McLean-Based Acentra Health Named to NVTC Tech 100 — A Major Win for Northern Virginia Health Tech

Northern Virginia’s reputation as one of the country’s most important technology hubs continues to grow — and this week, a McLean-based company added another reason why.

Acentra Health, a technology-enabled healthcare solutions company headquartered in McLean, Virginia, has been named to the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC) Tech 100 list, one of the region’s most competitive and respected technology recognitions.

This isn’t just a nice headline. It’s a meaningful signal about where healthcare technology — and Northern Virginia — are headed.

What Is the NVTC Tech 100?

Each year, the NVTC Tech 100 highlights companies and leaders that are actively shaping the future of technology across Northern Virginia. The list focuses on…

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Comstock Just Secured 300,000+ Square Feet at Reston Station — And It Signals a New Era for Fairfax County

Comstock Just Secured 300,000+ Square Feet at Reston Station — And It Signals a New Era for Fairfax County

If you’ve spent any time in Northern Virginia — and I’ve lived here my entire life — you know development around the Metro doesn’t just happen. It snowballs. One major employer moves in, then another, then another. Pretty soon, the entire neighborhood transforms.

Tysons did it. Ballston did it.
Now Reston Station is doing it at a level nobody predicted ten years ago.

This week, developer Comstock took a major step forward by signing more than 300,000 square feet of new office leases at Reston Row, the newest phase of the Reston Station megaproject. For months, Comstock hinted it was negotiating with a major Fortune 500 company. That deal is…

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Vantage Data Centers Brings $2 Billion Data Center Campus to Stafford County

On November 6, 2025, Governor Glenn Youngkin officially announced that Vantage Data Centers will invest $2 billion to build a massive new data center campus in Stafford County. The project — called VA4 — is poised to be one of the largest technology investments in the Fredericksburg region’s history and could reshape the area’s economic landscape for decades.

The Project

The new VA4 campus will sit on 82 acres in Stafford County and feature three two-story data centers totaling about 929,000 square feet. Once fully built, the site will provide 192 megawatts of IT capacity, adding to Vantage’s statewide total of 782 megawatts across four Virginia campuses.

Construction is being led by DPR Construction, with the first building scheduled to…

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Don't Believe the Headlines: What Federal Downsizing Really Means for Alexandria's Housing Market

If you had to guess which Northern Virginia city was most impacted by recent federal downsizing, where would your mind go? Most people would bet on Arlington, the long-standing hub of government operations.

But you’d be wrong.

According to a revealing report from the Brookings Institute, it's actually Alexandria, Virginia, that has been hit the hardest. At first glance, the headlines might seem alarming. But as we often say in real estate, the numbers behind the numbers tell the real story. And the story in Alexandria is one of incredible resilience.

Let's break down what's really happening.

The Alarming Numbers (On the Surface)

The data shows a clear shift. With over 13,000 federal workers living in the city, the downsizing has had a…

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