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The Drug Enforcement Agency is consolidating multiple D.C.-area offices under one new lease in Chantilly.

The agency will take 175K SF at Unicom Technology Park Conference Center, increasing its footprint by about 38K SF. The General Services Administration announced Thursday it awarded a $113M contract to Unicom Technology Park Inc. via the government's procurement website.

The Virginia offices the DEA is consolidating from include one at 14560 Avion Parkway in Chantilly and another at 2675 Prosperity Ave. in Merrifield, in addition to a variety of other small offices in the capital region, according to a prior lease prospectus. The agency is headquartered in Springfield, Virginia.

The GSA released the lease prospectus for the agency in 2020, detailing the need for more space.

"The current facilities do not have the space to conduct mission-critical operational and coordination meetings,” it said. "The increased footprint includes the meeting, office, and support space to address this space need and enable coordinated investigative operations with local, State, Federal, and international entities."

The GSA and the DEA didn't respond to requests for comment in time for publication. CBRE’s Henry Chapman and Sarah Maxwell were the brokers on the deal, according to SAM.gov.

The Unicom Technology Park Conference Center at 15000 and 15010 Conference Center Drive is made up of two office parks, one with 470K SF across 35 acres and the other with 224K SF across 17 acres.

The properties have been owned by Unicom Global since 2015, before which they were known as Washington Technology Park I and II.

Unicom houses subsidiary Unicom Government on the premises, a firm that provides information technology and professional services for local, state and federal governments. The center hosts events for government agencies and showcases Unicom education and certification offerings, according to its website.

Though this lease represents an expansion, the GSA has been working to reduce the federal government’s office footprint over the past several years. In the past few months, it has signaled plans to reduce the National Labor Relations Board’s D.C. footprint by 40% and one of the Department of Justice’s leases by over 150K SF.

CHANTILLY, Va. — With a ceremonial ribbon cutting, the Space Systems Command on June 6 marked the opening of its new office and conference center dedicated to doing business with the commercial space industry.

The command named the facility COSMIC, short for Commercial Space Marketplace for Innovation and Collaboration.

The Space Systems Command, which is headquartered in Los Angeles, oversees the majority of military space acquisitions programs. The new workspace in Northern Virginia will serve as the headquarters for the command’s new Commercial Space Office.

In remarks at the grand opening, Lt. Gen. Michael Guetlein, head of Space Systems Command, said COSMIC is a recognition of the critical role that commercial space technologies play in maintaining a competitive edge in modern warfare and national security.

The sleek facility has 10,000 square feet of conference space and offices for unclassified gatherings. The Air Force Research Laboratory and the nonprofit Virginia Tech Applied Research Corp. are partners sharing the facility.

Guetlein said that soon after the command established a Commercial Services Office last year — later rebranded as Commercial Space Office — he told its director to seek a location in Chantilly because of its proximity to the National Reconnaissance Office, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and other government organizations that work with commercial space firms.

“We needed a place where we could collaborate, a place where we didn’t have to fight through a lot of security to get to have conversations,” said Guetlein.

The Commercial Space Office, or COMSO, is led by Col. Richard Kniseley, who is based in Los Angeles. There will be a small permanent staff in Chantilly, mostly responsible for administration and contracts.

COMSO is an umbrella organization for units that already existed, including the Commercial Satellite Communications Office (CSCO), the Space Domain Awareness Marketplace, the SSC Front Door, SpaceWERX and the Commercial Augmentation Space Reserve program (CASR).

‘All in the same fight’

Guetlein noted that the military for decades has worked closely with the private space industry but the environment is changing as DoD becomes more dependent on commercial systems. He alluded to the conflict in Ukraine where commercial satellite networks were targeted and are still under threat.

“The thing that has really changed in the space environment is that we’re all in the exact same fight at the exact same time,” he said.

“We’re all on the adversary’s threat list. They’ve declared every single one of us a target. Whether you are a government civil ally or even our commercial partners,” Guetlein added. “We’re all operating in the exact same environment subject to the exact same physics trying to vie for the exact same spectrum allocation. So we are all in this together.”

The CASR commercial augmentation initiative will look at ways to partner with commercial space companies so their services can be accessed during national security emergencies.

One option is to create the space equivalent of the civil reserve air fleet, or CRAF, a program the Pentagon conceived 70 years ago to gain access to commercial airlift capacity in emergencies.

COMSO plans to hold another round of discussions with industry executives in July to figure out the way forward.

“We need to make sure that we can rely on our partners to be there during a crisis,” said Guetlein. “Commercial partners have proven they are dedicated to being there during times of conflict. And commercial innovation is accelerating to a point where they are an absolutely incredible capability,” he said. “This is absolutely the right time to build new partnerships.

‘Where’s the money?’

