2021 CMAA Project Achievement Award
Commercial/Sports/Entertainment/Hospitality: Construction value greater than $50 Million
Redevelopment of 1770 Crystal Drive for Sole Office Tenant
Owner: JBG Smith
CM: Axias
Establishing a culture of true partnering from the outset, the team overcame many challenges, including ambitious floor-by-floor delivery dates stipulated in the tenant lease, budget constraints, tenant design changes, a change in mechanical contractors, constructing over an occupied underground mall corridor and Metro tunnel, and of course, COVID-19. Constructed in the 1970s, 1770 Crystal Drive has been reinvigorated as the first building of Amazon’s East Coast headquarters development in Arlington’s Crystal City.
