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National Landing

Oct 30, 2023

Fix-it shop

Since becoming Arlington County‘s economic development director in November 2022, Ryan Touhill’s most pressing challenge has been sharply delineated: The county’s office vacancy rate has hit 23.7%, nearly twice the national rate of 13.1%, a record high itself, according to the National Association of Realtors. Like other localities, Arlington is coping with multiple factors that [...]

Gov. Glenn Youngkin (center), Amazon executives and state and local leaders ceremonially cut the ribbon on Amazon's HQ2. Photo courtesy Amazon
Jun 15, 2023

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 […]

A view of Met Park, the first phase of Amazon.com Inc.'s HQ2. Photo courtesy Amazon
May 22, 2023

Amazon begins HQ2 move-in

Amazon.com Inc. is moving more than 8,000 employees into the first phase of HQ2, its $2.5 billion East Coast headquarters in Arlington‘s emerging National Landing area, this week. The e-tailer plans to officially open HQ2’s first phase, Metropolitan Park (Met Park), in June and to complete its move-in by the end of the summer. However, […]

Jan 30, 2023

‘Flight to quality’

When Jessica Bronner wants to meet up with friends for a drink or meal, she doesn’t have to move her car from the garage at Ink, the luxury apartment building where she lives in Richmond‘s trendy Scott’s Addition neighborhood. Developed by Glen Allen-based Capital Square and completed in January 2022, the 80-unit Ink is one […]

Christie Bibbs took cloud computing classes at the new AWS Skills Center in Arlington and plans to become a certified cloud practitioner. Photo by Will Schermerhorn
Dec 29, 2022

AWS teaches cloud skills in Arlington

Christie Bibbs already works in the tech industry as a systems engineer, but she wanted to add cloud computing tools to her abilities. Through the Black Women in Tech Facebook group, Bibbs learned about Amazon Web Services Inc.’s new Arlington-based Skills Center and signed up for a three-part cloud practitioner course. During the free, in-person […]

Oct 19, 2022

HII leases space in National Landing

Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. could soon add its name to a building in Arlington‘s National Landing area. The Fortune 500 military shipbuilder has signed an 11.5 year lease with JBG Smith for 36,809 square feet in an 11-story office tower at 2451 Crystal Drive, the Bethesda, Maryland-based real estate firm announced Tuesday. The […]

Kate Pittman (L) is executive director of the nonprofit that promotes and supports Virginia Beach’s ViBe Creative District, the trendy area co-founded by Andrew Fine and Laura Wood. Marked by colorful murals and artwork, the district features a mix of art galleries, retailers, coworking space, restaurants, breweries and coffee shops. Photo by Mark Rhodes
Jul 28, 2022

Creating community vibes

In Virginia Beach, most tourists flock to the Oceanfront. But just a couple blocks west, you’ll find an area that feels a little more artsy and a lot more local. In the 15-block ViBe Creative District, situated between the Virginia Beach Convention Center and the Oceanfront, coffee shops and restaurants operate out of former industrial […]

Jan 21, 2022

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. […]

The Helix building will be the centerpiece of Amazon's HQ2 East Coast headquarters in Arlington. Rendering courtesy Amazon.com Inc.
Sep 2, 2021

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 […]

Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus will make its home in the first phase of a new mixed-use development and innovation district that JBG Smith is developing near the future Potomac Yard Metro station. Rendering by SmithGroup, courtesy Virginia Tech
May 4, 2021

Boeing makes record $50M gift to Va. Tech Innovation Campus

Aerospace and defense contractor Boeing made a record $50 million, multiyear commitment to foster diversity at the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus under development in Alexandria, Virginia Tech announced Tuesday. The largest corporate donation ever made to Virginia Tech, the commitment from Chicago-based Boeing also ties the largest private donation the university has received, the $50 […]

In February, Amazon.com Inc. released expanded plans for its HQ2 headquarters, including the Helix, a 370,000-square-foot spiral tower. Rendering courtesy Amazon.com Inc.
Mar 30, 2021

Amazon’s Helix gets green thumbs-up

What is now a quiet, achromatic area of Arlington, the National Landing neighborhood in a few years’ time will be a bustling urban area with distinctive office buildings and large green spaces open to the public. In early February, Amazon.com Inc. released plans for its 2.8-million-square-foot redevelopment of the PenPlace block, including three 22-story office […]

JBG Smith is building two residential towers in National Landing.
Mar 26, 2021

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 […]

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