Guetlein noted that there is still skepticism in the space industry about government promises to spend more money on commercial products and services.

“The one question I always get from industry every single time is ‘where’s the money?” he said. The Space Systems Command estimated it currently spends about $4 billion a year on commercial space services, mostly on satellite communications and data from commercial satellites.

The goal is to create a dedicated budget line for commercial services “to get better visibility into where those efforts are … and more importantly, so that we can be transparent with industry on where we are invested.”

Demand for commercial tech

During a meeting with reporters June 6, Kniseley said his office is working on several efforts to attract commercial vendors and create a demand from military users.

The biggest piece will continue to be satellite communications, with about $850 million in commercial contracts projected per year across DoD.

COMSO wants to expand online marketplaces, said Kniseley, similar to the one that already exists for space domain awareness data.

The SDA marketplace now has 11 vendors offering commercial data on space objects and traffic in orbit. Companies have complained, however, that the marketplace does not generate significant revenue and that the Space Force is not fully taking advantage of commercial capabilities.

Kniseley said his office is working with U.S. Space Command to help build the SDA marketplace and integrate commercial data so it’s useful to operational commanders.

A new marketplace was recently introduced for surveillance, reconnaissance and tracking (STR). This includes electro-optical and radar satellite imagery, and data analysis, although the specifics are still being hashed out with the NRO and NGA, the intelligence agencies that oversee procurement of imagery and analytics.

In recent weeks, U.S. Africa Command reached out to COMSO for help to pinpoint the origin of a chemical spill that was affecting hundreds of fishermen in Guinea, West Africa. “With commercial SRT data, we actually necked down the suspected culprits from 350 ships down to five. And we think we’ve already found who that culprit was,” said Kniseley.

In the SRT marketplace, he said, “we’ll work with the NRO on commercial imagery, but there are other vendors out there that aren’t necessarily on contract with the NRO that fill a different mission area,” he said. “I’m looking at this more from a tactical standpoint and less from a strategic standpoint, because we’re going to have to get quicker responses out to the tactical edge.”

Some new areas where the Space Force is considering buying commercial services include positioning, navigation and timing that does not rely on GPS, and weather data in support of military operations.

Guetlein mentioned another potential marketplace is for data analytics focused on infrared satellite sensors.

There is already significant work going on in that area at the Space Systems Command’s Tools Applications and Processing (TAP) lab in Boulder, Colorado, he said, where government analysts, private contractors and university researchers use artificial intelligence to analyze data from the military’s missile-warning satellites.

The data is being applied not just for national defense uses but also for natural disaster response, fire fighting and other applications.

“We’re going to stand up a similar lab in Colorado Springs for space domain awareness and a similar lab for surveillance, reconnaissance and tracking to expose all of that data at the unclassified level,” said Guetlein.

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Thanksgiving hours will be adjusted at Giant Food, Harris Teeter, Lidl, BJ's Wholesale, Food Lion and more Northern Virginia grocery stores.

Patch Staff

VIRGINIA — Some grocery stores and pharmacies in Northern Virginia will open on Thanksgiving, including Giant and Safeway.

Many others will close, however, including Walmart and Target, both of which readjusted their holiday hours in 2021 to give employees a day off to spend with their families.

As always, if you need another pound of butter or an onion to finish cooking your Thanksgiving meal, it’s a good idea to call ahead to make sure they’re open.

Aldi: All stores are closed.

Over a dozen locations in Northern Virginia

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BJ’s Wholesale Club: All stores are closed.

6607 Wilson Blvd., Falls Church, VA 22044; 101 S Van Dorn St., Alexandria, VA 22304; 14123 Noblewood Plaza, Woodbridge, VA 22193; 13053 Fair Lakes Shopping Center, Fairfax, VA 22033; 5100 Wellington Rd., Gainesville, VA 20155; 3985 Plank Rd., Fredericksburg, VA 22407

Costco: All stores are closed.

1200 S. Fern St., Arlington, VA 22202; 7940 Richmond Hwy., Alexandria, VA 22306; 7373 Boston Blvd, Springfield, VA 22153; 2700 Potomac Mills Cir. Unit 200, Woodbridge, VA 22192; 4725 West Ox Rd., Fairfax, VA 22030; 10701 Sudley Manor Dr, Manassas, VA 20109; 21398 Price Cascades Plaza, Sterling, VA 20164; 1300 Edwards Ferry Rd. NE, Leesburg, VA 20176; 3102 Plank Rd. #600, Fredericksburg, VA 22407

CVS: About 80 percent of stores will be closed.

Dozens of locations in Northern Virginia

Food Lion: All stores will close at 3 p.m., except Virginia stores in Roanoke, Lynchburg, Blacksburg and the Charlottesville region, which will close at 4 p.m. Stores are open regular hours on Black Friday.

