Category: Development

Driving, or crawling in some cases, along Route 123 and Route 7 through the heart of Tysons has often spurred the question, “Why would anyone want to build here?”. It’s an excellent question when viewed from the angle of the typical mall user or office park commuter. From that vantage it would appear that Tysons […]

Here in Virginia the mention of unionization can create a tremendous backlash from even those who believe in labor rights. As a neighbor to Washington DC and Maryland, both of whom promote union employment in several sectors, we have seen the noble concept of protecting employees corrupted to become an employment program which disregards the […]

On September 25th the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved the Capital One rezoning project for the corporation’s headquarters along Route 123. The plan has many good features including hundreds of new residential units, improved pedestrian access to metro, an aesthetic civic plaza which will drastically improve the visual impact of the metro, and funding […]

Today around Tysons Corner; The Washington Examiner has been extra uppity of late about scapegoating Tysons Corner and the Silver Line for all of your problems and the County’s related, but only marginally, deficit for transportation funding. Instead of questioning why all of a sudden a county which has never had budget problems is now facing […]

If you ever feel like your voice, and those of your neighbors and fellow citizens, is smothered or muted by the unbridled weight of the economic elite, then perhaps you need the following story from our region to remove your political cynicism. We have been reporting about the neighborhood coalition movement growing along western Tysons and eastern […]

Today’s event led by Stewart Schwartz of Coalition for Smarter Growth was everything one would want from both a photographic opportunity to get access to some of the tougher reaches of Tysons, but also an informational session with numerous sides of the discussion represented. Susan Linn of Fairfax County was their providing insight on some of […]

Late last night the Planning Commission was presented with Cityline’s Westpark development project Arbor Row, of which we have discussed in some detail previously. Arbor Row consists of 2.5 million square feet of mixed use construction largely consisting of residential and retail uses. The project includes 7 distinct blocks which include 1 or 2 towers […]

You might remember about 4 months ago a public meeting between Fairfax County, FCDOT, and residents around Tysons Corner/Vienna turned into a heated debate and public disillusion with previous agreements made by county officials. The once promised conservation zone of Old Courthouse Spring Branch Stream Valley Park faced demolition in order to install… a new […]

LMI is moving their headquarters from McLean to what is quickly becoming Headquarters Row on Jones Branch Drive. The new headquarters will anchor a to-be-built 11-story office building near the 495 express lane ramp to Jones Branch between fortune 500 companies Fannie Mae, Gannett, and Hilton Worldwide. The new office tower is designed by architecture firm […]