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Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: GARY J. SHAPIRO
A lawyer, lobbyist and New York Times bestselling author, Shapiro runs CES, the world’s largest consumer technology trade show. Held in Las Vegas each January, the trade event, formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, is the industry’s premier event for introducing new technologies and products. The pandemic caused disruptions to every in-person event, forcing […]
Federal Contractors | Technology 2023: BRIAN HUSEMAN
Huseman is one of the most prominent representatives of Amazon.com in Arlington, where the e-tailer held a grand opening for the first buildings on its HQ2 East Coast headquarters campus in June. A former U.S. Department of Justice attorney and associate general counsel for the Federal Trade Commission, Huseman leads Amazon’s federal lobbying work and […]
Serving a repurpose
In Alexandria’s Old Town North, a collection of three brick office buildings built in the 1980s is being transformed into Tide Lock, a community of 234 luxury apartments and condominiums featuring Potomac River views and space for retail and a nonprofit music school. And last summer in the city’s Alexandria West neighborhood, tenants began moving […]
Economic Development 2023: STU SOLOMON
Solomon has been leading the public-private Connected DMV economic development group since 2019. In May, the organization and partners submitted a landmark U.S. Department of Energy application to create the Mid-Atlantic Hydrogen Hub, which would displace more than 420,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide each year and create an estimated 8,000 jobs by 2030. In […]
Real Estate 2023: BENJAMIN SCHALL
Before becoming CEO in 2022, Schall was AvalonBay’s president, joining the company just the year before. Previously, Schall was CEO of Seritage Growth Properties and chief operating officer of Rouse Properties. At Rouse, he oversaw the redevelopment and operations of a $2.5 billion portfolio of 35 regional malls across the country, totaling 25 million square […]
8 Va. companies make 2023 Fortune Global 500
Eight Virginia-based companies made Fortune magazine’s 34th Global 500 list, released Tuesday, notably including the newly renamed RTX and Boeing Co. as Virginia’s second and third highest-ranking companies, both of which are also newcomers to the state, having moved their headquarters to Arlington County last year. Freddie Mac remained Virginia’s top-ranked company, at No. 133,[...]
Microsoft Federal sees leadership change
Microsoft Corp.’s federal arm has new leadership, after its former president, Rick Wagner, left the company to pursue “new opportunities.” Wagner had run Microsoft Federal, now based in Rosslyn, since 2020. Candice Ling announced in a LinkedIn post this week that she had accepted his former job. Microsoft’s federal team works with the civilian and […]
March of Dimes names new president and CEO
When she starts her new job as president and CEO on July 17, Dr. Elizabeth Cherot will be the first physician to head up the March of Dimes, the 85-year-old, Arlington County-based women’s and infant’s health nonprofit founded by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Cherot joined March of Dimes in January as senior vice president […]
Arlington residents sue over ‘missing middle’ zoning
Ten Arlington County residents filed a lawsuit against the county in April that claims Arlington‘s new “missing middle” zoning ordinance was passed in March without proper notice and violates Virginia law. “Missing middle” refers to the range of options that fall between affordable housing and single-family homes, including duplexes and other higher-density residences. On March [&hel[...]
RTX’s Raytheon lands $1.15B missiles contract
Arlington County-based Raytheon, a business unit of newly rebranded aerospace and defense contractor RTX, will produce Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles for the U.S. Air Force and Navy as well as foreign militaries under a $1.15 billion contract announced by the Pentagon Tuesday. The contract includes missiles, the AMRAAM telemetry system, spares and other production […]
Amazon HQ2 opens to high expectations
Let the tech wizardry begin: Amazon.com Inc. held the grand opening and ribbon cutting for the first phase of HQ2, the ecommerce goliath’s $2.5 billion East Coast headquarters in Arlington County, on Thursday. Dignitaries in attendance included Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Arlington County Board Chair Christian Dorsey, JBG Smith Properties Chief Development Officer Kai Reynolds, Clark […]
NoVa housing forecast: sellers’ market to continue
Northern Virginia’s housing market will likely remain a sellers’ market for the rest of 2023, according to a Northern Virginia Association of Realtors market forecast released June 6. NVAR and George Mason University’s Center for Regional Analysis predict a continuing housing inventory shortage and pent-up demand from buyers amid positive economic conditions but mounting risks. [[...]
