this time it's personalAnacostia's only grocery store is closing today, and it may soon be replaced by a combination of tenants that could include a organic food store, a fast food chain store, a dialysis center, a dentist's office, or a childcare center.Good Hope Investments LLC bought the Anacostia Warehouse Supermarket building at 1918 14th St. SE on Nov. 2, according to city deed records. A search for the company yielded a residential address in Vienna, Va., where I reached Mossadaq F. Chughtai, who confirmed that he purchased the store. "We actually are negotiating with some national tenants," says Chughtai, who has owned several D.C. properties. "We have some [letters of interest] on the table which we haven’t signed yet. My goal is to draw a national or international tenant. This area will only boost up when you start to have national companies."
yeah boost up but not for the residents, capt. hill is only 5 6 blocks away these international stores do not meet the needs of a primarily African American neighborhood.
i have lived here now for almost 13 yrs. my mom owned a couple of houses nearby in the 60' during my visit to the gulf of Tonkin, No. Vietnam. with my physical challenges it was easy to get a neighbor to go to the store. now while grateful for the blessing i have to order on line which you don't get to pick personally at the store. del. fees are 10.00 reasonable that they bring to my fridge.
but their is no personal touch of a neighborhood store, this was no corner store or mom and pop it was a full fledged grocery store. my community will suffer without this entity of a grocery store not replaced.
