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Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus launches in Alexandria
Virginia Tech’s Walid Saad was used to traveling between the university’s locations in Arlington and Fairfax counties to meet students and teach classes. Saad, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, works at the intersection of wireless networking and artificial intelligence, including using quantum technology to bridge communication gaps between drones navigating complex environm[...]
Va. Tech Innovation Campus opens first academic building
The first academic building of Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus in Alexandria opened to students Tuesday as classes commenced. Virginia Tech started construction on the first academic building of the $1 billion campus in September 2021 and had planned to open the $302 million building in August 2024, but supply chain issues delayed the opening of the 300,000-square-foot, […]
QinetiQ names new president and CEO
Tom Vecchiolla, a longtime defense executive, has succeeded Shawn N. Purvis as president and CEO of McLean security and defense contractor QinetiQ US, the UK-based parent company QinetiQ Group announced Tuesday. Purvis joined QinetiQ in February 2022, having previously worked at Northrop Grumman, Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) and Lockheed Martin. In November 2022, QinetiQ US [&h[...]
Here’s NVAR’s prediction for 2025 NoVa housing market
The Northern Virginia housing market will continue to strengthen in 2025, with moderate price increases and increased market activity, according to the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors’ 2025 regional housing market forecast, produced with George Mason University’s Center for Regional Analysis. Examining the past year, Terry Clower, director of the Center for Regional Analysis and [&he[...]
JMU receives $2.5M gift for new library wing
James Madison University has received a $2.5 million gift for the new wing of its Carrier Library. Alexandria residents Stan and Rosemary Jones provided the donation, which the Harrisonburg public university announced in late November. A 1954 physics and math alumnus of what was then Madison College, Stan worked for McLean-based Mitre as an engineer […]
Inova breaks ground on Alexandria, Springfield hospitals
In late September, Inova Health System broke ground on two new hospitals — one in Alexandria and the other in Springfield, the start of a new phase for the Falls Church health system. Both acute-care hospitals are expected to be completed in 2028, officials say. Inova Alexandria, which will sit on the former Landmark Mall […]
These six Va. billionaires made Forbes’ 2024 richest Americans list
Six Virginia billionaires are among the 400 richest Americans, according to Forbes’ annual ranking, which the media company released Tuesday. To make the Forbes 400 list, U.S. citizens had to have a minimum net worth of $3.3 billion — an increase of $400 million over 2023’s list. Collectively, the members of this elite club are […]
Watch this space
To understand office vacancy rates in Northern Virginia, Art Greenberg, the Washington, D.C.-based vice chairman for tenant advisory firm Savills Inc., employs the turkey sandwich test. In short, he explains, today’s workers want an office building where they can walk a block or two and find a half-dozen places to get a turkey sandwich for […]
Alexandria Restaurant Partners promotes CFO
Nazia Millwala has been promoted to chief financial officer for the Alexandria Restaurant Partners, the restaurant operator announced Monday. Millwala joined ARP in January 2022 as the vice president of finance, and she helped restructure ARP’s financial framework. In her new role, she will lead the company’s finances and people management as well as working […]
StartVirginia: Heard Around Virginia July 2024
Auterion, a software maker for computing platforms that support drones and autonomous robotics systems, has relocated its headquarters to Arlington County from Moorpark, California, as it seeks to be closer to its defense-related customers. The company already had some of its 112 employees based in the Washington, D.C., metro area for several years, but Auterion’s […]
LINDA RABBITT
Linda Rabbitt’s career started in the classroom, teaching middle schoolers. But when she returned to work after her daughters were born, she took a role at KPMG, where she eventually moved up to become director of marketing. Entrepreneurship wasn’t on Rabbitt’s radar until she was approached by another woman who wanted to launch the first […]
Landmark Mall redevelopment in the works
Used as a vintage backdrop to film scenes for “Wonder Woman 1984” and anchored by bankrupt retailers like Sears, the Landmark Mall in Alexandria was a relic. Almost two decades ago, the City of Alexandria first began strategizing a redevelopment of the 1960s-era indoor mall, which closed in 2017, but plans for a new 18-hour […]
