Massive Ovation development lands first major lease

Pinstripes Inc., a Chicago-based dining and entertainment venue, will take up a 30,000-square-foot building in Williamson County’s massive new Ovation development, becoming its first major tenant.

The Tennessean reports that Pinstripes will open in fall 2017. The company combines Italian dining with bowling and bocce. The chain currently has seven locations nationwide, a number it hopes to double over the next two years.

A Pinstripe official told The Tennessean the company also is looking at sites…

Montgomery County teams up with tech incubator 1776 to leverage innovation

District tech incubator 1776 has partnered with Montgomery County’s Office of Economic Development to create a pipeline for startups to work on county projects.

Neither county nor 1776 officials would disclose the price tag attached to the partnership for Montgomery County, but it was described by officials as a way to beta test startup technologies for public projects.

The agreement represents the first partnership between 1776, which receives funding from D.C., and a municipal government.

One…

Akridge sells last parcel by Nats Park as longtime Half Street owners move on

The total turnover of Half Street is now complete.

Akridge, which in February sold off the majority of its Half Street Southeast holdings — on the west side of Half, steps from Nationals Park — to the JBG Cos. for $45 million, has now dispatched the remainder, a three quarters of an acre parcel at 25 M St. SE.

An affiliate of Radnor-Pennsylvania-based Brandywine Realty Trust acquired the lot, the northern-most portion of Akridge’s Half Street portfolio, for $20 million. The deal, filed with the…

Former marketer behind pulling tobacco off CVS shelves joins Bethesda diabetes company

As an executive with the Caremark division of CVS, Rick O’Connor was behind the decision to pull tobacco products from the national pharmacy chain’s shelves. He also helped rebrand the company as CVS Health.

But last month he rebranded himself, leaving CVS and joining Bethesda-based Telcare Inc., the developer of the first FDA-cleared wireless glucose monitor, as its new senior vice president of marketing.

He’s just one of several big additions the company has made in the last year.

Last July,…

Jordan Spieth delivers big victory for Under Armour with Masters win

Under Armour Inc. scored big on Sunday at the Masters, where 21-year-old Jordan Spieth became the company’s first endorser to win a major golf tournament.

For the weekend, Spieth shot a dominating 18-under 207, tying a a Masters record set by Tiger Woods in 1997. The victory came a year after Spieth lost the 2014 Masters by to Bubba Watson by two strokes.

Beneath his newly won green jacket, Spieth donned a navy blue Under Armour shirt and white pants.

Under Armour first signed Spieth, then just…