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Forest City carves out new space at Ballston Quarter by Stephenie Overman
B
allston Quarter, an 850,000-square-foot redevelopment project
in Arlington, won’t be a traditional shopping mall, says Will Voegele. He is senior vice president
of development at Forest City, a Cleveland-based developer that is tearing out walls while adding gathering places and restaurant patios at the former Ballston Common Mall. The redevelopment,
which will cost $330 million, includes 360,000 square feet of retail space, 176,000 square feet of office space, a 25,000-square-foot food hall and a new 406-unit residential building. New tenants, including
several making their first appearance in Arlington, are expected to open their doors in mid-September while leasing for the apartments will begin in the first quarter of next year. As part of the new look,
the retail space includes tenants that offer experiences
FOR THE RECORD
General Dynamics Information Technology has been accused of underpaying about 10,000 workers who run help hotlines for public health insurance programs by up to $100 million over the past five years. That’s according to four complaints filed in April by the Communica- tions Workers of America (CWA) to the Labor Department. “The company takes seriously our obligations under the Fair Labor Standards Act and Service Contract Act. Our call center employees are not represented by the Communica- tions Workers of America,” the company said in a statement. “Similar to other federal contrac- tors, the company is subject to routine compliance reviews and
instead of merchandise. Forest City refers to them as “experiential and entertainment tenants.” “ Ballston Quarter will become an entertainment focal point, not just for the Ballston neighborhood, but it will also be a one-of-a-kind attraction in the region,” says Emily Cassell, director of Arlington Convention and Visitors Service. “Its unique experiential offerings, like the cooking school, escape room, bowling alley and food hall
as with any notice received it will engage with the relevant parties including our employees and the Department of Labor.” The CWA has previously filed four similar complaints about the contrac- tor’s call centers, and those cases remain under investiga- tion. (The Washington Post)
Herndon-based Peraton has acquired its first company since spinning out a year ago from the government IT services division of Harris Corp. Peraton com- pleted a deal to buy Strategic Resources International (SRI) in Reston. SRI builds communi- cations infrastructure. Peraton President Stu Shea said in a statement that the acquisition adds to his company’s telecom assets, thanks to SRI’s portfolio in mobile, internet protocol trans-
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with local culinary concepts, will make it a destination for locals and visitors alike.” The cooking school is
Cookology. Its 5,700-square- foot space will include five kitchens offering gnocchi workshops, family sushi classes and a course called “Duck 101.” The Ballston Quarter site is Cookology’s second. The first is in Sterling. The escape room is
5 Wits, an entertainment venue offering a movie-like scenario in which participants
port and a type of satellite com- munications called VSAT, which stands for very small aperture terminal. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. (Washington Business Journal)
Virginia has reached two milestones in its long, litigious effort to disentangle the state’s vast information technology network from a multibillion-dollar contract with Falls Church- based Northrop Grumman. The state awarded a $120 million, five-year contract to the North American subsidiary of Atos, a French-based global technology company, to provide advanced managed security services to state executive branch agencies. The agree- ment is the fourth contract the state has awarded for services
New tenants at the 850,000-square- foot Ballston Quarter are scheduled to open their doors in mid-September.
must solve a problem in a limited amount of time. The company has locations in Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania. This will be the first Virginia location.
The bowling alley is
Punch Bowl Social, which also will have a restaurant, bar and an arcade. This will be the national chain’s first location in Virginia. The Quarter Market
Food Hall will include 18 dining choices and an outdoor plaza.
In addition to its
new tenants, Ballston Quarter is home to a Regal Cinemas movie theater and Sport&Health fitness center, which have been undergoing multimillion-dollar renovations. Voegele says Forest
City is collaborating with Arlington County to make upgrades to the Ballston public parking garage, including a smart parking system.
that had been provided solely by Northrop Grumman under a $2.4 billion, 13-year contract that will expire in mid-2019. Virginia also completed the transition of more than 55,000 state employees to a new, Google-based messaging sys- tem, after a costly, protracted stalemate between the state’s IT agency and Northrop Grumman over the terms of their increas- ingly bitter divorce. (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
PEOPLE
Christopher “Chris” W. Bergstrom has been named president and CEO of Reston- based John Marshall Bank. He was president of United Bank. John R. Maxwell, who was John Marshall Bank’s chairman and CEO, now will be executive
chairman of the board. (
VirginiaBusiness.com)
Brian Hedge has joined Middleburg, a Vienna-based real estate investment firm, as director of marketing. Hedge previously worked for AvalonBay Communities as the manager of digital marketing. (
VirginiaBusiness.com)
Arlington-based Privia Health LLC, a health management and technology company, has named Shawn Morris as its
new CEO. He was president and CEO of Tennessee- based Cigna-HealthSpring. (Washington Business Journal)
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