LIFE IN THE DMV – The Blog
Amazon and Mercedes-Benz Strike Deal
Amazon is buying 1,800 electric delivery vans from Mercedes-Benz. The order with Mercedes is Amazon’s biggest with a European car maker. Daimler said the order is for 1,200 large eSprinter vans and 600 medium-sized eVito vehicles. Delivery will begin later this year....
Which Home Is the Best Layout for You?
Which Home Is the Best Layout for You? When you consider what you want in your next home, you tend to think first about the location and maybe the number of bedrooms. But the overall layout of any home – from the distance between the kitchen and living room to the...
DC-Area Toll Revenue Plunges 90% Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Revenue from toll lanes on the Capital Beltway and Interstate 95 in Virginia all but dried up in the spring, plummeting by nearly 90% compared to a year ago, as drivers stayed home amid widespread coronavirus restrictions. That’s according to new figures revealed in a...
Amazon is Hiring for its First D.C.-area Go Grocery Store
Amazon is inching ever closer to opening two cashier-less grocery stores in the D.C. area. We know this — though Amazon still won’t acknowledge as much — because it’s hiring for them. The e-commerce giant has posted several openings related to Amazon Go Grocery stores...
Should You Live in a Single-Family Home?
Years ago, a New York City family was looking to change how they lived. For years, they’d enjoyed living in a full-service high-rise building in Manhattan with doormen, a live-in superintendent and many of the other conveniences and amenities that come with apartment...
The Over 3,800 Residential Units Slated to Remake Rosslyn
Although other areas of northern Virginia saw a lot more development activity this time last year, the Rosslyn residential pipeline has seen a bit of a resurgence in the interim. With revival of some projects and the introduction of others, the pipeline has grown by...
Amazon in Talks with Simon Property Group About Taking Department Store Space
Mall owner Simon Property Group Inc. is in talks with Amazon.com Inc. about the e-commerce giant potentially taking department store space in its properties, according to The Wall Street Journal. Simon, which counts Fashion Centre at Pentagon City and Potomac Mills...
Tysons During a Pandemic…
What is it like to live or work in Tysons during a pandemic? A recent survey released this week offers a snapshot into the many concerns people have from transit and childcare to what may be stopping people from returning to the office for work. The Tysons...
Mortgage Rates Plummet to Another Record Low and Change of Plans for One of Rosslyn’s Largest Planned Developments
Last week, long-term mortgage rates fell to 2.88%, ten basis points lower than the record low set just weeks ago when rates fell below 3%. It is the eighth time this year that rates have dropped to a new record low. And... Dittmar affiliate Rosslyn Syndicate revealed...
A Proposal for a Network of Trails
The region’s top transportation board has endorsed a proposal for a network of trails stretching across the greater Washington region, from Frederick, MD, to Prince William County, VA. It would expand the amount of off-road bicycle and pedestrian pathways to 1,400...
Arlington Cellist Goes Viral on Tik Tok and Top 5 Zip Codes for DC Real Estate Sales
A local cellist recently went viral on TikTok for his classical covers of pop songs. Musician Andrew Savoia began posting TikToks under the username @savoiboi earlier this month. Each day, Savoia’s content continues to gain more traction. Arlingtonians may recognize...
Inspired by Amazon…
George Mason University has settled on three finalists to build an Amazon-inspired expansion of its Arlington campus. The university rolled out a request for proposals for private partners on the planned “Institute of Digital Innovation” in February, detailing plans...
New Netflix Documentary Series Stars Students from Gallaudet University
New Netflix Documentary Series Stars Students from Gallaudet University Netflix has announced that it will release a documentary series featuring a close-knit group of deaf students coming-of-age at Gallaudet University. “Deaf U” will have eight episodes that are...
Arlington Named “Fittest City” in the U.S. and the Top 5 Zip Codes for DC Real Estate Sales
The results of the annual ACSM American Fitness Index, published by the American College of Sports Medicine and the Anthem Foundation, have been released, and Arlington has topped the list of the 100 fittest localities in the U.S. for the third year in a row. The top...
Amazon Has Passed 1,000 hires in Arlington
Amazon has announced that it has hired more than 1,000 employees in the past year for its Arlington-based headquarters, putting it on schedule to create 25,000 new jobs in the decade. The company has hired systems engineers, data scientists, designers, lawyers,...
Arlington County Has Ranked No. 3 Nationally on a List of Localities “Where Women are Most Successful.”
The new rankings, from the website SmartAsset, analyzed the “percentage of women with a bachelor’s degree, median earnings for women working full-time, percentage of business owners who are women, housing costs as a percentage of women’s earnings and the percentage of...
371 Units, Office and Retail Proposed to Replace the South Capitol Street 7-Eleven
A JBG SMITH-led development team has applied for design review of a 130 foot-tall mixed use space proposed at the northwest corner of South Capitol and M Streets SW. The first phase of the development, on the southern part of the site, would include 226,132 square...
Local Reporters Win Award for Amazon Coverage
Months of wall-to-wall coverage of Amazon’s plans to come to Crystal City and Pentagon City have been recognized by the D.C. Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Airey, Vernon Miles, Kalina Newman, Alex Koma were all named winners of the 2019...
National Park Service to begin negotiations with National Links Trust to lease historic golf courses in Washington, D.C.
The National Park Service (NPS) will begin negotiations with National Links Trust (NLT) to operate three historic golf courses in Washington, D.C., under a long-term lease. “East Potomac, Langston and Rock Creek golf courses provide unique recreational opportunities...
Where Homes are Selling Fastest in DC and Arlington Playgrounds Reopen
In addition to contract ratio, the median days on market metric helps provide a sense of not only where homes are selling the fastest, but also the city's most competitive housing markets. Leading the way so are two neighborhoods with "Park" in their name. American...
Amazon Presents Award to D.C. Teacher
A Washington, D.C., teacher has been named an Amazon Future Engineer Teacher of the Year. The tech company surprised Lynn Garnaat with a $50,000 prize to help her teach students at KIPP DC College Prep High School. The Amazon Future Engineer Teacher of the Year...