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EDENS is a retail real estate owner, operator and developer of a nationally leading portfolio of 110 places. Our purpose is to enrich community through human engagement. We design our places to achieve 3.5 trips per week and 5 hours of dwell time.

We know that when people come together, they feel a part of something bigger than themselves and prosperity follows: economically, socially, culturally and soulfully.

Our work is bigger than real estate; we are in the business of humanity.

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October 13, 2021

Immersive ‘Museum for Black Girls’ Opens Saturday in Uptown Park

Featuring Uptown Park
Houston City Book

October 8, 2021

Great Escapes: The Many Surprises of Washington, D.C.

Featuring Union Market District
Barron’s

October 7, 2021

New Mural in RiNo District

Featuring RiNo – 27th & Larimer
ABC Channel 7

September 23, 2021

Woburn Village revives old mall site with Shake Shack, Caffe Nero and green space

Featuring Woburn Village
Boston Business Journal

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Uptown Park Houston, TX

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“Little reminder, don’t forget to play today.”

Toy Maven: Pogo Stick

Preston RoyalDallas, TX

Color Me Mine: Mugs

PrincetonPrinceton, NJ

Blackhawk Hardware: Croquet Set

Park RoadCharlotte, NC

Salt & Sundry: For The One Who Has Everything

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"From redlining to greening: Coalition wants to re

🎶🎸🥁🎹 "Songbyrd Music House’s New Nes

🎶🎸🥁🎹 "Songbyrd Music House’s New Nest at Union Market" As featured on District Fray written by Nicole Schaller :

D.C. was forced to say goodbye to many memory-filled clubs and music venues that permanently closed their doors over the past 20 months due to the pandemic. There is a silver lining, though: The closures allowed surviving venues to innovate and new ones to emerge. As we continue to transition to a post-shutdown world – while living in Covid limbo – there are a plethora of new venues popping up around the D.C. area.

Last month, the beloved Adams Morgan vinyl shop-music venue-cafe hybrid, Songbyrd Music House, moved to its new home in Union Market District where the Coconut Club once resided. With 18-foot ceilings, garage-style sliding window doors and a spacious patio, the open-air venue is a departure from the former cozy, but sometimes cramped Adams Morgan location. After closing Songbyrd down for Covid, owners Alisha Edmonson and Joe Lapan saw the window of opportunity to relocate.

In a post-shutdown world, the openness and outdoor tables are a welcoming amenity. Songbyrd currently offers a variety of concerts and events, including free live music and trivia nights that allow people to integrate back into the social and music scene again at their own pace.
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Welcome to the @UnionMarketDC community @SongbyrdDC!
Community Photography by: @its.grace.lh

“Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least

“Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.” – B. Kerrey | Happy #WorldKindnessDay! 🤍

As our communities come together to celebrate, shop, and dine this holiday season, we remember kindness has power. Our community retailers and frontline workers continue to serve us while facing new challenges: supply chain bottlenecks, shipping delays, staffing shortages and unexpected day-to-day operational issues, presenting a new dynamic for customer service.

A bit of extra patience and understanding on our end will go a long way to show our appreciation for the industry and its people that keep our communities vibrant. Shop early, shop local and place orders well in advance. If your retail or dining experience was a good one, post a positive review on Google Business and Yelp. In addition to an extra well-deserved tip, say “thank you” to your server. When we come together this year to celebrate the holidays, let's reflect on the power of gratitude and pay it forward with abundance. 🤍 It's cool to be kind. 🤍

DREAMING IN TECHNICOLOR: LAUREN GAY ON FINDING COM

DREAMING IN TECHNICOLOR: LAUREN GAY ON FINDING COMMON THREAD 🌈🎨✨ @In.Seven.Words | As featured in wibridgedc.com, written by Candace Chambers
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Common Thread is the brainchild of designers Maggie O’Neill and Warren Weixler, the duo at the helm of Swatchroom creative agency. It was initially developed as a hybrid holiday market-chartable drive — selling vintage goods and original artwork from local creatives while also collecting gently used clothes to be donated to charities serving the District. Maggie and Warren set up shop in Union Market’s concept space, In Seven Words – created by the developers at EDENS as a rotating short-term platform for community-focused retailers. Designing the space and collaborating with artists was built into Swatchroom’s DNA, but most of their past projects were hospitality ventures. The shop’s opening last December was their first foray into retail.

