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Following Amazon.com Inc.’s November 2018 announcement that the online retail giant would locate its $2.5 billion HQ2 East Coast headquarters in Arlington County, the company filled 2019 with hiring announcements, commercial real estate deals and a new push toward regional collaboration in Northern Virginia. Hiring for Amazon’s estimated 25,000 HQ2 employees started in April 2019, […]
Northern expansion
Virginia’s colleges and universities are expanding their programs and facilities to other regions, and some went global with major fundraising goals. Virginia Tech is set to start classes this fall in Alexandria, where it soon will break ground on its Innovation Campus, a $1 billion project that promises to produce in-demand c[...]
A sampling of Virginia’s major road projects
HAMPTON ROADS Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion Project The $3.3 billion Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion is the largest construction project in the history of the Virginia Department of Transportation. In February 2019, Hampton Roads Connector Partners, a joint venture led by New York-based Dragados USA, won the design[...]
Big deals dominate headlines
The economic development deals announced around Virginia in 2018 ushered in plenty of investment, hype and, in some cases, debate.
Shifting allegiances
Several of the commonwealth’s largest government contractors acquired smaller Virginia-based companies last year.
