More Amazon-Aimed Housing Development Planned For Alexandria

The City of Alexandria is set to increase its housing development with the establishment of a new apartment building slated for Old Town. The 115-unit seven story building will be located at 1200 N. Henry Street and it will help to address the influx of housing needs brought about by the arrival of Amazon HQ2 Employees. The development will be constructed by D.C Based developer NOVO Properties with financing from Pinnacle Financial Partners.  The project is expected to break ground in the first quarter of 2020 with a completion by late 2021. Continue reading

Alexandria Organizations To Benefit From Amazon’s New Employee Match Campaign

With the future headquarters of Amazon slated for Arlington there has been an increase in talks about affordable housing and homelessness in Alexandria and the surrounding region. Amazon has officially launched a new campaign where it will match the donation of its employee to three Alexandria organizations which focus on homelessness or affordable housing. The new campaign will see Amazon employees donating to 20 selected non profits organizations with Amazon matching those donations one-for-one up to $5 million from June 11 - Sept 30. Continue reading