VAN NESS IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS!!

​AN INVITATION FOR COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE CONVERSATION AND COLLABORATION

Van Ness Main Street (VNMS) extends from Van Ness Street, NW north to Nebraska Avenue, NW on both sides of the busy Connecticut Avenue, NW corridor.  The VNMS Open for Business Project welcomes renovation and development in support of enriched commercial density and business diversity. We invite you to meet with us to discuss this exciting initiative. 

Why Van Ness Main Street?

  1. Van Ness, Forest Hills and Chevy Chase, DC are thriving residential neighborhoods with a wide range of housing options for people of all ages and incomes.  Van Ness Main Street neighbors appreciate retail development that supports daily life activities as well as community, cultural and recreational engagement.

  2. Van Ness is the “node of Northwest”—the middle cluster of the five retail real estate clusters that punctuate Connecticut Avenue west of Rock Creek Park.  Van Ness offers large buildings, both residential and commercial, abundant tenant square footage, and zoning flexibility to encourage optimum building development.


  3. Residents of Van Ness Main Street neighborhoods appreciate its special combination of suburban, urban and parkland amenities.

  4. Van Ness Main Street is unique in its confluence of cultural and educational institutions: The University of the District of Columbia and Law School; American University’s WAMU radio broadcasting hub; Howard University Law School; The Levine School of Music; The Whittle School; Edmund Burke School; The Sheridan School and embassies from 22 countries. Destination retailers and restaurants include: Politics and Prose; Bread Furst Bakery; Uptown Market; Sfoglina; Muchas Gracias; Comet Ping Pong and I’m Eddie Cano.

  5. Van Ness Main Street businesses are resilient. During the pandemic, five businesses closed and another five opened.  Four businesses are slated to open in 2022 and 2023.

  6. VNMS NEIGHBORHOOD STATISTICS: *

    ​Van Ness is truly Open for Business. Please contact:   info@vannessmainstreet.org to discuss your future in Van Ness, Forest Hills, and Wakefield. 

    * Source: Van Ness Retail Strategy, HR&A, February 2018