Monday, June 8, 2026
Along 31st Street and Congress Court, businesses, buildings and tenants are coming together to fulfill a vision by Jessica and Ezra Glass, who have partnered with David and Alan Duber and other investors.
Formally Hamilton Court, the compound of retail, restaurants and unique businesses is now the Hamilton Collective, a 21st-century grouping that celebrates a traditionally Georgetown vibe. Just up from M Street, the place at 1232 31st St. NW is tapping to its former energy as a neighborhood gathering place that evoked such headlines as “Rococo Complex Is Home for 25” and “Georgetown’s Lost Beatnik Past.”
The current — and soon-to-open — tenant list is impressive: Ultraviolet florist, Two Nine sushi, Flor coffee and books, Christian Science Reading Room, Beso Besu, RM Wellness, Outerbridge Horsey, Alfie’s, Flora Pizzeria, Georgetown Preschool, Georgetown Pilates, Georgetown Auto Spa, Hamilton Health Club and a few residential units (parking garage included).
With Thyme Holdings, the Glasses are the force behind Grace Street Collective, the most recent entry being Ox & Olive steakhouse, as well as Apero on P Street — and LXIV D.C., the luxe, private rental on 30th Street — among other spots.
With District Lodging Capital, the Dubers are involved with the Poppy, a boutique hotel on P Street, next to Apero, and work with real estate investors.
They all live in Georgetown and think of the 31st Street project as a place “by locals for locals.”
“The best part of our retail here is it’s necessary retail,” Jessica Glass told The Georgetowner. “No one here is selling tchotchkes, right? You come here to do things you have to do. Your kids have to go to school. You have to work out. You have to get a cup of coffee in the morning. We have all that here.”
“It is such a charming piece of property, and the buildings are beautifully constructed with lots of good windows. It was built in the 1980s, these infill buildings right here,” she added. “This is recently vacated by Compass or we’re in the process of figuring this one out, but every space in this whole property is taken. And it’s taken by massage therapists, the sushi shop and the flower shop. It’s locally centered businesses that, as a group, work better because they support each other.”
David Duber remarked: “I think the important story is that it’s 55,000 square feet of very cool places for people to come and get their needs met. And then the secondary pieces, there’s a few things that you still could do here. I think thematically — credit to Jessica — the partnership worked because our side is more of the investors, strategic capital, and they’re the most unbelievable creators I’ve ever come across.”
Jessica Glass summed up the Hamilton vision: “It’s personal, which I think matters, right now, more than ever. I think we’re just the opposite of digital … this is the place where you come and you are human. You come, and you have your food, your coffee and all this — a multi-sensory gathering. It’s what we need.”
Hamilton Collective. Photo by Miles Eichler.
Health club at Hamilton Collective. Photo by Miles Eichler.
Second floor of Flor coffee and books at Hamilton Collective. Photo by Miles Eichler.
Ultraviolet and other shops at Hamilton Collective. Photo by Miles Eichler.