaders to the Jan. 8 groundbreaking of Lidl supermarket at Skyland Town Center. Lidl, recently ranked a top 3 U.S. grocer by USA Today 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards, will be the first full-service supermarket serving residents in Wards 7 and 8 to open in

Many job seekers in Washington, DC face multiple challenges related to literacy, computer skills, work readiness, transportation, housing, and other employment barriers. For some, the barrier is particularly high, such as for individuals re-entering the workforce after being incarcerated or those who are unfamiliar with, or don’t have access to, digital resources. Recently the Washington

WC Smith was recognized Nov. 12 for our charitable giving and community engagement, ranking 4th among mid-sized companies in the Washington Metropolitan area for 2020, 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. Forty companies

WC Smith welcomed DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon and local elected and community leaders to the grand opening of the Chase Bank branch at Skyland Town Center. Only the third Chase branch bank to open east of the Anacostia River, the Skyland location is far more than a branch

WC Smith held a double celebration for the Splash Park at the Villages of Parklands – marking its 25th anniversary and grand reopening. When it opened in 1996, the Splash Park was the first of its kind in Washington, DC – a state of the art facility that quickly became a recreational hub for the