Here is a brilliant and insightful article about how the crash will alter power centers around the world.

My conclusion: DC has become a mash-up. We weave together money; power; politics; and now celebrity and glamour.

Our real estate market is strong and retail is doing OK. The Capitals are performing quite well at the right time in the right place.

This is the hippest, smartest and most alive and dynamic city in the country right now…perhaps the world. Thank our lucky stars that we are situated here in DC.