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Here's how the 1776 deal will help Vornado make Crystal City an 'innovation community'

A little more than a year ago, Vornado Realty Trust pledged to seed venture capitalist Paul Singh’s Crystal Tech Fund with up to $10 million in the hopes of organically growing Crystal City’s office market with aspiring techies and budding entrepreneurs.

On Thursday, Evan Burfield’s 1776 shocked the D.C. technology world with its acquisition of Singh’s fellow tech hub Disruption Corp., which oversees the fund, casting doubt on the New York-based real estate investment trust’s faith in technology…