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Economic Development

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Could New FBI Headquarters Come to Montgomery County?

Which location would you pick?

  In November 2012, the General Services Administration (GSA) announced a search for real estate consultants to seek suitable locations to move the FBI’s headquarters from 935 Pennsylvania Avenue in Northwest Washington to a more suburban location, including several in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. Numerous locations have been mentioned for the federal law enforcement agency, according to a recent article in the Washington Business Journal. The story cited a Washington Post report that the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority (WMATA )was considering offering the 78-acre site at the Greenbelt Metro Station. In another Washington Post story, Montgomery County’s economic development director shared that Montgomery County is …

Reza

2:36 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013

In N. Bethesda, the Grosvenor metro with it's large garage parking could be a potential location. Two underutilized Forest Glen locations also come to mind: the Forest Glen Anex (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Glen_Annex) has a large campus and the Forest glen metro station where there is a surface parking lot.   more ›

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Reports: Intelsat Passes Up Bethesda; Will Move HQ To Tyson's

Satellite giant has officially announced its move to Tyson's Corner, despite an "agressive" incentives package offered by Montgomery County, according to reports.

Satellite giant Intelsat announced Monday it will move its Washington, DC-based U.S. headquarters and its 430 employees to Tyson’s Corner in mid-2014, the Washington Business Journal reports. The company looked closely at an East-West Highway office tower under construction by Carr Properties in Bethesda, the Business Journal reported last month, and was offered “a very aggressive incentives package” to consider re-locating to Montgomery County. According to the Business Journal’s latest report, Intelsat CEO David McGlade remarked to Virginia Sen. Mark Warner that the satellite services provider company had a tough choice between Maryland and Virginia. Minutes later, according to the report, McGlade “got a call from Gov. Bob McDonnell, …

jag

2:15 pm on Wednesday, December 5, 2012

"the governor said before he presented Fairfax Board Chairman Sharon Bulova with an oversized $1.3 million check" LOL. I knew VA handed out corporate welfare as if it was candy, but I never knew they took such pride in it. Learn something new every day.   more ›

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