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East Village after Petco

May 9, 2026 · Matt Gardner

The brick-and-bowstring buildings around the ballpark were a curiosity in 2015, a lease frontier in 2019, and stabilized creative office by 2023. The cycle is shorter than people think.

What I am watching now: the ground-floor retail along J Street, where the lease comps just broke a number none of us said out loud last year.

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