Silver Spring is the latest neighborhood to have a food hall on the drawing board, with a 15,000-square-foot hall and market planned for the new Solaire 8200 Dixon apartment building at 8200 Dixon Ave.
Developer Washington Property Co. has hired Colicchio Consulting, a food hall consulting firm, to help design the venue, identify an operator and provide input on the mix of vendors, according to a statement from WPC.
Colicchio Consulting is headed by Phil Colicchio 鈥� no relation to superstar chef Tom Colicchio 鈥斅燼nd Trip Schneck. The firm, which is working on food halls at Auburn University and at the Rock Row Project in Portland, Maine, among others, was acquired by Cushman & Wakefield in December 2018.
The Silver Spring project is being billed as a food hall and market because it will include both food and beverage vendors and retailers selling nonfood items, according to a spokesperson.
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