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Planners say DC region has enough room to meet Amazon-induced housing demands
Arlington and other localities around the D.C. region have enough room to add the housing necessary to keep pace with the Amazon-driven population influx expected over the coming years — but actually realizing that potential won’t be easy, regional planners say.
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Long & Foster goes straight for Amazon HQ2 buyers and renters
The D.C. region’s largest residential real estate network is putting its heft directly at the feet of would-be workers at Amazon’s future second headquarters.
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Restaurateur and Crystal City resident first to sign Amazon-related lease
In 2020, Nick Freshman’s Mothersauce Partners restaurant group will open a new restaurant, bar and coffee shop just a short walk away from where Amazon’s new National Landing offices will be.
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Variably priced parking could be coming to Arlington
Parking prices in parts of Arlington could soon rise and fall based on demand, just like Interstate 66 tolls. In San Francisco, a similar project has apparently cut down traffic from cars looking for spaces, said one Virginia official.
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With Amazon on board, JBG Smith prepares to bet big on ‘National Landing’
In documents delivered to investors last week, the developer JBG Smith revealed its most detailed plans yet for how it expects to work with the tech giant as it moves its 25,000 workers to the county.
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March of Dimes moves HQ to Crystal City
When Amazon starts setting up shop in Crystal City next year, one of its new neighbors will be the March of Dimes. The 80-year-old nonprofit has relocated from its longtime White Plains, New York, headquarters, which it decided last year to sell, to 28,000 square feet of new office space at 1550 Crystal Drive.
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Reality check about HQ2 and Washington home prices
Should Washington expect a dramatic acceleration in home price appreciation once Amazon starts marching its army of HQ2 employees into Northern Virginia?
2 months ago -
Alexandria leaders say Amazon won’t quash affordable housing
In Amazon’s home of Seattle, housing prices have skyrocketed. But when Amazon moves to Crystal City, Alexandria officials say affordable housing won’t disappear.
3 months ago -
Amazon’s move will gentrify neighborhoods – at what social cost?
Is such a market-driven approach that accepts displacement ethically justifiable? And how do we even measure its costs?
3 months ago -
Alexandria leaders see Amazon HQ2 as economic boom, not traffic nightmare
Alexandria leaders reject the notion that Amazon’s move to Northern Virginia will tangle up traffic. “We are focusing on ways to keep people moving in lots of different ways to get people around and we know we’re going to be able to do that,” said Alexandria Director of Transportation and Environmental Services Yon Lambert.
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Amazon’s job impact may not be immediate, but DC-area leaders are still excited
While regional leaders are excited over Amazon bringing a new set of offices to the D.C. area, it does not mean workers will start swarming Crystal City and Pentagon City tomorrow.
3 months ago -
My Take: National Landing is not a bad neighborhood name
On My Take, Clinton Yates thinks that there are other areas that could use the influx of Amazon money other than National Landing, which is more commonly known as Crystal City.
3 months ago -
Stung by Amazon’s rejection, cities look on the bright side
The places that didn’t make the cut are bearing the rejection with a mixture of reflection, disappointment and some optimism. But while they’re missing out on the economic boost — for now — they’ve also dodged having to give away billions of dollars in tax incentives.
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These Crystal City business owners are ready for Amazon’s rebranding
With Amazon planning to create 50,000 jobs between it’s two HQ2 locations — Queens, New York, and Crystal City, Virginia — some business owners are excited to the tech giant’s impact on the area.
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Amazon is a ‘game-changer’ for Crystal City (and good for JBG Smith, too)
Amazon’s choice of Northern Virginia for half of its new headquarters will jump-start Crystal City, which is still recovering from Base Realignment and Closure-related office vacancies. And, it’s good business for Crystal City’s dominant commercial real estate owner.
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