The future of retail is about community. At La Cosecha, the new Latin American marketplace in Washington, D.C.’s Union Market District, soft diplomacy meets a blend of both “fast retail” — quick and easy transactions — and “slow retail” — a stage for socialization, discovery, and entertainment — in a single, artfully-curated space for culture, or cultura. Connecting with designers, local embassies, tastemakers, and cultural attaches from all across Latin America and the D.C. Metro area, developer EDENS was able to do just that.
In today’s episode of the Gensler Design Exchange podcast, we sit down with EDENS CEO Jodie McLean, El Cielo Hospitality Group Owner and Chef JuanMa Barrientos, and Ambassador of Colombia to the United States, Francisco Santos Calderón, to discuss La Cosecha’s cultural impact, authenticity, and significance in the nation’s capital.
