From the August issue: In what has been billed as a mutually beneficial bargain between two tech giants, Google and LinkedIn have brokered a cash-free real estate deal that will pave the way for their respective Silicon Valley expansions. The nation’s capital is set to embark on a multi-decade redevelopment project that will bring housing, retail and a hotel to the site of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, which has been closed since 2011. [more] … [more]