Other ventures making their initial foray into the local market are the pet-centric supermarket PetsMart, Chevy Chase Bank, and the restaurants Bonefish Grill, Sakura Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Bar and TGI Friday’s.

Familiar names expanding into the complex include Starbucks, Gamestop, Bubbles Salon and Spa, Hair Cuttery, Wells Fargo Financial and Nextel.

The DP reports. … According to Alan Roth, vice president of Regency Centers, one of the developers of the project, the firm next hopes to attract local stores that will give the development a “local feel.” The idealist in me wishes there were to be more local stores, but this is the nature of the best.

… next phase of the development will include about 800 townhouses, a “national upscale … department store,” a 16-screen movie theater and additional major eateries.

The next phase, which will be about three times the size of the 25-acre plot featuring Target and Harris Teeter, is slated for completion around October 2006. There will be no reason to leave 29 North!