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Plans for an apartment building once slated to open near the McLean Metro station in Tysons in early 2024 are getting revised under a new owner.

Developer Rushmark Properties is seeking tweaks to the design of the residential building — designated as Building D in the Johnson Block of the Scotts Run neighborhood — that would allow fewer but larger units, according to a rezoning application submitted to Fairfax County on Monday (May 11).


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Less than a year after adopting a new master plan for Dulles International Airport, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) is considering an update that would expand the facility’s main terminal, redesign its concourses and eliminate the polarizing mobile lounges.

Shared with airlines earlier in May, the proposed revitalization plan would cost an estimated $22 billion with an ambitious targeted completion date of 2034, according to the Substack-based newsletter Airport Architecture, which says it obtained an exclusive copy of MWAA’s presentation.


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The Herndon Town Council has approved another piece of development expected to transform the Herndon Metro station area north of the Dulles Toll Road.

The council voted unanimously on April 28 to allow the office building at 575 Herndon Parkway that once housed Booz Allen Hamilton to be redeveloped with a seven-story, 525-unit apartment building.


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It took nearly a decade of planning and a few detours along the way, but the McLean Project for the Arts’ (MPA) Berlage Arts & Education Center has made its debut.

“This is now an asset for the future,” MPA Executive Director Lori Carbonneau said during a May 8 interview at the center, located on the ground floor of The Signet condominiums at 6910 Fleetwood Road.


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A Seven Corners apartment building owner has been granted the option to more than double the number of residential units on the site while also adding retail space.

Voting unanimously and without comment, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a site-specific plan amendment (SSPA) on Tuesday (May 5) that lets the Cavalier Club accommodate up to 300 new multifamily units, along with up to 20,000 square feet of ground-floor retail uses.


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Fairfax County is officially evaluating the potential of incorporating a Reston Community Center satellite facility in its anticipated redevelopment of a Lake Anne apartment complex.

The county’s Board of Supervisors voted unanimously yesterday (Tuesday) to have planning staff review a comprehensive plan amendment significantly expanding the amount of non-residential uses allowed on the Crescent Apartments property at 1513 and 1531 Cameron Crescent Drive.


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A plan to transform the Tysons Plaza office campus into a mixed-use complex where people would live and shop in addition to working is starting to solidify.

Developer JBG Smith, which acquired the property at 1410, 1420 and 1430 Spring Hill Road last year, submitted a rezoning application to Fairfax County yesterday (Monday) that proposes replacing the easternmost of the three office buildings with a mid-rise apartment building.


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The Fairfax County Planning Commission has thrown its support behind a proposed expansion of the Lofts at Reston Station with the expectation that the developer will address several outstanding complaints raised by existing residents.

All eight commissioners present for a meeting on Wednesday (April 29) voted to recommend that the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approve a comprehensive plan amendment that would allow residential development on the 5-acre site at 1810, 1825 and 1850 Samuel Morse Drive, which are currently occupied by low-rise office buildings.


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A developer that has been hoping to build on Tysons’ former Best Western Hotel site for more than a decade might have finally identified a way to turn its aspirations into a reality.

Dittmar Company is seeking to revise its plans for Westpark Plaza, a mixed-use development that would occupy an approximately 5.2-acre property at the corner of Westpark Drive and Route 7 (Leesburg Pike), just south of The Boro.


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Just a few years after approving a new comprehensive plan for Reston, Fairfax County officials are taking a closer look at the future of development in a swath of Reston East currently dominated by older office buildings.

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors directed staff on April 14 to expand a planning study that initially looked at individual office properties south of the Dulles Toll Road to instead include an entire subdistrict from Upper Lake Drive to Hunter Mill Road.


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