History
VBI opened in July 2000 in space at the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center. In January 2005, VBI moved into its building on the main Virginia Tech’s campus, but retained its existing space. In 2011 VBI moved its Nationoal Capital Region office into the Virginia Tech building in Ballston, Alexandria in Washington DC.
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