Over a dozen locations in Northern Virginia

Giant Food: All stores open from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., including stores normally open for 24 hours. Pharmacies are open from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., except for 24-hour stores that follow the same policy as grocery stores.

Dozens of locations in Northern Virginia

Harris Teeter: Stores open from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Over a dozen locations in Northern Virginia

Lidl: All stores will close.

Over a dozen locations in Northern Virginia

Publix: All Publix stores are closed.

9601 Patriot Hwy., Fredericksburg, VA 22407; 1640 Publix Way, Stafford, VA 22554

Safeway: Most stores will be open.

Dozens of locations in Northern Virginia

Sam’s Club: All stores are closed.

45425 Dulles Crossing Plaza, Sterling, VA 20166; 14050 Worth Ave., Woodbridge, VA 22192

Target: All stores are closed.

Over a dozen locations in Northern Virginia

The Fresh Market: Stores will open, but hours vary by location.

3680 King St., Alexandria, VA 22302; 150 Branch Rd. SE, Vienna, VA 22180

Trader Joe’s: All stores are closed.

1109 N Highland St., Arlington, VA 22201; 5847 Leesburg Pike, Bailey's Crossroads, VA 22041; 7514 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22043; 11958 Killingsworth Ave., Reston, VA 20194; 44755 Brimfield Dr., Ashburn, VA 20147; 14100 Lee Hwy., Centreville, VA 20120; 9464 Main St., Fairfax, VA 22031; 6394 Springfield Plaza, Springfield, VA 22150; 612 N St Asaph St., Alexandria, VA 22314

Virginia ABC: Virginia ABC stores will be closed on Thanksgiving and will resume normal operations on Friday.

Dozens of locations in Northern Virginia

Walgreens: Most stores will be open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; 24-hour stores and pharmacies will be open as usual, though some pharmacies may have modified hours.

Dozens of locations in Northern Virginia

Walmart: All stores are closed.

Over a dozen locations in Northern Virginia

Wawa: Most stores will be open and observe regular hours.

Over a dozen locations in Northern Virginia

Wegman’s: Stores close at 4 p.m.

1835 Capital One Dr. S South, Tysons, VA 22102; 11620 Monument Dr., Fairfax, VA 22030; 7905 Hilltop Village Center Dr., Alexandria, VA 22315; 150 Stovall St., Alexandria, VA 22314; 14801 Dining Way, Woodbridge, VA 22191; 14361 Newbrook Dr., Chantilly, VA 20151; 45131 Columbia Pl., Dulles, VA 20166; 101 Crosstrail Blvd. SE, Leesburg, VA 20175; 8297 Stonewall Shops Square, Gainesville, VA 20155; 2281 Carl D. Silver Pkwy., Fredericksburg, VA 22401.

Whole Foods: Hours vary by store.

2700 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201; 520 12th St. S Ste 100, Arlington, VA 22202; 1700 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314; 8402 Old Keene Mill Rd., Springfield, VA 22152; 4501 Market Commons Dr., Fairfax, VA 22033; 143 Maple Ave. E, Vienna, VA 22180; 11660 Plaza America Dr., Reston, VA 20190; 1635 Boro Pl., McLean, VA 22102; 7501 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22043; 19800 Belmont Chase Dr. Unit 160, Ashburn, VA 20147.

Telecommunications giant AT&T has signed a long-term lease for a five-story office building in Chantilly, Va. The 111,000-square-foot space at 4807 Stonecroft Blvd. will consolidate several of AT&T’s facilities in northern Virginia. The company’s expected move-in date is set for 2025.

AT&T has occupied a regional office in Oakton, Va., since 1981, but occupancy has declined in recent years. The Oakton site is slated for redevelopment by the Carlyle Group and EYA.

The new location in Chantilly’s Westfields International Center is situated in Fairfax County’s Route 28 South submarket, which is known for its strong office market due to high government and contractor demand. It also provides AT&T with convenient access to major roadways, including State Route 28, U.S. Route 50, Interstate 66 and the Dulles Toll Road.

Menlo Equities, the building’s owner, acquired the property in 2021 as part of a two-building portfolio sale that also included the 139,000-square-foot Meadow Point. The transaction totaled $40 million.

Originally constructed in 2008, 4807 Stonecroft Blvd’s. on-site amenities include a fitness center and conference center.

“AT&T’s decision to lease the entire building reaffirms the strength of the property’s offerings and its strategic location, and we look forward to their long-term occupancy in the building,” said Max Sanford, a partner at Menlo Equities.

Negotiations on behalf of the owner were conducted by Jeff Roman and Malcolm Schweiker of Washington, D.C.-based Stream Realty Partner, while a Cushman & Wakefield team represented the telecommunications company.

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