Washington Post: Why developers are offering ‘experiences’ to attract suburbanites
By Katherine Shaver January 3 at 3:52 PM The new Strathmore Square being planned for Montgomery County will have all the markings of an urban-suburban development: upscale apartments in mid- and high-rise buildings and perhaps office space or a hotel — all at a Metro Red Line station. More striking is what it won’t have: The usual slew of well-known chain stores and restaurants. No Gap or Anthropologie. Not even a Starbucks. Instead, the ground floor of the new buildings in N