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 […]
‘Love Local’ launches to help National Landing businesses
National Landing Business Improvement District and the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington have launched a $100,000 joint relief initiative, Love Local, which will assist struggling restaurants and small businesses in Arlington‘s National Landing neighborhood with minimum $1,000 grants. “Restaurants and small businesses are the backbone of our community in National Landing �[...]
Co-working space opens in National Landing
A 39,000-square-foot Hana co-working space in National Landing — the stomping grounds of Amazon.com Inc.’s new East Coast headquarters, HQ2 — has opened, the CBRE Group subsidiary announced Friday. The building, located at 2451 Crystal Drive in Arlington, includes private office suites, conference and event space and co-working space. This is Hana’s third co-working and […]
National Landing to see $4B in transportation investment during next decade
A report released by the National Landing Business Improvement District (BID) on Tuesday details $4 billion worth of area transportation projects that will be underway during the next decade. The National Landing area includes Arlington‘s Crystal City (where e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. is establishing its $2.5 billion East Coast HQ2 headquarters), Pentagon City and Potomac […]
Renovation of Amazon office building completed in Arlington
A newly renovated 14-story office building in National Landing is ready for Amazon.com Inc. employees to move in, developer JBG Smith announced Wednesday. The revamp of the 273,000-square-foot space at 1770 Crystal Drive, which is mostly leased by the e-tail giant, was finished two quarters early and under its $80 million proposed budget as outlined […]
National Landing BID makes hires, promotions
The National Landing Business Improvement District (BID) announced Wednesday a slate of new hires and promotions, including two newly created vice president positions. Ashley Forrester is the Arlington-based public-private partnership’s new vice president of marketing and communications, and Malaika Scriven is vice president of planning and development, posts recently created. Robert H. Mand[...]
Amazon to donate $9M to NoVa nonprofits
Marking the second anniversary of the news that it would brings its East Coast headquarters to Virginia, Amazon.com Inc. will donate $9 million to several nonprofits in Northern Virginia, the company announced Monday. The gifts include $3.5 million to community organizations supporting small businesses and military families and $3 million to nonprofit legal services groups […]