The Once and Future Crystal City
Amazon’s gleaming HQ2 is taking shape in the area now known as National Landing. Here’s what’s coming—and what has neighbors worried.
In the News
National Landing: Mobility Next (December 2022)
The National Landing Business Improvement District (BID) envisions National Landing as a downtown linked seamlessly to the region and acts as a champion for enhanced connectivity and reclaiming streets for people, walkability and multiple modes.
Finally, a smart city with street smarts
When Amazon chose Arlington, Virginia, as the site of its future “HQ2” in 2018, its selection catalyzed development of what is slated to be the smartest city in America.
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema opens in Crystal City
The curtains have finally risen on the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Crystal City, more than five years after the Austin, Texas-based movie theater chain signed on as the anchor retail tenant in JBG Smith Properties’ (NYSE: JBGS) larger Central District redevelopment.
JBG SMITH lands Federated Wireless for new Crystal City HQ
JBG SMITH Properties has inked a deal with Ballston’s Federated Wireless to roll out private wireless 5G service throughout the National Landing submarket — and move its headquarters to Crystal City.
Amazon secures four more retailers for Metropolitan Park
Amazon.com Inc. has identified another batch of retailers slated to occupy the first phase of its second headquarters now under construction now in Pentagon City.
How Amazon HQ2 Developer JBG SMITH Decarbonized Its Portfolio
Currently, the holy grail of climate action among real estate companies is going carbon neutral.
Tomorrow’s Communities Are Smart And Urban, Where Everything Acts As A Concept
The pandemic put urban areas into a tailspin with workers fleeing office space and residents looking for more comfortable, remote living spaces.
The rebranding of Amazon’s HQ2 neighborhood: Alpacas, mocktails and flower crowns for dogs
National Landing plans on proving the critics and naysayers wrong by providing the right services and amenities in and around the community.
Two more apartment buildings coming to National Landing in Arlington, Va.
Since Amazon announced Arlington, Va., as its choice for its second headquarters, an array of office, retail and residential plans have been announced for the National Landing location.
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