Category: Development

It was such a great opportunity to attend the Green Expo that was held at the Town of Vienna Community Center on Thursday, April 24, 2014 at 6:30am-9:00pm. The expo featured over 35 local and regional exhibitors providing useful ideas on how to green your lifestyle to the public. Topics from the exhibitors included eco-friendly transportation, environmental […]

I had an opportunity to speak with Tom Fleury of Cityline Partners yesterday at the Fairfax County Parks Authority meeting. I noticed on my way to the meeting some new construction materials being delivered to the Garfield Parcel at Scotts Run Station, which last month housed an outdated and vacated office building that saw the […]

The week started off with some confusion and police excitement as a situation turned from an isolated barricade at the Rotonda Condos to a fears of flammable or explosive materials. Luckily, the incident concluded without violence and the suspect, 62-year old Michael Gordon, was apprehended and now faces charges of Arson. By the way WUSA9, […]

There has been a lot of excitement about the Tysons Tower project since it began construction in 2011, replacing what was formerly the circuit city anchored strip mall space adjacent to the mall. The building has accomplished something that is pretty unique as of recent in Northern Virginia, it filled most of its tenant space, […]

I had a unique opportunity today to tour the nearly complete Tysons Tower high rise at Tysons Mall with a group of professionals from the American Planners Association (APA). The last time I had taken some photos at the mall of the construction work, it was obvious that I would not be able to see […]

The Connection Newspaper was present at an MCA debate over the approval of Capital One‘s new headquarters tower, which will be the region’s tallest at 470’ (something we noted here about 2 months before all the other media outlets). While the MCA did ultimately approve the new building, it did so only reluctantly after much harangue about the overshadowing nature of […]

Above: A photo of the construction occurring around Tysons Corner Center on a foggy night. Photo by Benjamin Burgess Photography. Left: A long exposure photo of Spring Hill Metro station at night. Photo by Stephen Timms on twitter @stimms15 Below: A photo of North Tysons from the Carr Workplaces office space along Tysons Boulevard. Above: […]