From suburban office parks to a 24-hour city: Inside the massive development boom reshaping one of America’s wealthiest communities The cranes dotting Tysons Corner’s skyline tell a story of dramatic transformation. What was once synonymous with sprawling office parks and traffic-choked highways is becoming something entirely different: a dense, transit-oriented urban center designed to house 100,000 residents and 200,000 employees …
🌆 Project Overview: The Piazza at Tysons What it is: A proposed major mixed-use redevelopment immediately west of the Spring Hill Metro Silver Line station — essentially transforming the old Tysons 3 shopping center (currently a low-rise retail strip and some surface parking/existing gas station at 8520 Leesburg Pike) into a vertical, urban neighborhood. Location: Bounded by Leesburg Pike (Route 7), Spring Hill Road, Broad Street, and West Street in …
Tysons Community Alliance has selected Katie Cristol to lead the organization as its first permanent Chief Executive Officer. Cristol will start with TCA on July 5, 2023, taking the reins from Acting CEO Richard Bradley who has been in the post since November 2021 leading efforts in the establishment and launch of the new community improvement district. Cristol announced in …
Any doubts that the Silver Line has begotten many changes? Just take a ride on those trains now running through Tysons, Reston, Herndon, Dulles Airport and eastern Loudoun County. Gone are the dreadful service roads that used to line Route 7 and the mid-century low rise office parks, with acre after acre of paved parking lots. Now these areas, including …
New nonstop route launches on airport’s 60th anniversary The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority celebrated the launch of United Airlines’ new nonstop service between Washington, D.C., and Cape Town International Airport in Cape Town, South Africa (CPT), from its hub at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) on Thursday. The new flights will operate three times per week on a Boeing 787-9 …
Metro’s Silver Line Extension to Washington Dulles International Airport and Loudoun County On Tuesday, November 15, 2022, at 10:30 a.m., Metro celebrated the opening of the Silver Line Extension with a ribbon cutting ceremony at Washington Dulles International Airport Station with U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, federal, state, and local officials, Metro General Manager and CEO Randy Clarke, Metro Board …
Airport Authority, WMATA focusing on final testing and safety as Phase 2 moves closer to opening As the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Silver Line team works with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), the future operator of Silver Line Phase 2, to prepare for passenger service between the Wiehle-Reston Metrorail Station and eastern Loudoun County, news of ongoing positive economic …
Courtesy of Clark Construction As the opening of Phase 2 of the Silver Line approaches, commuters, business owners, developers and politicians continue to press for a timeline regarding passenger service. As Fairfax County supervisors Walter Alcorn (Hunter Mill) and John Foust (Dranesville) have recently learned, just about everybody who lives or works along the Dulles Corridor or in the Tysons …
What used to be tallest building in Tysons, the former Sheraton Hotel, was once a mecca for business luncheons, corporate meetings and political celebrations. In spite of its convenient location along Leesburg Pike, the owners closed its doors in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The contents were auctioned off and residents wondered what would happen to the familiar landmark …
