The 1,400-square-foot restaurant, with two drive-thru lanes, 12 pull-up ordering stalls and a dining patio, will be located at 4115 Talon Drive in Dumfries, part of the Barracks Row at Quantico commercial development less than a mile northwest of the I-95 interchange at state Route 234. The location 鈥渨ill constitute a flagship Sonic design that will serve as a benchmark for future restaurant drive-thru development,鈥� according to a written narrative accompanying the application, filed by Noah Klein of Venable LLP.

Sonic, which of course sells burgers and hot dogs but is probably best known for its drinks (large variety of shakes, slushes) and sides (tots, onion rings, mozzarella sticks), only operates two franchised restaurants in Northern Virginia, one in Manassas and another in Leesburg. John Cove Dumfries鈥�

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The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, the charitable organization Calvin Cafritz had led since 1989, confirmed his passing and provided a copy of his obituary, which didn’t disclose cause of death. The foundation, among Greater Washington鈥檚 largest with more than $400 million in assets and some $65 million in annual revenue and expenses, according to its most recent Form 990, is expected to issue a formal statement in the coming days.

鈥淢r. Cafritz鈥檚 grace, elegance, discernment, desire for excellence and commitment to making the most of every day and every situation will continue to inspire and motivate all who knew and loved him,鈥� his obituary reads.

As founder of Calvin Cafritz Enterprises, Calvin Cafritz was deeply involved in D.C.-area real estate, developing projects such as鈥�

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The first in-depth public review of specific buildings that will be part of 鈥淲estEnd,鈥� the redevelopment of the former Landmark Mall property in Alexandria, is scheduled for early December before the city鈥檚 Planning Commission.

The sprawling 51.5-acre site has been subdivided into 15 blocks, three of which are dedicated to the future $1 billion Inova Alexandria Hospital campus, four for parks and open space, and the remainder for a redevelopment led by Potomac’s Foulger-Pratt, in partnership with Seritage Growth Partners (NYSE: SRG) and The Howard Hughes Corp. (NYSE: HHC).

All told, including the hospital, the project is expected to deliver more than 4 million square feet of mixed-use to the property bounded by Duke Street, Interstate 395 and North Van Dorn Street.

For Foulger-Pratt’s portion, Blocks E and G (combined), I and K are on the Planning Commission’s December docket. Concept submissions鈥�

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The Wells Fargo tournament is scheduled to take place May 5-8 at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm. Visitor spending from the 2022 event 鈥渢hat would not have occurred but for the tournament鈥� is forecasted at more than $17 million, mostly from overnighters who would buy lodging, entertainment, gas, etc., according to an assessment prepared by Baltimore’s Sage Policy Group Inc. commissioned by the Montgomery County Economic Development Corp., among other organizations. Operational and capital spending to prepare the venue is forecast to generate another $11 million in economic activity.

Montgomery County hopes hosting such tournaments will 鈥渁ttract a larger slice of a rapidly expanding [golf] industry,鈥� according to a new economic assessment commissioned by the Montgomery County Economic Development Corp., among other organizations.鈥�

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Live K Karaoke Bar plans to open this fall at 730 Maine Ave. SW, the Washington Business Journal has learned. The venue is slated to include private rooms and a main stage for customers to sing and dance to their favorite tunes, per a page for the bar on The Wharf’s website. It’s the type of entertainment-themed retail Hoffman-Madison Waterfront has been courting to generate more activity at the development, anchored by concert venue The Anthem.

I’ve reached out to representatives for the tenant and landlord and will update this post with additional information once I have heard back.

The 6,686-square-foot karaoke bar will be opening in the former District Hardware and Bike space, one of a handful of retailers that shuttered at The Wharf since the start of the pandemic. Many of those spaces are slowly being leased back up鈥�

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Hogan made the comments Tuesday in Annapolis in response to a reporter鈥檚 question at a press conference on a new workforce development initiative for state jobs.

鈥淚 think [the Commanders are] using everyone back and forth as they have been for eight years. They鈥檙e negotiating, pitting everyone against each other,鈥� said Hogan, suggesting the Commanders are setting Maryland, D.C. and Virginia against one another to get a better stadium deal. 鈥淏ut we鈥檙e not going to get in a bidding war over them and we鈥檙e not going to be proposing $1.2 billion for them to build a new stadium. If Virginia wants to do that and they want to go to Virginia, I would say 鈥榞ood luck.鈥欌��

The $1.2 billion figure is a nod to legislation in Virginia through which a state stadium authority would be authorized to sell鈥�

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The massive effort to get travelers to their Christmas and New Year鈥檚 destinations makes for especially busy days at Greater Washington鈥檚 airports as traffic nears pre-pandemic levels for the region’s two dominant airlines.

Locally, United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAL) has seen an average of 20,000 customers each day land and depart from its hub at Dulles International Airport during this peak period, said Eddie Gordon, the airline鈥檚 managing director Dulles. The airline has 234 daily flights departing from Dulles during this period 鈥� more than double what it was flying at this time last year, prior to the widespread availability of Covid vaccines, and roughly 90% of the number of customers traveling during the same period in 2019.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a busy time,鈥� Gordon said in an interview with the Washington Business Journal. 鈥淥ne of the different things about today鈥檚 travel is people are鈥�

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Smith sold the home for $5.8 million, according to representatives for Compass, the listing brokerage. Mark and Hunter McFadden represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer was not identified, and Fairfax County property records do not yet show the transaction.

