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Mar 30, 2022

Remembering John T. ‘Til’ Hazel Jr.: 1930-2022

John T. “Til” Hazel Jr., a major force behind the development of Tysons Corner and several Fairfax County planned communities, died March 16 at age 91. An Arlington native, Hazel also was an attorney who graduated from Harvard University and Harvard Law School. In the 1950s, Hazel began promoting commercial and residential growth in then-rural […]

Metrorail 7000 series cars, shown here at the West Falls Church station, have been offline since October 2021. Photo by Will Schermerhorn
Mar 30, 2022

Metro delays create hassles for businesses, workers

Metrorail delays played a factor in Danielle Romanetti’s decision at the beginning of the year to close fibre space, her Old Town Alexandria yarn and knitting supplies shop, an hour earlier each day. “We now close at [7 p.m.] instead of [8 p.m.], just so staff can get home in time to eat a proper […]

Mar 29, 2022

Skanska tops out mixed-use building in McLean

Heming at 1800 Chain Bridge Road, a 28-story mixed-use building in McLean, has now been “topped out,’  Skanska announced March 23. Representatives from Skanska, CallisonRTKL, IMEG Corp., and Skanska’s construction partners commemorated the construction milestone  by signing a steel beam and placing it at the highest structural feature of the building, a celebration referred to [...]

Mar 28, 2022

Capital One inks $125M MLB sponsorship deal

Tysons-based Capital One Financial Corp. has signed a deal reportedly worth $125 million to become the official bank and credit card partner of Major League Baseball and the presenting sponsor of the World Series, Capital One and Major League Baseball announced Monday. CNBC reported the deal is worth $125 million over five years. The Fortune […]

Mar 16, 2022

Fairfax County developer John ‘Til’ Hazel Jr. dies at age 91

John T. “Til” Hazel Jr., a major force behind the development of Tysons Corner and several planned communities in Fairfax County in the late 20th century, as well as a significant booster of George Mason University, died Wednesday at age 91. An Arlington native, Hazel was also an attorney and graduated from Harvard University and […]

Feb 28, 2022

Alarm.com to expand Fairfax HQ, create 180 jobs

Alarm.com will expand its technology research and development division at its Fairfax headquarters, investing $2.6 million and creating 180 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Monday. The technology company already has several hundred workers in Virginia and will create additional engineering positions within its research and development division with this expansion. “Every day companies mak[...]

Feb 24, 2022

Fairfax-based Guidehouse names chief technology officer

Fairfax-based Guidehouse has named Dan Hushon to lead its technology efforts. As chief technology officer, Hushon will lead transformational activities as Guidehouse speeds delivery of digital solutions for its commercial and public sector clients. He will also lead the company’s next generation cloud computing solutions and bring a “Silicon Valley” approach to new client demands[...]

Feb 22, 2022

Tegna to sell for $5.4B to hedge fund

Tysons-based broadcast and digital media giant Tegna Inc. will be acquired in a $5.4 billion cash deal by an affiliate of Standard General, the company announced Tuesday morning. New York hedge fund Standard General, one of Tegna’s largest shareholders, and New York-based private equity firm Apollo Global Management will buy Tegna for $24 per share […]

Feb 7, 2022

JLL announces NoVa office move

JLL is moving its Northern Virginia office from Vienna to 1800 Tysons Blvd. in McLean, the commercial real estate company announced Monday. JLL will occupy nearly 24,000 square feet of the building, owned by Lerner Enterprises, with the move set during the first quarter of the year. Form Architects designed the office, which meets LEED […]

Dec 16, 2021

Cvent goes public again

Tysons-based event software company Cvent Holding Corp. began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market Dec. 9 after closing its merger the day before with San Francisco-based SPAC Dragoneer Growth Opportunities Corp. II. The move is Cvent’s second time going public. In 2016, Vista Equity Partners acquired it for $1.65 billion and took it private. The […]

Dec 14, 2021

Tysons Partnership names acting exec. director

Tysons Partnership Inc. has named Richard Bradley, principal at Washington, D.C.-based The Urban Partnership LLC, as the organization’s acting executive director, effective Jan. 1. Bradley succeeds Tysons Partnership President and CEO Sol Glasner, who is stepping down Dec. 31. Glasner announced his retirement in August after serving in the position for about four years and […]

Tysons-based MicroStrategy invested more than $2.2 billion to acquire 91,579 bitcoin, which rose to $5.94 billion in value as of mid-April. Photo by Stephen Gosling
Dec 1, 2021

MicroStrategy buys $414M more bitcoin in Q4

MicroStrategy Inc. bought $414.4 million worth of bitcoin — about 7,002 units — from Oct. 1 to Nov. 29, the Tysons-based business software company reported to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday. The company now holds about 121,044 bitcoins, for which it paid $3.57 billion total. The average purchase price of each bitcoin […]

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