In Tysons, where it seems that every square inch is being turned up in an effort to redevelop, reconfigure, and reconnect the city into the surrounding communities it becomes difficult to track everything that is coming down the construction pipeline. This past week I noticed a plan in the works I had never even heard of before, Greensboro Park Place, is about to attain rezoning approval in the heart of Tysons one block from the Tysons Central metro station.
One reason the project has stayed under the radar may be that it is the first rezoning not proposing several high rise towers. In fact Greensboro Park Place already has two of its eventual four highrise towers built. They are the existing 11 and 14 story offices at the corner of Greensboro Drive and International Drive. It appears the new concept would be to build four new stories to the top of those existing offices, presumably to free up some ground floor space for retail and restaurant uses.
The two new towers will be a 20 story and a 24 story mixed use residential development. In order to meet the intent of the comprehensive plan the current parking lot on the property will be revised to act more as two urban blocks. A new pocket park will allow for pedestrian movement on the property and also between the far larger SAIC (now Meridian) redevelopment and Tysons Gallery/International Drive.
We’ll follow progress on this project as well as trying to determine whether the residential units will be for purchase or rentals. The project will provide a front face along International Drive for a neighborhood that will look completely different over the next few years.