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REI Opens Outpost Blocks from the U.S. Capitol

Store features a community space, café and fitness classes

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8 years ago

January 10, 2017

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REI Opens Outpost Blocks from the U.S. Capitol

This past October, outdoor retailer REI (Kent, Wash.) opened its fifth flagship store in the NoMa neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The 51,000-square-foot store is just blocks from the U.S. Capitol and includes a 1052-square-foot café, an outdoor courtyard and a community space for in-store cycling, paddling, hiking and fitness classes, among many other experiential features.

This store opening originally appeared in the December 2016 issue of VMSD in the “On Our Radar” section.

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