INITIAL STARTUP CONSIDERATIONS
SITE LOCATION RESOURCES
WASHINGTON DC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP
Looking for your ideal storefront, manufacturing facility
or restaurant? WDCEP can provide you with broker
contacts, information on vacancy rates, asking rents
and demographic information about the areas around
your business. WDCEP can also provide information on
available office and retail space in established, emerging, or
new neighborhood development projects.
(202) 661-8670 · wdcep.com
BROKERAGE FIRMS AND REAL ESTATE
SERVICE COMPANIES
You may directly contact a commercial real estate broker
representing tenants for your space search. Brokerage
firms offer a variety of services including but not limited to
investment advice, real-time quotes, research, investment
information and tools, online trading, touch-tone
trading, website account access, check-writing privileges,
and margin loans. For a list of top brokers in DC, visit
costarpowerbrokers.com.
DC BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
The DC Building Industry Association can refer you
to their member brokers depending on your needs.
Association members are engaged in all aspects of real
estate development and include developers, general
contractors, architects and engineers, lenders, attorneys,
brokers, title companies, utility companies, and community
development organizations.
(202) 966-8665 · dcbia.org
DEPARTMENT OF SMALL AND
LOCAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
The Department of Small and Local Business Development’s
(DSLBD) Office of Commercial Revitalization provides site
location assistance for retail ventures.
(202) 727-3900 · dslbd.dc.gov
COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE
ASSOCIATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON (CREBA)
CREBA is a regional trade association dedicated to serving
commercial real estate interests throughout the DC,
Suburban Maryland and Northern Virginia. CREBA can
provide you with a listing of real estate brokers in the region.
(301) 590-2000 · creba.org
DC MAIN STREETS PROGRAM
DC Main Streets is a comprehensive program that
promotes the revitalization of traditional business districts
in the District of Columbia. Main Streets serves as the
citywide coordinating program that provides services
and funding for the designated Main Streets found in the
District of Columbia. Main Streets mission is to support
the traditional retail corridors in DC by retaining and
recruiting businesses, improving commercial properties
and streetscapes, and attracting consumers. The 2018 active
and accredited DC Main Streets programs are Barracks
Row Main Street, District Bridges, Destination Congress
Heights, Eastern Market Main Street, Georgetown Main
Street, Historic Dupont Circle Main Streets, H Street Main
Street, Lower Georgia Avenue Main Street, Minnesota
Avenue Main Street, North Capitol Main Street, Rhode
Island Avenue Main Street, Shaw Main Streets, Tenleytown
Main Street, Upper 14th Street and Kennedy Street, Van
Ness Main Streets, and Ward 7 Business Partnership.
441 4th Street, NW, Suite 850 North, Washington, DC 20001
(202) 727-3900 · dslbd.dc.gov/service/DCMS · dslbd@dc.gov
DC OFFICE OF PLANNING
The DC Office of Planning (OP) performs planning
for neighborhoods, corridors, districts, historic
preservation, public facilities, parks and open spaces,
and individual sites. In addition, OP engages in urban
design, land use, and historic preservation review.
Visit OP at planning.dc.gov to learn more about their
historic resources research and community visioning,
various historic and ward maps, and spatial and DC
Census data.
1100 4th Street, SW, Suite E650, Washington, DC 20024
(202) 442-7600 · planning.dc.gov · planning@dc.gov
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