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Navid Roshan-Afshar

Feb 04, 2015 

Feb 03, 2015 
 

Potential Office to Residential Conversions in Tysons

In case you missed this non-Tysons related story from the always interesting to read UrbanTurf blog, office to mixed use conversions are becoming very popular in the DC area. This is clearly a reaction to increasing over supply in office space caused by a slower federal contracting economy and the likely over delivery of new […]

Jan 29, 2015 
 

Garfield Parcel Assembles High Rise Tower Crane

Despite what some local macroeconomics experts might be telling you, the construction boom continues unabated in Tysons. Considering Fairfax has gained 40,000 residents since the 2010 census, and that there is no chance there were 15,000-18,000 new homes built in the county, it is obvious that residential multi-family remains marketable. Lucky for Tysons high rise […]

Jan 28, 2015 
 

Tysons Assessed Values 2000 Through 2014 Animated

We’ve compiled over 10 years of tax information in order to understand how the Tysons area has evolved and continues to evolve since 2000. Some interesting points, in 2010 and 2011 Tysons (and most of Northern Virginia) saw some major assessed value depression caused largely by a reduction in government contracts. This was most prominent […]

Jan 25, 2015 
 

Nouvelle Arbor Row Nears Final Height

The last time we discussed the construction at Arbor Row was this past summer, when the rising Nouvelle apartments was only 12 floors above ground. Six months later and the building is almost to its final height, 27-stories, except for some final mechanical enclosures. There is still a lot of work left, and construction will […]

Jan 21, 2015 

Jan 19, 2015 
 

1775 Tysons Boulevard Facade Glazing Begins

Just the other day, we were asked by a reader when the glass facade for the new 1775 Tysons Boulevard was expected to go up. Only a week after the question had been posed we have an answer. The non-ground floor levels started receiving the glazing (exterior windows) late last week, and it looks like […]

Jan 14, 2015 
 

WMATA Operational Costs Compared to Other Jurisdictions

The following charts were created using data from National Transit Database information located hereĀ and is based on the latest full year data for all jurisdictions. Cost of living (COL) was derived from payscale.com. Major takeaways from the data. WMATA systems cost more on a personnel and on a total operation basis for rail & bus […]

Jan 13, 2015 
 

Capital One Tysons Highrise Preparing For Foundation Construction

The much anticipated Capital One headquarters, which at 470′ will be the tallest commercial building in the region once completed, is showing signs of construction progress. Crews have been spending the past few months bringing the overall site to final elevations, including work on a new road grid link for the campus. It now appears […]

Jan 11, 2015 
 

Fairfax Connector Losing Possible Riders Without NextBus

The completion of Silver Line Phase 1 provided Fairfax County, and their county bus system Fairfax Connector, an opportunity to realign many routes that had not changed in years to better connect passengers to the Silver Line. By removing many east-west paths that were redundant with the Silver Line, Fairfax Connector was able to increase […]