Successful Denver businesswomen dish out advice at Mentoring Monday (Slideshow) (Video)

Denver’s Bizwomen Mentoring Monday event on March 30 gave more than 160 aspiring business women the chance to connect with 36 of Colorado’s most successful female business leaders.

It was one of 40 events going on simultaneously around the country that uses speed-dating concept to connect the pros with those aspiring to be pros.

“It brings together business leaders from across the sectors in our community and unites them for women who are looking for advice,” said Naomi Binkley, founder and managing…

International Spy Museum pitches new location

The International Spy Museum plans to relocate to a new $100 million building at L’Enfant Plaza in the next two years, the Washington Business Journal has learned.

The museum wants to build a 100,000-square-foot, six-story building at 900 L’Enfant Plaza, occupying a portion of the open plaza adjacent to the shuttered L’Enfant Plaza hotel. The JBG Cos. owns the site and plans to build its own office building on part of the plaza some day.

The plan is contingent on approval from the Commission…

Shunning a K Street address? Why Boston Properties just might

Having a K Street address has historically been a symbol of power and influence in Washington, a sought-after address by lobbying firms, advocacy groups and think tanks alike.

By that logic, it would seem that Boston Properties and Steuart Investment Co. are in the enviable position to be in control of one of the few major redevelopment opportunities in Mount Vernon Triangle with prime visibility along the corridor between New York Avenue, Fifth and Sixth streets. And yet, Boston Properties (NYSE:…

Judge allows lunchbreak lawsuit against MedStar Health to proceed

A lawsuit by MedStar Health employees seeking back pay for unpaid meal breaks can proceed after a U.S. District Court judge denied the hospital system’s request to dismiss the case.

Employees at six MedStar hospitals in D.C. and Maryland claimed in a suit filed last year that hourly workers often end up getting called back to their duties during their unpaid meal breaks — or miss those breaks altogether.

MedStar Health declined to comment on specifics of the pending litigation, which it said…

NVR on Key: Redevelopment planned for aging Rosslyn apartment complex

Metro Rosslyn Apartments’ days are numbered.

NVR Inc., in partnership with landowner Insight Property Group, has submitted preliminary plans with Arlington County to replace the aging apartment complex at 1411-1417 Key Blvd. with a new multifamily building and townhomes.

The proposed six story, largely red brick development, designed by R2L:Architects PLLC, would include a total of 63 units — 57 in a new apartment building and six in a series of connected townhomes — a fitness room, 64 underground…