Category: Development

The National Association of Realtors announced this week the average market time for a home in America is returning to pre-bubble levels at 69 days. This is being heralded as a sign that housing prices are not only stabilizing but also equalizing in leverage between seller and buyer. The metric is an important measure of […]

Mall food usually brings to mind pizza by the slice or heated metal troughs of food and red serving trays. Tysons has done well in avoiding the stereotypes of the food court, but even the better options available in the mall trend on the side of franchised or repetitive. Enter Mixing Bowl, a new Korean […]

August 11th: Mitt Romney is introduced to a crowd in Norfolk by economic champion Bob McDonnell. McDonnell has been the GOP Governor of Virginia for two years and is held by most in the GOP as “the reason why Virginia has survived the recession so well”. Of course the GOP’s rationale for why Virginia’s Governor […]

Our second monthly winner gave us a lot more to work with in August. With 11.5 points from user Haggisman, we got to delve into more fun architecture and created the following concept for a portion of Block 3 north of City Hall. The central tower is Haggisman Tower and is part of the mixed-use […]

In my former life as a local development civil engineer I had plenty of “get me out of here” moments discussing what I believed were benign and helpful development plans with neighborhood leaders and residents. I remember one particular meeting on a renovated Elementary School. As the civil engineer on the project it was my […]

To many AOL recalls the sounds of dial-up modems, clunky internet midi files, and of course “you’ve got mail”… which they actually don’t own the rights to anymore. The tech giant went from the #1 web portal to being better known for handing out free frisbees at Staples. Wait, those were CDs with AOL trial […]

Kaiser Permanente opens their new Tysons Corner Medical Center. Wait we already covered that last week… yes we are gloating… good information about the employment numbers associated with the new center. (Virginia Business) Health Care REIT acquires Sunrise Senior Living of McLean (The large white building along Westpark Drive behind Capital One) for $845 million. […]

Everyday around 4pm the vents in my office building fill up with the smell of hickory wood and the scent of barbecue and chops being prepared; the culprit is JGilbert’s next door and the scent often leads me into a frantic state of carnivore rage which can only be satisfied with beer and smoked meat. […]