{"id":1004353640,"date":"2019-09-19T11:07:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T19:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004353640"},"modified":"2019-09-19T14:10:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T22:10:04","slug":"amazon-at-uli-regional-cooperation-critical-to-hq2-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/amazon-at-uli-regional-cooperation-critical-to-hq2-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon at ULI: Regional Cooperation Critical to HQ2 Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1004353676\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004353676\" data-attachment-id=\"1004353676\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/amazon-at-uli-regional-cooperation-critical-to-hq2-deal\/amazon-pic-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/09\/Amazon-pic-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"962,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Amazon pic\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/09\/Amazon-pic-1.jpg?w=962\" class=\"wp-image-1004353676 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/09\/Amazon-pic-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/09\/Amazon-pic-1.jpg 962w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/09\/Amazon-pic-1.jpg?resize=300,193 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/09\/Amazon-pic-1.jpg?resize=768,495 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004353676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LtoR: JBG Smith CEO Matt Kelly, Viriginia Tech President Tim Sands, Amazon Director of Worldwide Economic Development Holly Sullivan and Greater Washington Partnership President Jason Miller.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>ULI\u2019s fall meeting in Washington, D.C., kicked off yesterday with the key players in the region\u2019s\u2014and really the nation\u2019s\u2014biggest real estate story of the past year. JBG Smith CEO Matt Kelly was joined by Amazon\u2019s Holly Sullivan and Virginia Tech president Tim Sands to share how they are breathing new life into the Crystal City business district and creating a tech corrridor that will benefit the entire Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe buildings weren\u2019t immediately meeting our criteria right then, but understanding JBG Smith\u2019s vision for that area, then the wheels started to turn,\u201d said Sullivan, director of World Wide Economic Development for Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to JBG Smith\u2019s creativity, Smith said, the company was also drawn to the availability of 500,000 square feet to meet their immediate needs\u2014employees did not have to relocate, the neighboring development site, the aesthetic of being near Washington and the ability to recruit talent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a pretty simpatico vision of what needed to be done and we created confidence that we could do what it takes because we\u2019ve done it before,\u201d said Kelly.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>All Together Now<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Sullivan also noted that regional cooperation was critical for HQ2 at National Landing to come to fruition and was emphasized in the RFP. \u201cOur employees will be living in those jurisdictions and be part of those communities. It\u2019s so important we continue that regional conversation,\u201d said Sullivan.<\/p>\n<p>While Arlington and Alexandria had submitted a joint bid, Kelly said, they and other communities in the region came together in an unprecedented and exemplary way to support Amazon coming to the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough the work of the Greater Washington Partnership in coordinating this to pull it off, the cooperation around the Metro Funding Agreement was mission critical because the last thing anybody in the region wanted was for Washington Metro to stumble right during the summer while Amazon was touring and making these decisions and have egg on our faces because that didn\u2019t come together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Greater Washington Partnership, Sands noted, also pulled together the higher ed presidents of Maryland, D.C., and Virginia (Virginia Tech has committed $1 billion commitment to create a new innovation campus near Amazon\u2019s new location) and the presidents wrote a letter to Amazon stating \u201ca win\u201d for any of those three jurisdictions was \u201ca win\u201d for everyone. \u201cThat was a transformational moment for us,\u201d said Sands.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Amazon National Landing HQ2 is expected to benefit and draw employees from the entire Washington Metro area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":756,"featured_media":1004353676,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21782,11,23891,21742],"tags":[37482,34007,38883],"class_list":["post-1004353640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","category-midatlantic","category-national","category-latest","tag-amazon","tag-jbg-smith-properties","tag-virginia-tech"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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