{"id":19474,"date":"2018-11-14T17:17:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T14:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/?p=19474"},"modified":"2025-04-15T15:48:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T12:48:58","slug":"national-landing-va-amazon-hq2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialcafe.com\/blog\/national-landing-va-amazon-hq2\/","title":{"rendered":"National Landing, Northern Virginia\u2019s Proudest New Amazon Brand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brian Ball, Secretary of Commerce and Trade in the Northam administration, declared a great day for the Commonwealth of Virginia<\/a>, as well as for their neighbors in Washington D.C.<\/a>, and Maryland, yesterday, when the official announcement was made that half of the much touted Amazon HQ2<\/a> is to be built in Northern Virginia. The location, branded as National Landing, includes parts of the Pentagon City and Crystal City neighborhoods in Arlington<\/a>, and Potomac Yards in Alexandria.<\/p>\n

The e-commerce giant plans to occupy 1 million square feet at One Court Square in Queens<\/a>, while its official other HQ2 is being built in Long Island City.<\/p>\n

Amazon\u2019s operations at National Landing will add to an already significant presence in Virginia. According to statements made by Governor Northam yesterday, the retailer has so far invested $29 billion and created 8,500 full-time jobs in the region. Performance-based incentive offerings of up to $750 million will benefit the retail giant if the company creates a total of 37,850 new, qualifying jobs at National Landing.<\/p>\n

Amazon VP of Public Policy, Brian Huseman, stated that the company will start hiring at the new location in 2019 and added that the construction and operation of the new headquarters is expected to create tens of thousands of jobs in addition to the company\u2019s direct hiring investment.\u00a0Amazon will reportedly<\/a><\/em> lease roughly 500,000 square feet from JBG Smith, which is also selling several major development sites to the retailer and will act as the development partner and fee manager to Amazon, as the company builds out its NoVa headquarters campus.<\/p>\n

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Aerial view of Crystal City, Arlington, Va.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Amazon\u2019s Talent Needs Fuel Investment in Regional Tech Education<\/h4>\n

The deal is at least a very good match for the economic direction of the region, as the state was already discussing<\/a> ways to diversify away from government work and focus economic development on tech, when Amazon\u2019s initial request for proposals was launched. Governor Northam\u2019s statements yesterday laid out a comprehensive 20-year strategy to expand the region\u2019s tech talent pool, which was a focal point in the Northern Virginia proposal, along with extensive infrastructure improvements.<\/p>\n

Investments aimed at doubling Virginia\u2019s tech talent pipeline through 2028 include:<\/p>\n