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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Visions for Vacancies: TESST Building

What do you want to see inside one of Hyattsville's most iconic buildings?

This one's for the comment section, Hyattsville. What do want to see inside the TESST building now that it's been bought by Streetsense?  The Bethesda-based real estate development company is known in Hyattsville for its work developing and marketing the retail spaces at EYA Arts District Hyattsville commercial center which now houses Busboys and Poets, Spice 6, Chipolte and Big Bad Woof, among others.  So, before we begin the discussion, here's a quick fact sheet about the property. Address Marc Ratner, CEO of Streetsense, told Patch that he thought the TESST building was ideally suited to retail and offices, but he was open to any serious offers to rent the space. What do you think should go inside the TESST building?

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Mike Derry

6:48 pm on Tuesday, January 29, 2013

I agree... we recently moved here from the Baltimore area . The one thing I really miss are the multitude of quality wine bars up that way.... The Arts District still has that small town feel... Rather than large chain establishments I'd like to see some individually owned places as well... wine bar, bistros/cafe , coffee /breakfast places... My fear is if we turn everything over to the …   more ›

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

TESST Building Bought By Developers

Streetsense hopes to rent building space to commercial, office tenants.

The iconic but currently vacant TESST building in downtown Hyattsville could see new life in the near future. Streetsense, the Bethesda-based real-estate planning and development firm has recently acquired the property and plans on eventually renting it out to commercial tenants.  According to Marc Ratner, CEO of Streetsense, Hyattsville's downtown Route 1 corridor is fertile ground for redevelopment. Recent work to renovate existing city parking lots, expand on-street parking, and plans to construct a new parking facility along Route 1 are attracting attention among developers. "All of those things are very positive in terms of spurring additional development," said Ratner in an interview. "We remain extremely interested in wanting to …

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Adelphi Sky

12:30 pm on Thursday, January 10, 2013

I would hope for retail. Something unique to the area of course. But if I bet money, I'd guess a restaurant would take the bottom floor.   more ›

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