At McAuliffe’s urging, Inova and George Mason to team on personalized medicine
Northern Virginia’s largest hospital system and one of its signature universities announced a strategic partnership Tuesday involving personalized medicine, considered one of the commonwealth’s most promising areas of medical research and economic growth. The agreement — buoyed by $16 million in state funds — promises to pair researchers and doctors from Inova and George Mason University at shared facilities in […]
In Maryland, a how-to guide for saving an office park
With vacant office space beginning to drain local tax coffers, officials in the Maryland and Virginia suburbs have trained their sights on their distressed office parks with an eye on reinventing them. Among the more radical ideas are turning obsolete buildings into schools or warehouses. But with the help of a panel of private sector […]
D.C. mayor to Trumps: Leave José Andrés alone
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) said it’s been a pleasure working with Ivanka Trump as she and her father, Republican presidential contender Donald Trump, redevelop the Old Post Office Pavilion into a $200 million luxury hotel, due to open later this year. But Bowser said Tuesday that she did not take kindly to the […]
Source: Redskins advance plans to relocate, hire Google’s architect for new stadium
The Washington Redskins have hired Danish architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group to design a new stadium for the team, according to an official familiar with the decision, a first formal step signifying the team’s intention to depart FedEx Field in Landover and build a new stadium elsewhere in the region. Bjarke Ingels Group is one of the […]
Dan Snyder and D.C.’s mayor: He won’t return phone calls. She won’t say Redskins.
D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser has made fast friends of Washington’s sports elite in her first year in office. She was an early backer of the region’s Olympic bid. She committed $150 million plus tax breaks for a new stadium for the D.C. United soccer team, and she offered $50 million and a plot of a […]
Final search begins for new FBI headquarters
The FBI took a major step toward getting a new headquarters Friday when the government launched a formal search for a company to build its new campus at one of three sites in Greenbelt, Landover or Springfield in exchange for the J. Edgar Hoover Building and as much as $1.8 billion in cash. To advance […]
Without Walmart, the long wait for more groceries continues in east D.C.
When Walmart announced Jan 15. that it would break two leases for planned stores in D.C., it torpedoed two long-promised development projects in communities east of the Anacostia River and meant the wait for fresh food on East Capitol Street would likely continue into its third decade. Days after the retailer’s announcement, officials said Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D)– […]
In search of new attractions, Tysons lands Cirque du Soleil
Those who continue to view Tysons Corner as little more than a collection of vapid office parks and suburban shopping malls will have to swallow their pride if they want to see Cirque du Soleil this summer. Cirque was a top attraction at National Harbor in Prince George’s County until construction of the new MGM casino and hotel began on the […]
Under deal with state and county, tech firm 2U plans to add 950 jobs in Prince George’s
The educational technology firm 2U — one of the fastest-growing public firms in the Washington area — plans to open a new headquarters in Prince George’s County, where the firm plans to double its workforce over the next three years. Founded as 2tor Inc., 2U partners with universities and colleges such as Georgetown, Yale and New […]
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