JBG Smith courting West Coast big tech

JBG Smith Properties CEO Matt Kelly recently met with "a handful" of big West Coast tech firms in a bid to entice them to come to National Landing now that Amazon.com Inc. has chosen the area for its second headquarters. The group held a series of meetings and town hall discussions with a number of undisclosed technology companies in Amazon's orbit and considering a presence near HQ2, along with several dozen real estate brokers repping the area's tech sector. Kelly declined to identify any of the prospects by name, noting they share Amazon's propensity toward confidentiality, but said many wanted to know more about the same things Amazon was interested in, including the pool of tech talent and pipeline through programs like Virginia Tech's innovation campus to generate future workers. Read More...

JBG Smith Properties CEO Matt Kelly recently met with “a handful” of big West Coast tech firms in a bid to entice them to come to National Landing now that Amazon.com Inc. has chosen the area for its second headquarters. The group held a series of meetings and town hall discussions with a number of undisclosed technology companies in Amazon’s orbit and considering a presence near HQ2, along with several dozen real estate brokers repping the area’s tech sector. Kelly declined to identify any of the prospects by name, noting they share Amazon’s propensity toward confidentiality, but said many wanted to know more about the same things Amazon was interested in, including the pool of tech talent and pipeline through programs like Virginia Tech’s innovation campus to generate future workers.