Category: Development

  Zoning Case # Applicant Status Submitted Last Update Scheduled For BoS Meeting PCA 92-P-001-09 Cityline Partners LLC Pending Staff Approval 5/20/2011 9/21/2011 Not Scheduled Scotts Run Station North (3 Office Towers and 2 Residential Towers between 208′-273′). Application proposes to preserve the Scotts Run waterway and include recreational park space and trails. Application also […]

May 31st, 2012 marks a day when residents of the Tysons region were confronted with what could happen if citizen stewardship was not responsible for oversight of the urbanization plans. Without a local voice Tysons, Vienna, and McLean will remain powerless to regional improvements, such as new Dulles Toll Road ramps, which endanger the safety […]

Our first monthly giveaway term is over and the winner is… (drum roll)… ArchEllen who followed our twitter feed to know just the right time to get involved. Her 6 points is a good start. We hope she will tell others how delicious her meal at Chef Geoffs is going to be thanks to TheTysonsCorner.com […]

With so many projects necessary to make Tysons Corner a residential hub instead of an office park on steroids, its difficult to know what is important in the early process and what could be delayed. Many people were outraged by FCDOTs first project, Boone Boulevard ramp, as it was out of scope with the intent […]

Streetscape. It’s one of those trend words like green, sustainable, or smart growth that have been vaulted from planner jargon to resident conversation. Unlike the nebulous and often vague definitions of the latter, streetscape is a very real and impactful design element which can define a region as “walkable” or transportation desserts. So what is this concept […]

Silver Line reaches an important construction milestone with the final segments of the structure through Tysons being put in place today. (WTOP) Fairfax County moves towards a holistic approach on transportation solutions even outside of Tysons for how the region will travel and commute by 2050 but will the ambitious transit and transportation plans hit […]

In anticipation of our first monthly giveaway, we are announcing the second part of the competition. Each month a new block will be added to a virtual city depicting the growth of our virtual community. Monthly giveaway winners will be dedicated a block with the height and type of building dependent on the number of […]

The Fairfax Times ran an article this past week about how the Tysons Metro Rail is a complete monstrosity and aesthetic horror. Outside of clearly being a soft news day for them, based on the fact that they are running an opinion piece as subjective as “Green Peppers on Pizza Tastes Bad” (more at 7), […]

FairfaxTimes thinks Tysons Metro is an eyesore and questions who made the decisions to take Dulles Rail above ground through Tysons. Well we have the answer, it was actually Bechtel and Washington Group International who came back with a much higher estimate on the cost to build the project. Ultimately, because Bechtel and Washington Group […]

It has been a long time since we heard any news from the Capital One campus on their rezoning plans along Route 123. Yesterday the first update came from Fairfax County staff who recommended approval of the Rezoning, proffered condition amendment, and final development of a proposed office and hotel high rise buildings located within […]