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Category: Development

Jul 09, 2013 
 

Tysons Tower Construction Updates July

There have been a lot of changes at the intersection of Shop Tysons Boulevard and the Westpark Bridge. Other than sporadic and unmarked closings of the road, which has annoyed me on a few mornings, construction crews have been busy placing the glass facade on the office tower as well as preparing the second floor […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Jul 03, 2013 
 

Tour De Tysons

It’s a goofy name that makes one scratch their head and say “Cycling in Tysons? This could get ugly” but in fact as this website has said many times there are parts of Tysons that look nothing like Route 7 or Route 123, the traditional image of the mall-goers. This was exemplified by the site […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Jun 30, 2013 
 

Finnegans Tysons Grand Opening

I had a chance to head over to the Finnegans grand opening in Tysons on Saturday night. I didn’t have a chance to see what the late night vibe would be like on opening weekend, but the bar had about 30 to 40 people in it when I got there at 8, not to mention […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
 
 

Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project Construction Progress June 22, 2013

Testing continues along the branch. Finishing work on the stations is well underway. Restoration of the road surfaces of Leesburg Pike, Dolly Madison Boulevard and Chain Bridge Road is nearly done. Wide concrete sidewalks with tree planter boxes are being put in along the Leesburg Pike from Chain Bridge Road to Tyco road. The station […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Jun 27, 2013 
 

I-66 HOT Lanes?

Earlier this morning VDOT officials sent out a news release requesting private proposals for how to mitigate traffic on I-66. Technically speaking, it was a request for information from private companies to determine what the best concept in order to attain a proposal would be. The plan would be similar to the 495 Express lanes […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Jun 26, 2013 
 

Around the Corner

Today around the corner: Washington Post talks about the future bikeability of Tysons, and the plans for the Tour de Tysons bike race this Sunday June 30th. Race day will have events for families, races for all age groups and expert levels as well as a open ride for the community starting at 6:45 AM […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Jun 20, 2013 
 

Despite What You’ve Heard There’s Plenty Of Parking

When you listen to the news, read stories in the paper, or hear chatter from people you know about all the development going on in the Washington DC area it gets difficult to screen out exactly which development and project is being referred to and what it will look and function like. One project on […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Jun 18, 2013 
 

Workforce Housing in Tysons and the Public Cost

In the summer of 2012 Supervisor Pat Herrity, who recently I had the opportunity to sit down and talk to, stated that the new requirement for 20 percent of all new dwellings developed in Tysons to include Workforce Housing, would cost the County $500 million dollars. We have been covering the issue of workforce housing […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Jun 17, 2013 
 

Know Your Supervisor Series: John Cook

Supervisor John Cook was gracious enough to invite me to visit his Braddock office this past week to discuss transportation and land use in Fairfax County and Tysons. For those of you needing some background about Supervisor Cook, he has been on the Board of Supervisors for four years, he has been active in finding […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Jun 15, 2013 
 

Tysons Google Earth Updates

It’s been slow going in creating a library of the existing buildings in Tysons for Google Earth. 26 million square feet of office space from scratch takes a long time to model. Here are our updates from June.
by Navid Roshan-Afshar