Arlington County officials say they are working with Alexandria to conduct an environmental assessment for the Route 1 corridor from Crystal City to Potomac Yard, ARLNow.com reported. A report in the Connection Newspapers said Arlington had pulled back... »
A proposed 59-unit affordable housing project in Alexandria has been delayed a year, after developers at AHC Inc. missed a mid-March deadline for their affordable housing tax credit application, DCMud reports. The developers are now aiming for a March ... »
Earnings reported by Northrop Grumman Corp. and General Dynamics were generally mixed for the first quarter of 2012. But focusing in on their revenue from aerospace shows the glaring reality of commercial versus government opportunities. That's because... »
An SAIC Inc. shareholder filed a federal class- action suit against the company and current and former executives in the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, alleging violation of federal securities laws during a fraud and kickback scheme involving a New... »
The Homeland Security Department has named 30 companies to its multiple-award contract worth a potential $3 billion to provide tactical communications equipment to the Secret Service, according to Washington Technology. The awardees will be providing t... »
The Virginia Department of Transportation has owned a 1950 apartment building in Alexandria for several years, but is currently taking bids from potential buyers, according to WAMU. The state agency owned the Hunting Towers as part of a strategy to hel... »
Electronics retailer Best Buy, which said in March it would close 50 stores as it shifts focus to battle waning sales, has released a list of stores that will close, including one in Alexandria. The Alexandria store, at 5901 Stevenson Ave., is the only... »
Best Buy Co. Inc. has announced plans to close 42 locations, including one in Alexandria, after saying at the end of March it would close 50 stores, according to BBY.com. »
Citizens for an Alternative Alexandria Waterfront Plan, a group opposed to Alexandria's redevelopment plans for the city's waterfront, scored a major victory last week when a zoning appeals board halted the project, saying the city wrongly derailed res... »
Occasionally Cake now boasts two store locations. The pastry shop has opened a spot at 207 King St. in Old Town Alexandria. A rep tells me the 3,200-square-foot space will have enough room for a bakery area, bridal consulting and tasting room, cake-dec... »
Some residents in and around Alexandria’s Mark Center are opposing development plans there. The Beauregard Tenant Association and the community organization Tenants and Workers United is urging officials to reconsider the Beauregard Small Area Plan. Th... »
The number of Americans working in the information technology industry reached an all-time high in March, according to TechServe Alliance. The Alexandria-based trade group says the number of IT jobs grew by 15,000, or 0.4 percent, from February to near... »
By 1997, the pressure was mounting on then-George Washington University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg to solve the hospital dilemma. George Washington University Hospital was hemorrhaging money under academic control, and three years of searching... »
A Virginia district court granted Alexandria-based Tech Systems Inc.'s request for a temporary restraining order against a former employee who allegedly disconnected the company's computer servers, distributed sensitive documents and harassed managemen... »
Bethesda-based Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has acquired its third hotel in San Francisco, paying $30 million for the Hotel Milano. The company says it will invest as much as $10 million to renovate and reposition the hotel as an upper-end luxury property a... »
