Victor Hoskins

Biography: Successfully attracted Amazon HQ2 to Arlington County, VA that will bring 25,000 to 37,850 high tech jobs. It is estimated that Amazon will generate $3.2 billion for the State of Virginia. Amazon is projected to occupy 6 million square feet of office space and invest $2.5 billion. In addition, Hoskins has led teams that created or retained almost 300,000 jobs and negotiated over 700 major business expansions and relocations valued at $31 billion for DC, Arlington, VA, and Maryland. When he arrived in the region in 1994, downward economic pressure from post-industrialization had been challenging the region for decades. Its two economic engines of DC & Baltimore were stagnating from job loss and population decline. As Assistant Secretary of Business and Economic Development for Maryland, using a tech focused industry sector strategy, his team attracted and retained 350 companies, providing $4.7 billion in impact and 52,000 new jobs to the State, which jumped to fifth in the nation for new business starts. As Deputy Commissioner of Housing for Baltimore, Victor managed more than $1 billion in redevelopment efforts culminating in the “Second Renaissance” of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. As Cabinet Secretary for Maryland’s Department of Housing, he led his team to produce $7.1 billion in economic growth, creating 74,000 jobs and bringing in an additional $4.7 billion in new outside investment. As Deputy Mayor for Economic Development for DC, Victor repositioned the District to emerge as a "tech town" and a global city with a booming economy and growing population. His team broke ground or completed 87 commercial office, retail, hotel & residential projects worth $7.5 billion generating 52,600 jobs. The Wharf & City Center were among these projects. In Arlington, Hoskins provided 14.2 million sq. ft. in new and retained office leases, 251 deals, resulting in the creation/retention of 82,500 jobs. As a result, Arlington was designated #1 City to live in the US by Niche.com for 2019.