Sign In
Free Newsletter
Amazon, Va. Tech partner on machine learning initiative
Virginia Tech announced Thursday morning that it is partnering with Amazon.com Inc. on an artificial intelligence and machine learning research initiative that will have a presence at both Tech’s Blacksburg campus and its emerging Innovation Campus in Alexandria. Dubbed the Amazon-Virginia Tech Initiative for Efficient and Robust Machine Learning, the program will include doctoral student [&[...]
Signs of promise
A second year of COVID came and went, but 2021 proved more fruitful and less uncertain for businesses in Northern Virginia, where vaccination rates were the highest in the commonwealth. Work on Amazon.com Inc.’s $2.5 billion-plus HQ2 East Coast headquarters in Arlington County is forging ahead, and economic development officials say they continue to see […]
Arlington cybersecurity firm promotes CEO
Jennifer Tisdale has been promoted to CEO of GRIMM, the Arlington-based cybersecurity firm announced Tuesday. She was previously the firm’s senior principal of cyber-physical systems security. “Having spent the last decade dedicated to the advocacy of cybersecurity research and testing, it is an honor to lead the strategic direction and phenomenal cybersecurity talent at GRIMM,” [...]
Arlington’s The Millennium apartment building sells for $200.5M
An affiliate of Washington, D.C.-based The UIP Companies Inc., in partnership with New Jersey-based furnished housing company Churchill Living, purchased The Millennium apartment building in Arlington for $200.5 million on Jan. 20, Arlington property records show. Located at 1130 S. Fair St., near Metropolitan Park — the first phase of Amazon.com Inc.’s HQ2 — the […]
JBG Smith breaks ground on two mixed-use towers in Arlington
Maryland-based developer JBG Smith Properties announced Tuesday that it had started construction on two mixed-use towers in National Landing. The multifamily towers, located at 2000 and 2001 S. Bell St., will bring 775 rental apartments and nearly 27,000 square feet of retail space to National Landing. “The start of construction at 2000 and 2001 S. […]
Graham Media Group announces next president and CEO
Catherine Badalamente will be the next president and CEO of Arlington-based Graham Holdings Co.’s local media division, Graham Media Group. Her hiring follows current president and CEO Emily L. Barr’s Tuesday announcement that she would retire later this year. Graham Holdings Co. is the family company of the late Katharine Graham, who was the former […]
Va. Health Center names new president and CEO
Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington has named Christopher T. Lane as its next president and CEO. Lane replaces James Cole, who is retiring after 36 years at the hospital. Lane will begin in late March. He will join VHC from Kaleida Health, Western New York’s largest health care system, where he was the president of […]
Consumer Technology Association: “CES will and must go on”
The Arlington-based Consumer Technology Association (CTA) is moving forward with its CES consumer technology trade show in Las Vegas in January, despite cancelations from big exhibitors and the surge of COVID-19 cases fueled by the omicron variant. Formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, CES typically draws thousands of exhibitors and more than 150,000 attendees. […]
Amazon provides $21M to create real estate developers of color program
Amazon.com Inc. announced Wednesday a $21 million grant to create a professional training, mentorship and capital funding program for real estate developers of color focused on affordable housing. “With this accelerator program, we are laser focused on lifting up emerging real estate developers of color. We want to foster their professional growth through education and […]
Leonardo DRS names new CTO
Arlington-based Leonardo DRS Inc., a subsidiary of Italian defense contractor Leonardo SpA, has hired a new chief technology officer. Dr. Philip Perconti will lead corporate research and development strategy, accelerate innovation and expand partnerships that result in integrated technology solutions yielding enhanced warfighting capabilities. Perconti most recently served as the Army chief scient[...]
What will Amazon HQ2 look like? Arlington planners weigh in.
Arlington County Planning Division’s Site Plan Review Committee will review the layout and architectural design for PenPlace, the proposed second phase of Amazon.com Inc.’s East Coast headquarters, as well as the proposed public space, in its Monday night meeting. Meeting documents show the proposed layout of the Pentagon City site, which puts the would-be 354-feet […]
Pentagon City plan aims for higher density
A major study that will shape the future of Pentagon City is entering its final stages. The Arlington County urban village has grown from empty fields and warehouses in the 1950s to become one of the Washington, D.C., area’s busiest neighborhoods. With construction plans now under community review for Amazon.com Inc.’s HQ2, Pentagon City is […]
