George Mason University has picked a team of developers to manage the construction of the Amazon-induced expansion of its Arlington campus.
The university announced late Thursday that it plans to begin exclusive negotiations with a team led by Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real Estate and Harrison Street, dubbed Mason Innovation Partners.
Bethesda-based Edgemoor will serve as the project鈥檚 lead developer and investor, while Chicago-based Harrison Street will be a capital partner, according to a news release. The team won out over competing bids from Corporate Office Properties Trust and Wexford Science & Technology, who were also finalists for the project.
鈥淲e are thrilled to move to the next stage in this process,鈥� George Mason University President Gregory Washington said in a statement. 鈥淢ason Innovation Partners has shown that they share our vision for what this building can be and what it can do for all of Northern Virginia.鈥�
The announcement comes the same week that GMU鈥�
