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Navid Roshan-Afshar

May 08, 2015 
 

Westpark Drive Gets Long Awaited Speed Limit Reduction

It took several years of complaining, a few discussions with VDOT engineers, and a lot of community concurrence but Westpark Drive is officially a 35 mph road. The 4 lane road is a central corridor for residents of North Central Tysons, the most densely populated residential district of Tysons. For years the road has had […]

Apr 18, 2015 
 

Demolition Begins at Commons of McLean

Watching old masonry construction demolished always provides a good show, but if you missed the demolition at Commons of McLean last week you’ve missed your chance. Crews took advantage of the good weather the past few weeks to not only demolish a large portion of the apartment complex (part of which is still occupied) but also began […]

 
 

MITRE Building 4 Installing Pre-cast Facade

It is a bit startling how quickly the facade of MITRE Building 4 is going up. The pre-cast panels that create the building skin have been piling up around the corner in the underused MITRE parking lot in preparation for installation. With that pre-cast concept comes a very quick assembly time which turned the steel […]

 
 

Capital One Foundation Excavation

There isn’t much buzz about Capital One’s soon to be 470′ Headquarters tower, but it will be sure to turn heads later this year as it begins to rise over the Capital Beltway and Tysons. When completed, Capital One Tower will be the tallest commercial building in the DC metro region and a symbol of the […]

Apr 08, 2015 
 

Arbor Row Stream Restoration Nearly Complete

Last summer we took a look at a stream restoration project being undertaken by the Arbor Row development, owned by Cityline, as part of the rezoning approval. The restoration is located in a previously ignored stream valley in North Tysons between the MITRE campus and Kaiser Permanente. The overall concept for the stream restoration was […]

Apr 07, 2015 
 

Lerner 1775 Spring Construction Update

The cold winter has not appeared to drastically slow down the rate of construction in Tysons. I visited Lerner’s 1775 Office Building on Tysons Boulevard in January when the construction effort had shifted from the structure to window glazing. The look of the final building is taking shape. A dual story ground level with a […]

Apr 04, 2015 
 

7915 Jones Branch Sees Some Construction Activity

When the Board of Supervisors approved the 7915 Jones Branch apartment project in December it was not clear when developers would break ground. It’s hard to tell whether the existing office building, well past its sell-by date, is about to be demolished. However, it is clear the building has been vacated and some minor site […]

Mar 26, 2015 
 

Forgotten Tysons Transit Users Resort To Self-Furnishing

Perhaps the most indicting image of Tysons is a bus stop, without a bench, with two make shift lawn chairs for seating. Something as simple as a bus shelter is evidently too much to ask for from Fairfax County. Here, on the corner of Westpark Drive and Park Run Drive, 4000 residents and thousands of […]

Mar 23, 2015 
 

Construction Updates From MITRE Building 4

No big news here on MITRE Building 4. The tower continues to progress with it’s steel frame and initial skinning on its way to topping out sometime this summer. The massing of the building looks pretty good and in scale with the adjacent buildings, despite being much taller. The smaller footprint selected for the building […]

Mar 15, 2015 
 

Capital One Headquarters March Construction Update

When we last visited the Capital One project in January the snow covered site was progressing slowly through the winter frost. The foundation piles were being drilled at that time, and temporary construction trailers had just begun to populate the site. The construction site might look similar to that January visit but there are significant […]