Twenty-Three buildings, 8.5 million square feet of residential, office, and retail space. These aren’t the statistics for Reston Town Center, which is currently about half this size, but Scotts Run Station. Cityline Partners has returned to Fairfax County for their second and likely final rezoning in Tysons with the goal of attaining a green light from an impressed Planning Commission.
What Cityline has going for it are concepts that really envision a future city, instead of just floor space. “This represents a complete transformation” remarked Commissioner Lawrence.
With Arbor Row Cityline has created a dramatic plaza-scape of terraces and pedestrian zones. With Scotts Run they are reconnecting Tysons with its natural past, not only incorporating Scotts Run stream and park, but using it as a central focus for a unique bicycle and pedestrian decking which will connect McLean with Tysons.
The vehicle scale of the towering metro and vast canyon of Route 123 will seem far away as a resident or restaurant goer enjoys a community concert in the park one block off. This one block off neighborhood will be the answer to those who see Route 123 today, and can’t understand how Tysons will become a city. What isn’t understood by looking at what is there today, is that Route 123 isn’t the focus of this project, a new pedestrian and urban grid built out of current parking lots will be centered around Colshire Meadow Road and Station Street with its back and more vehicular oriented side on Route 123.
With an FDP (final development plan) as part of this approval, the first stages of Scotts Run Station may start in 2014. The Garfield site located at the intersection of Anderson Road and Route 123 will see a new residential tower and road connection.
The project will return to the Planning Commission on April 3rd with the hope of a final approval for the rezoning and final development plan.