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Mark Esper joins Tysons venture capital firm
Mark Esper, who led the Pentagon from 2019 to 2020, has joined Tysons-based incubation and venture capital firm Red Cell Partners LLC as a partner and chair of its national security practice, according to a news release. Esper will lead Red Cell’s investment activities in cyber, defense, security, international affairs, space and aerospace and seek […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 [...]
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 […]
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 […]
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[...]
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[...]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
