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Category: Development

Jun 19, 2012 
 

Arbor Row Begins Demolition

This morning the much awaited Cityline project Arbor Row began demolishing the 2 story bank building that constitutes their southeastern property line. We don’t believe that the project has attained full approval but it is a good sign that they are preparing for construction once they attain it by preparing the site now. The project […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Jun 18, 2012 
 

Around the Corner

Progress is being made with the Planning Commissions agreement on the percentage of funds needed from private land owners for Transportation costs in Tysons, and now news of consensus from the developers as to their split between existing and new projects (WashingtonPost/Capital Business) Who owns the right to give you water? Local jurisdictions have been […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Jun 14, 2012 
 

If Loudoun Is Out Then What Stays In?

One Loudoun might never become the center of Loudoun County without the metro
Phase 2 of the Silver Line will help connect towns along the Dulles corridor, a region of Northern Virginia which has grown into a high-tech and economic powerhouse. But some Loudoun residents would like the line to stop at Dulles Airport and take Loudoun’s financial contribution out of the equation. Losing Loudoun would be a […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
One Loudoun might never become the center of Loudoun County without the metro
Jun 12, 2012 
 

Better Solutions Needed For Seven Corners

Seven Corners was one of the earliest success stories of Fairfax development in the 1950s and its very existence is owed to the construction of Route 50 through the central County which spurred new commercial development. The rise of Bailey’s Crossroads showed a promise of a true urban center to the growing county, but in […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Jun 11, 2012 
 

Around the Corner

Fairfax County, and more specifically the Bailey’s crossroads and Seven Corners revitalization commission held their Seven Corner planning workshop a couple of weeks back. See what was discussed in preparation of another meeting this month (FFXPresentation) Officials discuss the future of Tysons at the Chamber of Commerce on Friday, if only they would tell us why […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Jun 10, 2012 
 

Concepts For a Shared Rail/Road Bridge

In our previous article we discussed the benefit of combining a vehicular and rail crossing located near the CIA facility. The bridge should provide a compact design that would reduce the impact to the natural environment of the Potomac. It would be the most environmentally sensitive to have no mid-river piers, therefore a cable stayed […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Jun 08, 2012 
 

Sustainable and Economical River Crossings

The urge for a new Potomac crossing hasn’t been this great in a long time. The fervor has reached a high enough boiling point that even the Outer Beltway monster, once vanquished in the 1990s, is back to haunt us again. Instead of a truck corridor, it is now being promoted as a development corridor […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
 
 

Around the Corner

We received some good feedback about our Around the Corner section so we will continue to provide this. Tell us if you like this feature by commenting here and help us spread the word on twitter or facebook. Please feel free to comment on your thoughts on any of these stories here. Redevelopment in Tysons […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Jun 07, 2012 
 

Correction To The Outer Beltway Story

Last week we carried an Outer Beltway story using a cost estimate of 5 billion dollars. This is a number that was sourced for a bridge crossing and creating a complete outer beltway  in the form of an ICC from Loudoun through Prince William County. Since that time we have done more investigating on the […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
 
 

Around The Corner

In our pursuit to always get the latest information out to our readers we have scanned the interwebs to find all the stories that might interest you (Tell us if you like this feature by commenting here and help us spread the word) Sharon Bulova and Pat Herrity are having a fun ideology fight over […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar