Category: Development

Lots of things happened this week in our review of Around the Corner; People are talking about how to mitigate the aesthetic issues of the Silver Line‘s largely concrete structure. Hmmmm, if only someone had talked about this a long time ago. The reality is, the Silver Line is not pretty, but then again should […]

Plans for 7900 Westpark’s facade replacement went from concept to reality this past month as crews began demolishing the existing concrete brutalist shell with a glass curtain wall for its full height. The project won’t include any new buildings, unlike previous iterations, but it will involve a near full gut of the interior space to […]

Proposed Concept Implementation in Tysons Score Thousands of residential units in Boston were originally anticipated to be high end apartments, but what the market is really demanding is more condominium units. This shift in conditions is having some developers scramble. It may also be indicative of a larger systematic issue occurring in development, where in […]

One thing that comes up time and time again when I’ve discussed smart growth with residents in the area is the inability for families to live that lifestyle. There are thousands of people who, in a perfect world, would love to live close to where they work, but find that the square footage to price […]

Around the Corner today; Washington Post blogger Tim Carmen has word that America Eats has hired a head chef for their soon to open Tysons location. Unlike the Silver Line, America Eats will be opening before summer, with plans for a memorial day open. (Washington Post) — — — — — — A new bus […]

Over the past 12 months I’ve been asked nearly a dozen times, what is the plan for the strip malls along Route 7? Some of the dealerships have already put in for rezonings, most notably the CARS submission of Dominion Square, but to date none of the retail strip malls have considered consolidating their parking […]

It’s been a long time since we returned to the site of LMI’s future headquarters on Jones Branch Drive in Tysons. Nearly 6 months since our last update we find an 11-story building almost ready for occupancy. The structure was topped out long ago, the facade and shell fully enveloping the office tower, and the […]

In mid-2011 a grouping of car dealerships along the south side of Route 7 in Tysons formed CARS, a development arm which looks to convert what is currently several acres of parking lots into a mixed use, high density project. The largest individual component of their plans, split into individual rezonings based on current subdivision, […]