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Developer breaks ground on 20-story apartment building in Arlington
Greystar broke ground Wednesday on The Commodore, a 20-story building with 423 apartments in Arlington. Located at 2025 15th St. N. in the Courthouse neighborhood, the building has an expected completion of fall 2023. The ground level will have almost 18,000 square feet of retail space, and the development will have varying apartment sizes, from […]
Amazon has hired 3,000+ HQ2 workers so far
So far, Amazon.com Inc. has hired more than 3,000 of the 25,000 employees it plans to recruit by 2030 for its multibillion-dollar HQ2 East Coast headquarters in Arlington, the global online retailer announced Wednesday. In 2019, the Virginia General Assembly passed an incentive package that would pay Amazon up to $550 million in grants for […]
NoVa housing forecast: Still tight for single-family homebuyers
In the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors’ mid-year forecast released Friday, a panel of real estate experts predict a continued tight market for single-family homes and higher residential prices in the second half of the year, but the market appears to be normalizing from last year’s heights. “This year, the mid-year update is particularly relevant […]
Arlington County names new planning director
Arlington County has promoted Anthony Fusarelli Jr., a 15-year veteran planning employee, to planning director effective in early June, the county announced May 6. Fusarelli started as a principal planner with the county in 2006. Most recently he served as assistant director of the county Department of Community Planning, Housing and Development. Fusarelli was chosen […]
Arlington-based Higher Logic acquires Montreal’s Vanilla
Arlington-based tech company Higher Logic has acquired Canadian cloud-based community software company Vanilla. Vanilla was owned by New York-based growth equity investment firm Level Equity. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 2007, Higher Logic offers a community engagement software platform aimed at associations and the corporate B2B market. With the acquisition [...]
Construction begins on residential towers in National Landing
Developer JBG Smith announced Friday that it has begun construction on two residential towers at 1900 Crystal Drive in National Landing. The development will include 808 apartments and approximately 40,000 square feet of street-level retail across from two new mixed-use buildings. The 27-story southern tower will include 471 apartments; the 26-story northern tower will include […]
Arlington software company hires chief people officer
Arlington-based software developer Higher Logic announced on March 16 that it has hired Joanna Luth as its new chief people officer. Luth is a human resources executive with more than 20 years of experience. Prior to joining Higher Logic, Luth served as the chief people officer for Georgia-based software company Intradiem and vice president of […]
Leonardo DRS pushes pause on IPO
Arlington-based Leonardo DRS Inc., a subsidiary of Italian defense contractor Leonardo SpA, is hitting the brakes on its initial public offering, its parent company announced Wednesday. No future IPO date was announced. The company attributed its decision to “adverse market conditions” that “did not allow an adequate valuation of DRS,” according to a news release. […[...]
Blackfin and GMF buy three apartment complexes for $48M
On Monday, Arlington-based Blackfin Real Estate Investors LLC and New York-based GMF Capital LLC announced they had purchased three Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) communities from Virginia Beach’s The Franklin Johnson Group for $48 million. The apartment complexes include: Oaks at Dunlop Farms, 101 Old Oak Lane, Colonial Heights, 23834; Crescent Place, 2804 Turnpike […]
Rosetta Stone acquired by California-based learning platform
Arlington-based software company Rosetta Stone Inc. has been acquired by IXL Learning, the California-based educational learning company announced on Wednesday. Founded in 1992, Rosetta Stone’s products are used by more than 1 million people in 150 countries to learn 30 languages. IXL is an integrated learning platform that supports more than 12 million students in […]
BAE Systems names senior VP for government relations
Arlington-based defense contractor BAE Systems Inc. announced Thursday that Shelly O’Neill Stoneman, the company’s vice president for executive branch and international government relations, will become its senior vice president for government relations, effective April 17. Stoneman will succeed Frank Ruggiero, who will remain with the company as a legacy fellow, and will report direct[...]
Arlington intends to extend ground leases for Courthouse Plaza
Arlington County and developer JBG Smith have entered into a letter of intent to restructure three ground leases that JBG Smith holds on government-owned land for a multiplex movie theater at 2100/2200 Clarendon Boulevard and office space at 2300 Clarendon Boulevard. While the county owns the land, JBG Smith owns the buildings. The letter of […]
