Business Ins & Outs: Barnes & Noble, Gold’s Gym, Ellen Yin, Framebridge
By • August 26, 2024 0 693
In: Now Open Gold’s Gym Sets Grand Opening Party for Sept. 4
Are you ready to get your sweat on at the newly opened Gold’s Gym at Georgetown Park (just below the D.C. Department of Motor Vehicles office at 3270 M St. NW)? Its grand opening celebration this month was delayed due to a tragic death at its Reston location on Aug. 20.
In addition to your typical gym equipment, there are weekly classes offered in Vinyasa yoga, Bodypump and more. Some pre-sale memberships are still being offered — check their website for the latest offers. And fear not: the grand opening celebration party will be on Sept. 4.
In: Ellen Yin, High Street Hospitality Opening at Washington Circle
James Beard-honored restaurateur Ellen Yin will soon make her Washington, D.C., debut at one of the District’s newest hotels, the Washington Business Journal reported last week.
“Yin and her Philadelphia-based High Street Hospitality are aiming for a mid-September opening for a.kitchen+bar dc, located off the main lobby of the 151-room Hotel AKA Washington Circle,” the Journal added. “The hotel opened in May at One Washington Circle in Foggy Bottom. It’s the second collaboration between Yin and AKA Hotels & Hotel Residences, building on the original concept for a.kitchen, which debuted at the AKA Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia more than a decade ago.”
In (We Mean It): Oct. 30 Is New B&N Opening Date
Gone from Georgetown since 2011, Barnes & Noble, the nation’s largest bookstore chain, will return to its original location at 3040 M St. NW, having signed a 33,754-square-foot lease for the same three floors last year, as previously reported. The serially postponed reopening date is now Oct. 3. As expected, the store will sell books, newspapers, magazines, music and gifts — and contain a café.
In: Framebridge to Open in Oct.
Custom framing company Framebridge will open a third Washington, D.C., location, as first reported by Urban Turf. The new store is set to open in mid-October at 1506 Wisconsin Ave. NW.
The company’s other D.C. locations are at 1919 14th St. NW and at Union Market.
