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AOL’s Northern Virginia presence continues to shrink, as the one-time internet pioneer prepares to lay off more than 100 employees in the coming months.

A total of 108 workers who work at or receive assignments from the company’s office at 11955 Democracy Drive in Reston Town Center will be laid off between now and May 31, according to notifications sent to the Virginia Department of Workforce Advancement and Development and Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeff McKay on Feb. 17.


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A venture capital firm that focuses on national security and technology companies is bouncing from one growing Reston development to another.

Currently based at Reston Town Center, Razor’s Edge Ventures will relocate its headquarters to the Row at Reston Station after signing a lease for approximately 15,000 square feet of space, property owner Comstock Companies announced Wednesday (Feb. 11).


Around Town

King Arthur Baking Company is cooking up a longer-than-anticipated stay at Fairfax Corner.

After previously announcing that it would close at the end of January 2026, the baking supply business now says it will continue operating its pop-up shop at 11948 Grand Commons Avenue through June.


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A national apparel and textile distributor has leased approximately 95,600 square feet of warehouse space at the historic Robinson Terminal property in Springfield.

The transaction “stands as one of Northern Virginia’s largest industrial lease commitments this past year,” according to George Boosalis, principal broker of Boosalis Properties, which represented the tenant for the lease at 7201 Wimsatt Road.


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Workers at Fairfax County’s first unionized Starbucks are officially on strike as part of a nationwide campaign to secure a contract from the coffee chain.

The Starbucks at 3046 Gatehouse Plaza in Merrifield was one of 26 stores around the U.S. to join the picket line today (Thursday), bringing the total number of participants in the nearly month-long strike up to approximately 3,000 baristas at over 145 cafes in more than 105 cities, Starbucks Workers United says.


Around Town

Rose Hill Plaza’s future will include Safeway — at least for the immediate future.

Owner Combined Properties announced on Nov. 20 that the grocery chain has signed a lease extension keeping it at the shopping center in Rose Hill “for more than a decade to come.”


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The mystery tenant who sought a pedestrian bridge to connect developer Comstock Companies’ new Reston Row office buildings has been revealed.

Federal contractor Booz Allen Hamilton announced today (Monday) that it will swap its longtime headquarters in Tysons for the entire 9-story building at 1870 Reston Row Plaza, plus “multiple floors” of its 13-story companion at 1800 Reston Row Plaza.


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A national security contractor has received Fairfax County’s blessing to open a new campus in Herndon.

The Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to approve the project for Peraton at its meeting on Tuesday (Oct. 28). No one spoke at a public hearing prior to the vote.


Countywide

A quarterly survey of Northern Virginia business leaders shows an increasing level of concern about the near-term future of the region’s economy.

Just under half the 120 business leaders surveyed — 49% — foresee the economy declining either “slowly” or “significantly” over the next six months, according to results released yesterday (Thursday) by the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce and Pinkston for the fourth quarter of 2025.


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The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors has approved developer Comstock’s request to build an elevated pedestrian bridge connecting two of its new office buildings in the Reston Row portion of Reston Station.

The plan to build the secure passageway somewhere between the fourth and seventh floors of the buildings will meet the needs of a Fortune 500 company planning to lease space in the buildings, a representative of the developer told supervisors at the public hearing on Tuesday (Oct. 14).


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