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Crystal City Underground Mall To Close, Reports Say Crystal City Underground Mall To Close, Reports Say
Crystal City Underground Mall To Close, Reports Say After nearly half a century, the Crystal City Underground mall will be closing. The Arlington mall's property owner, JBG Smith, told the Washington Business Journal this week that all remaining stores in the shopping center are required to close by October. “After careful consideration, we have made the difficult, yet necessary, decision to close the retail operation of the Crystal City Underground," according to a statement by JBG Smith published by multiple media outlets.  "As the retail landscape has shifted and as National Landing has continued to evolve, it has bec…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Peruvian Brothers Living American Dream Bringing 'Taste Of Home' To Amazon's HQ2 Peruvian Brothers Living American Dream Bringing 'Taste Of Home' To Amazon's HQ2
Peruvian Brothers Living American Dream Bringing 'Taste Of Home' To Amazon's HQ2 The American Dream is what the Lanzone family was after when they moved from Peru to McLean, VA in the late 1990s. Brothers Giuseppe and Mario were in their teens at the time, and spoke little English. The adjustment wasn’t easy, but given the state of their home country — riddled with terrorism, kidnappings and political unrest — it was a necessary one. The American Dream that Giuseppe and Mario achieved is one they never could’ve imagined. After one became an Olympic rower for Team USA, and the other the captain of a yacht in the Mediterranean, the brothers are seeing wild success as th…

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by Cecilia Levine