Washington, D.C., September 25, 2015 — What was once an old parking lot is now Lunch Box, Washington D.C.’s first and only lunchtime food truck pod. Over 500 guests enjoyed free ice cream, a variety of food trucks and a dueling piano concert at today’s grand opening.
NoMa is ground zero for great pop-ups in D.C. Lunch Box is the sixth pop-up space to open in NoMa in the past year. The NoMa BID helped to launch the Wunder Garten beer garden, REI Community Space, Yoga NoMa studio, Carpe Librum used bookstore, and the NoMa Junction @ Storey Park festival venue.
Lunch Box is a partnership among the NoMa BID, JBG Companies, and Brandywine Realty Trust. “We’ve mastered the zen of pop-ups,” said Robin-Eve Jasper, President of the NoMa Business Improvement District. “We’re grateful to work with the creative folks at JBG and Brandywine Realty.”
Located in the heart of NoMa at First Street and N Street NE, Lunch Box is an outdoor venue where people can have lunch on orange picnic tables and play games amidst building-sized murals. Lunch Box is open to the public weekdays from 11AM – 2PM. Every Wednesday at noon, there will be free concerts, giveaways, and food trucks.
The Wednesday Concert Schedule is as follows:
September 30: Rew Smith (Rock)
October 7: Tony M (Acoustic/Rock)
October 14: Darcy Dawn (Pop/Rock)
October 21: Jason Masi (Acoustic/Soul)
October 28: Levi Stephens (R&B/Soul)
Lunch Box will operate through the end of the fall, shortly thereafter construction will begin on JBG and Brandywine Realty Trust’s N Street NoMa development. This phase of the mixed-use project will bring great new retail, including a 7-screen Landmark Theatre, as well as 220 residential units, 119,00 SF of loft office space, and an additional 250,000 SF of office space.
About N Street NoMa
At N Street NoMa, The JBG Companies and Brandywine Realty Trust will build on their current placemaking initiatives and will feature a Landmark movie theater within the mixed-use development. JBG and Brandywine will develop 220 residences at 51 N Street, 119,000 square feet of loft offices at 50 Patterson Street and 250,000 square feet of new office space at 1250 First Street. Over 62,000 square feet of retail, including the Landmark Theatre, and a unique public plaza, geared towards pedestrians and shoppers, will help knit together the multiple residential, office, shopping and entertainment aspects.
About NoMa
NoMa is a vibrant, growing neighborhood nestled among Union Station, the U.S. Capitol, Shaw, and the H Street, NE corridor in Washington, D.C. Already, NoMa contains more than 17.6 million SF of office, hotel, retail and residential space. Each day, 92,000 people are out in the commercial core of NoMa. More than 38 percent of NoMa’s office space is home to private sector tenants, including a concentration of media, tech and think tanks such as NPR, Google and Mathematica. Through a public-private partnership with the District government and a capital investment of $50 million, NoMa will soon have great new parks and public spaces as well. NoMa is home to 4,803 terrific new apartments, and more than 54,000 people work here each day. NoMa is the most connected neighborhood in Washington, D.C. With unparalleled transportation access on Amtrak, VRE, MARC, two Red Line Metro stops, and vehicular access to Interstate 395, visitors, workers and residents can easily travel throughout the region as well as get to New York or anywhere on the East Coast. NoMa has a WalkScore of 92 and offers stellar biking facilities, including the 8-mile Metropolitan Branch Trail. The NoMa BID organizes more than 50 free award-winning community events each year, connecting more than 20,000 friends and neighbors. For more information about NoMa, visit nomabid.wpengine.com and sign up for our bimonthly newsletter. Follow us on Twitter @NoMaBID and like us on Facebook.
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Ali Newman
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