Category: Development

Around the corner today; We have some egg on our face from a few facts we got wrong on the food truck citations occurring on Solutions Drive. After some discussion with Fairfax County, vendors, some of our readers, and a bit of independent research into our County code it looks like we have a grey […]

Solutions Drive in Tysons during lunch time for many has become a hub of good food from all over the region. Any weekday you can find a half dozen vendors, all with legal permits provided by Fairfax County, serving hundreds of happy employees at Monster, Redhat, Booz Allen, and SAIC ( as well as a […]

Yesterday afternoon the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved the second rezoning for Spring Hill Station, a project which involves 7.2 million square feet of mixed use development near Tyco, Springhill, and Leesburg Pike. The approval of the first rezoning for the project came in September 2011, which included the Final Development plans for Building […]

Today in Around the Corner New enclosed bus stop comes to Westpark Drive out in front of the future Arbor Row development. Is it a sign that the warm winter might allow Home Properties and Cityline to accelerate the construction schedule for the project? Or perhaps a safety consideration along Westpark Drive at a location […]

At the beginning of 2013 the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a recommendation from the Planning Commission for a service district tax to be formed around the Comprehensive Plan’s definition of Tysons Corner, in order to pay for transportation improvements necessary for the growing city. The anticipated 7 to 9 cent (per $100 assessed […]

  There has been a lot of political argument surrounding the Transportation Bill proposed by Governor McDonnell currently stalled in the State Legislature. The plan proposes; Removal of the gas tax Raising of the overall state sales tax by 16% to 5.5% Some additional fees, most notably a $100 fee on Alternative Fuel and Hybrid […]

This past week I sent my delegate, Mark Keam, a partially altered letter crafted by the folks at Coalition For Smarter Growth noting my disappointment with the current proposed transportation plan by Governor McDonnell. Attached is his response and stance on the important legislation at hand for the Commonwealth; — — — Thank you for […]

It’s been a while since we provided an update on the 19-story second high-rise two the Park Crest neighborhood of Tysons. Park Crest sites on the corner of Westpark Drive and Park Run Drive in Northern Tysons. The community includes two existing mid-rise apartments as well as the existing high-rise condominium Park Crest One. The […]

In August we covered a young entrepreneur who, facing a terrible job market coming out of college, decided to take a risk and start brewing craft beer. The small operation is located in Leesburg and uses some innovative techniques to get the highest yield from ingredients they grow directly on site. After a year of […]

Around the corner today; Last night’s Vienna transit meeting for the future Fairfax Connector routes in and around Tysons was a lot more productive than the one in McLean. The generational gap was far less and included many different people of many different backgrounds providing their opinion on where service is needed, and in some […]