Originally from Detroit, Lauren Gay (@littlehustler83) moved to Virginia in 2005 to study fashion merchandising at Marymount University. The program introduced her to all the different pockets of the industry and since then she’s worked in damn near every one from sales to patternmaking to styling to personal shopping to model dressing to closet organizing. This twenty-year breadth of experience makes Lauren uniquely prepared to reimagine what retail can and should be in order to thrive.

Now together with Maggie and Warren, Lauren is able to curate a new shopping experience at Common Thread as a space that prioritizes people, planet and profit – a type of ethical business framework known as the triple bottom line. “It’s not about numbers. It’s different in that it’s about how we can figure out ways to support the community in all different aspects. It’s about how we can reach out to the entire area and show people what makes the DMV so great.”
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Photography by: WIBridge
@swatchroom @commonthreaddc at @In.Seven.Words, @unionmarketdc | A Place By EDENS

Need a work-from-home refresh? Welcome to NICHE, E

Need a work-from-home refresh? Welcome to NICHE, EDENS' new meeting and workspace at #Mosaic and #UnionMarketDistrict. NICHE is a convenient and comfortable space, helping you network, connect and collaborate.

Enjoy 💻Complimentary high-speed Wi-FI
🔌Access to power outlets and charging stations
☕️Free Coffee for the first 100 users
👥Single-person and team-sized tables
🗓 Ability to book the space for: presentations, group meetings, trainings, or simply an alternative to office or work-from-home

Reserve your space now! Download the NICHE app 📱 at
unionmarketdc.com/niche/
mosaicdistrict.com/niche/

Niche at @mosaicdistrict + @unionmarketdc | A Place by EDENS

Bring Your Experience to Life with EDENS Venues C

"EDENS has been particularly busy around the Union

"EDENS has been particularly busy around the Union Market neighborhood and at Howard University this year, pitching a 13-story development with 379 residential units and retail at the former, and a 260,000-square-foot office and laboratory at the other. But beyond these projects, Jodie McLean has elevated EDENS' name as a retail development pioneer, having re-envisioned, sold or bought $15 billion worth of real estate assets, including the creation of Fairfax County's Mosaic District, the bustling Union Market and its Latin market sister, La Cosecha. McLean, who's now overseeing a top-to-bottom diversity and inclusion strategy for the company, sits on the boards of Cushman & Wakefield and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and is an Urban Land Institute trustee."

Congratulations to our CEO, Jodie W. McLean, for making #WashingtonBusinessJournal's Power 100 list for 2021! | @jodiewmclean @wbjnewsroom @unionmarketdc

✨ 'Black Girl Magic' comes to Uptown Park ✨ #7

✨ 'Black Girl Magic' comes to Uptown Park ✨ #7wordstories

As featured in Houston CITY BOOK, written by Evan W. Black:
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The latest immersive art experience opens its doors in H-Town: The Museum for Black Girls in Uptown Park.

Created to "celebrate and educate everyone about our journey, from our past to present state of liberation," per founder Charlie Billingsley, the destination "serves as a love letter to Black women and our unique experiences."

The concept previously popped up in Denver, where thousands attended and posted about the multi-sensory exhibit. Houston's iteration will feature more than a dozen works by 10 creative women of color, and will showcase visual-art installations and performance pieces that tell the stories of Black women through the lens of Black artists, including Von Ross, Kayla Washington, Aunjanee Niblett, TJ Hudson, Kaylee Bender, Yazmin Atmore, KB Brown, Madd Kyng, Khia Ancalade, Chandrika Metivier, Kanika Blair, Iyesha Williams and Johnnie Jackson.

A statement released this morning calls the experience a "vibrant celebration of self-love."

The pop-up is located at 1141 Uptown Park Blvd.; opening hours are 12-8pm, Thursday through Sunday.
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Photography by: Brittany Werges
@themuseumforblackgirls | @UptownPark Houston | A Place By EDENS

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