The 6,340-square-foot home sits on 2 acres and has five bedrooms, five full-baths and one half-bath, according to the listing. Designed by W.C. Ralston Architects and built by Brush Arbor, it also has a four-car garage, “oversized” swimming pool and multiple outdoor seating areas, including an outdoor fireplace. The property backs up to public parkland.

The Washington Football Team released Smith in March, and he announced his retirement in April. He listed the property in June for $6.75 million, according to Washingtonian. He joined ESPN as an analyst in August.

Though he didn’t get his asking鈥�

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You can probably guess where: Springfield Town Center.

JMC Pop Ups LLC is bringing its “Moe’s Pop Up Experience” to the Northern Virginia shopping center, in a space on the lower level by the Macy’s entrance. It will look authentic with one fairly massive difference from the cartoon version: No Duff. Or any beer for that matter.

“This is not an actual bar,” per the website. “This is a family friendly event.”

While the Pennsylvania version of the pop-up (also at an aptly named venue, the Springfield Mall) did have beer, JMC was unable to get the same permissions for alcohol sales in Virginia, said Sam Shutter of JMC, who had just arrived in the commonwealth Thursday to ready the Springfield Town Center space.

So how did JMC replicate Moe’s? “Entirely too many episodes of The Simpsons,” Shutter said.

The pop-up will be open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays beginning鈥�

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Emergent (NYSE: EBS) said it reached “a mutual agreement” to terminate a contract that established a public-private partnership for pandemic preparedness and designated the company’s Baltimore manufacturing facility as a Center for Innovation and Advanced Development and Manufacturing (CIADM). The termination includes “all associated task orders, including the 2020 task order to reserve capacity and expand manufacturing for third-party Covid-19 vaccine and therapeutic candidates,” the company announced Thursday after the closing bell as part of its third-quarter earnings disclosures.

The contract termination means that Emergent will lose out on approximately $180 million in value from the 2020 Covid task order 鈥� work the company says was slated to end at the end of 2021 anyway 鈥� and a little more than $22 million鈥�

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The Creighton Farms Drive property sold Sept. 13 for $2.825 million to Richard and Loretta Addi, according to public records. Bill Davis of Century 21 New Millennium represented the buyer and seller, according to various listing sites. Griffin, the WFT鈥檚 2012 first-round draft pick and former starting quarterback, first put the home on the market in April 2016, a month after he was released by the team.

The stone-and-brick home spans 8,000 square feet and sits on 3-plus acres within the gated Creighton Farms development. The property includes four bedrooms, five full-baths and two half-baths, three-car garage, butler’s pantry, elevator, game room, private stone wine-tasting room, home-theater room, heated pool with waterfall and hot tub, a finished pool house and a flagstone patio with wall seating.

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Seattle data company PayScale Inc. has ranked colleges and universities by the median salaries of their alumni. In the gallery above, we run down 14 four-year colleges in Greater Washington and break out midcareer pay data from PayScale. The midcareer pay data is defined as the median salary for bachelor鈥檚 degree-holders with 10-plus years鈥� experience in the field.

The median midcareer salaries from the 14 local universities range from $77,000 to $141,700. In general, the numbers aren鈥檛 too surprising 鈥� though some figures may raise eyebrows.

Nearby, the Naval Academy in Annapolis offers one of the biggest midcareer salaries at $160,100. That’s No. 4 behind only Princeton University ($161,500); Harvey Mudd College ($162,500), a small private school in Claremont, California, focused on science and engineering; and the famed Massachusetts Institute鈥�

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The new role will make for a second tour at SAIC for Brown. He was Boston Scientific Corp.鈥檚 CISO for the past six years, but previously spent 17 years with the Reston technology integrator, ultimately becoming senior vice president and operations manager for information security business before leaving in 2011.

鈥淜evin is a seasoned cybersecurity professional who has experience working at SAIC as well as other leading technology and manufacturing companies,鈥� said SAIC chief information officer Nathan Rogers, in a statement. 鈥淗is knowledge of cybersecurity operations and the threats that cyber professionals face on a daily basis positions Kevin as the expert SAIC needs to protect the critical systems and data for our鈥�

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“The time has come to turn the responsibility over to those younger minds and stronger lives,” Garvey, the university’s 15th president and third lay-person president, wrote in a letter to the Catholic University community.

Garvey started discussions about six months ago with Catholic’s board of trustees about leaving his post, he said. The board recently accepted his request. His last day with the Northeast D.C. institution will be June 30, 2022.

鈥淐ovid-19 was one of the most difficult crises in the University鈥檚 134-year history,鈥� he wrote in the letter. 鈥淚 am thankful I had the opportunity to lead Catholic University through this period, because it gave me the chance to see close up what makes the school so special.鈥�

His exit means two major D.C. universities are currently in search of a new leaders. George Washington University鈥�

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Inova, which counts 18,000 employees across the organization, notified staff last week of the requirement, which goes into effect Sept. 1. At that point, all Inova team members, including part-time workers and contractors, will be required to be immunized against the virus in order to work on any of its campuses.

鈥淲e believe this is a necessary step in prioritizing team member and patient safety, which align with our core values,鈥� an Inova spokeswoman said in an email to the Washington Business Journal. 鈥淲e are committed to answering questions and educating team members about the safety, efficacy and benefits of the Covid-19 vaccine.鈥�

Inova鈥檚 decision comes a couple of weeks after several hospitals and health systems across the Potomac River implemented similar rules for staff 鈥� following calls for the requirement鈥�

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