UVA Darden DC Metro at Sands Family Grounds.

See UVA Darden’s New Washington DC Area Facility

08 March 2018

By Jay Hodgkins

The University of Virginia Darden School of Business sign now shines bright in the Washington, D.C., area.

The new UVA Darden sign was completed in early July, shortly after the School officially opened the doors of the Sands Family Grounds — its new, state-of-the-art facility in the Rosslyn district of Arlington, Virginia — in early March after completion of the first phase of construction.

Students from the Rosslyn section of the Executive MBA Class of 2018 were the first to use the new space and hold class in the 31st floor tiered classroom with sweeping views of the capital area. The second phase of construction is scheduled to be completed by the end of summer 2018, fully opening both the 30th and 31st floors of the Sands Family Grounds before new students begin in the inaugural class of the new UVA master of science in business analytics program and the Executive MBA Class of 2020.

Click below to view photos of the new facility.

Slideshow updated as construction progresses.

The UVA Darden sign is visible from across the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.

Many of the classrooms, meeting rooms and offices within the Sands Family Grounds offer sweeping views of the capital region.

Executive MBA students attend class in the new tiered classroom on the 31st floor of the Sands Family Grounds in the Rosslyn district of Arlington, Virginia.

Executive MBA students meet inside the new Sands Family Grounds located in the Rosslyn district of Arlington, Virginia.

Many of the classrooms, meeting rooms and offices within the Sands Family Grounds offer sweeping views of the capital region.

The Sands Family Grounds offers abundant flat classroom space for flexible learning.

The 30th floor reception area of the Sands Family Grounds awaits furniture and other finishing touches as Phase I of construction wraps up.

The UVA Darden sign is visible from across the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.

About the University of Virginia Darden School of Business

The University of Virginia Darden School of Business prepares responsible global leaders through unparalleled transformational learning experiences. Darden’s graduate degree programs (MBA, MSBA and Ph.D.) and Executive Education & Lifelong Learning programs offered by the Darden School Foundation set the stage for a lifetime of career advancement and impact. Darden’s top-ranked faculty, renowned for teaching excellence, inspires and shapes modern business leadership worldwide through research, thought leadership and business publishing. Darden has Grounds in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the Washington, D.C., area and a global community that includes 18,000 alumni in 90 countries. Darden was established in 1955 at the University of Virginia, a top public university founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819 in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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