Downtown DC

The DowntownDC Holiday Market is celebrating its 20th anniversary and is getting a new look! News4’s Molette Green, who is also the MC, talks to Downtown BID’s Ebony Walton about its new features and what to expect. 

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said downtown revitalization and the federal workforce are possible ways the District could collaborate with the incoming Trump administration. News4’s Walter Morris reports. 

Hundreds of women’s rights marchers mobilized together at freedom plaza in the District. Their message is clear: “I don’t think we should ever be living in a society when I have less rights than my mother or my grandmother,” said demonstrator Keisha Jackson of Virginia. “I think everyone should vote and come out and support the candidate of their...

Thousands of demonstrators gathered to get out the vote and show support for women’s rights ahead of the 2024 election. News4’s Dominique Moody reports. 

Mayor Muriel Bowser has proposed legislation for D.C. to buy Capital One Arena for $87.5 million after months of negotiations to stop the Washington Capitals and Wizards from moving to Alexandria. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has proposed legislation to buy Capital One Arena for $87.5 million after months of negotiations to keep the Washington Capitals and Wizards playing in the District. Under Bowser’s proposal, D.C. would buy the arena from Monumental Sports and Entertainment, which owns the Washington Capitals and Wizards. Then, the District would lease the arena back to...

The Washington Capitals season home opener against the New Jersey Devils marked the team’s 50th season. News4’s Dominique Moody reports. 

Excitement builds as the Washington Capitals kick off their 50th season after uncertainty about whether the team would be moving to Virginia. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.

D.C. leaders gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of Elle apartments in Northwest Thursday, marking the first significant office-to-residential conversion in the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District.  Elle, formerly home to the U.S. Treasury Department, offers 163 residential units. Prices range from $2,800 for a studio to $6,000 for a one-bedroom, with 111 units currently available. Residents…

On Thursday, District leaders gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of Elle Apartments in Northwest, marking the first significant office-to-residential conversion in the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District. News4’s Eun Yang has the story. 

What’s next for downtown D.C.? Mayor Muriel Bowser, city planners and business leaders met to speak about the possibilities. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

If you’ve walked along 14th Street in downtown D.C. anytime since 1990, you’ve seen a vacant, historic bank. The bank building at 14th and G streets now has new life – and it’s delicious. The new French restaurant La Grande Boucherie opened in the long-vacant bank building. The Scene got a First on 4 grand tour and a history...

La Grande Boucherie on 14th Street is located in the building that was once home to Federal Bank and several other banks over the decades. News4’s Tommy McFly reports the restaurant will soon feature a Japanese Omakase-style restaurant and a speakeasy in the vault, too.

What could a drop in office building values and an increase in office building vacancies mean for downtown D.C.? News4’s Melissa Mollet spoke with Axios DC’s Cuneyt Dil.

The crash happened the night of March 27, as he and a woman were riding bike share e-bikes, police said. They were heading west in the 600 block of Pennsylvania Avenue NW just before 11 p.m. when the man slowed down near the intersection with 7th Street NW.

The deal signed between Mayor Muriel Bowser and Ted Leonsis this week is filled with provisions beneficial to Monumental Sports beyond the $515 million for improvements to the arena.

The deal that will keep the Washington Capitals and Wizards in D.C. comes with a complete transformation of the downtown Capital One Arena and the Gallery Place complex next door.

The deal that will keep the Washington Capitals and Wizards in D.C. comes with a complete transformation of the downtown Capital One Arena and the Gallery Place complex next door. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

Bowser says the conversion of office space to housing is well underway, with five projects under construction now and 11 more in the design phase.

As downtown D.C. struggles to rebound from the pandemic, business leaders are asking the District to spend more than $400 million to reimagine what a fully functional downtown looks like in a new economy, News4’s Mark Segraves reports.