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Category: Development

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 […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
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 […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
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 […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Jan 07, 2015 
 

MITRE Building 4 Rising Above Previous Campus Buildings

MITRE Building 4 isn’t the most ambitious new project in Tysons, lacking some of the mixed use and high density qualities that other new buildings have been incorporating into their designs. Compared to its prior generation neighbors at the MITRE campus however, the new MITRE Building 4 is a indication of the power of TOD […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Jan 05, 2015 
 

Elan Tysons West Begins Vertical Construction

It was late summer when we happened to cross paths with the under construction Elan Tysons West, which had broken ground without much ceremony or public relations. Similar to Greystar’s first tower in Tysons, Ascent, the completion of the project has been focused on delivery first and pageantry second. Now heading into the core of […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Dec 17, 2014 
 

7900 Westpark Facadist Renovation Also Adding Some Holiday Cheer In Tysons

WRIT Final Facade Tysons
It’s hard to miss the newest addition to the Tysons skyline from anywhere in the Tysons East neighborhood, Tysons North neighborhood, or passing by along the Beltway. The $35 million dollar facadist redo of the previous Brutalist (and dated) building from 1973 has added some flare to what some criticize as a prototypical office park […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
WRIT Final Facade Tysons
Nov 24, 2014 
 

Fairfax County approves Westpark Plaza

  http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/news/2014/fairfax-approves-westpark-plaza.htm The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved Westpark Plaza today, a 5.37-acre project that’s about a quarter mile from the Greensboro Metro station. It joins Tysons Central, which the county approved almost a year ago, an up to 1.8 million square foot project next to this Silver Line station. The plan calls for […]
by ericy
Nov 23, 2014 
 

Can Fundrise Build High Rise Projects?

The sharing economy has come to mean many things over the past 6 years of this lagging economy. In some cases it means the splitting of car costs so that two people, otherwise unable to afford a car, could afford one. In the case of Bikeshare it means public investment in reusable transportation which is […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Nov 18, 2014 
 

Capital One 470′ Tysons Headquarters Has Official Groundbreaking

When a Fortune 500 company embarks on a new high rise building to support its headquarters there is a lot of fanfare associated to it. When that new high rise is proposed to be the tallest commercial building in a metro region it amplifies that symbolism of the event. With Capital One’s new 470′ high […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Nov 13, 2014 
 

Around the Corner

When Macerich announced last year they had landed selectively located Spanish retailer Zara for their new plaza entrance to Tysons Corner Center it quickly became one of the most popular twitter topics about Tysons. It took a few extra months from when it was anticipated to open, but shoppers can finally enjoy the new 20k+ […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar