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New Virginia Tech Research Center Announced |
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Arlington welcomes new research center to Ballston |
Virginia Tech, together with Arlington officials, announced today that the Virginia Tech Foundation will build a major research center in Ballston , with planned occupancy by late 2010. Charles Steger, president of Virginia Tech, made the announcement, explaining that the highly visible, state of the art facility would further the university's mission to expand its research portfolio in a region that offers great opportunity for partnerships with corporate research entities and close proximity to government and other funding organizations.
The seven-floor, 144,000 square foot building, designed by Cooper Carry to meet the Silver US Green Building Council's LEED Building Rating Systems, will be located on the 800-900 block of North Glebe Road.
The building is part of a larger JBG development project in Ballston. The interior, designed by Gensler, will include computational laboratories, offices, and conference space to accommodate executive programs, training programs, and workshops. The building will be part of a larger development that will create an impressive gateway to Ballston and the Rosslyn-Ballston Corridor, and it will compliment and expand Arlington's ever-growing hub of research and scientific organizations.
We believe a location in Arlington is a tremendous asset for Virginia Tech, and will help drive even greater ingenuity and innovation in their research, stated Arlington Economic Development Director Terry Holzheimer. The Ballston area of Arlington has the highest concentration of scientific research agencies in the country, anchored by the National Science Foundation and several other top university-related research institutes. Combined with Arlington's accessibility to the region and its Metro location, the people, organizations and brain power that are available to Virginia Tech in Arlington are simply unmatched.
Virginia Tech will benefit from the newly formed nonprofit Ballston Science and Technology Alliance, which will occupy the ground floor of the new facility. The Alliance will work to promote science and technology within the highest concentration of scientific research agencies in the country, anchored by the National Science Foundation and DARPA as well as several other top university-related research institutes.
"We're trying to encourage networking and collaboration among the huge concentration of science workers located in Arlington, and particularly the Ballston area," said Kaye Breen, executive director of the Ballston Science and Technology Alliance.
Learn more about BSTA and the new development at 800/900 N. Glebe Road.
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