Residents of the Gates of McLean have certainly noticed some construction recently as the once dormant Capital One property has been undergoing major infrastructure upgrades in preparation of their future headquarters redevelopment. The 26 acre property is installing a future road grid that will turn the traditional office park into a full mixed use neighborhood.
The road grid will eventually connect between Scotts Run Crossing Road and what is currently Capital One Drive. Along with a future road grid that will align with the temporary 700 space McLean Station parking lot, the new Capital One property will go from one massive gated superblock into a public five block neighborhood.
The connection, currently called Capital One Drive North, has been delayed in part due to the severe winter, but should be complete in time for Capital One’s new headquarters tower, a 470′ office building which will become the tallest in the region. Some preliminary earth work appears to be occurring in preparation for that work as well.
Just as the case with the new grid link built by Greystar’s Ascent building, the new Capital One link won’t be a game changer, but it will continue a trend towards more human scale infrastructure that incrementally makes walkability in Tysons better.
The realignment is the first step in turning this particular 9-5 office park into a 24 hour community all at the front door of the new Silver Line metro.
