Amazon’s decision to locate headquarters in Arlington is one of the most notable headquarter relocations in recent years, with the company choosing the Virginia city in 2018. Since that decision, other companies that have headquarters in northern Virginia include Tegna, Inc., General Dynamics, Booz Allen Hamilton, and CACI.
In recent months, Easy Dynamics Corporation, a technology services provider with a core focus on cybersecurity, announced it will expand operations in Fairfax County. The project will create 61 new jobs, including software engineers, business analysts, project managers, and other business support roles. In August, CACI International won a 10-year, $5.7 billion contract to lead a team for enterprise IT support services to the U.S. Air Force. Other members of the team include Fairfax County-based companies: Bowhead Logistics Management; Enhanced Veterans Solutions, and InSequence. This group of companies will take over the IT service desk support and manage a catalog of offerings for 700,000 users around the world for Wave 1 of the Air Force’s Enterprise IT as a Service initiative.
Also in Fairfax County, Hilton will retain its headquarters in McLean, VA announcing plans to upgrade the facility to provide its employees a state-of-the-art space for collaboration.
Hilton located its global headquarters in Virginia in 2009 and plans to create 350 net new headquarters jobs over the next five years. There are currently 800 employed in McLean.
“Northern Virginia has been Hilton’s home for more than a decade, and the region has played an instrumental role in helping us create the best, most inclusive home for our Team Members while also managing the demands of a global business,” said Chris Nassetta, Hilton’s President and CEO. “We appreciate the continued support of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Fairfax County, and the Tysons Partnership in ensuring we continue to attract strong, diverse talent to our vibrant, growing region.”
In Chesterfield County, the Meadowville Technology Park will welcome three companies to its 1,262-acre campus. In June, Denmark-based LEGO Group announced plans to invest more than $1 billion to build its first U.S. factory. Once completed, the 1.7 million-square-foot facility will employ more than 1,760 people.
The factory will be designed to operate as a carbon-neutral facility, with 100% of its day-to-day energy needs matched by renewable energy from an on-site solar park.
Niels B. Christiansen, CEO of the LEGO Group said, “The location in Virginia allows us to build a solar park which supports our sustainability ambitions and provides easy links to country-wide transportation networks. We are also looking forward to creating fantastic employment opportunities for the people of Virginia.”
Construction is set to begin in Fall 2022 with production projected to start in the second half of 2025. A temporary packaging site will open in an existing building nearby in early 2024 and create up to 500 jobs.
The LEGO Group Picks Virginia For $1B Manufacturing Plant
The beloved building toy maker will create more than 1,760 new jobs with its new manufacturing facility in Chesterfield County, VA.Carsten Rasmussen, Chief Operations Officer, the LEGO Group said, “Our factories are located close to our biggest markets which shortens the distance our products have to travel. This allows us to rapidly respond to changing consumer demand and helps manage our carbon footprint. Our new factory in the U.S. and expanded capacity at our existing site in Mexico means we will be able to best support long-term growth in the Americas. We are fortunate to find a location where we can begin construction quickly and create temporary capacity in under two years.”
Also locating in Chesterfield County in Meadowville Technology Park is Civica, Inc., which announced recently it will invest $27.8 million to establish a new laboratory testing facility. The non-profit company plans to build a 55,000-square-foot facility there and create 51 new jobs to support its Petersburg, VA pharmaceutical manufacturing operation through quality testing and development of new products. In addition, it will host a scale-up manufacturing facility operated by Virginia Commonwealth University’s Medicines for All Institute, creating additional jobs.
