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Tysons Marriott adds ‘bourbon-inspired’ restaurant with $25M hotel renovation

Published July 18, 2022 at 1:30PM | Updated July 18, 2022 at 4:12PM

The newly renovated Tysons Corner Marriott has a new restaurant and bar called Tysons Rickhouse (courtesy Marriott International)

(Updated at 4:10 p.m.) The Marriott in Tysons has finished a $25 million renovation that included redesigns of all 400 hotel rooms, expanded meeting space and the introduction of a new restaurant, the hospitality company announced this morning (Monday).

Replacing Shutters Bar and Kitchen on the hotel’s ground floor, Tysons Rickhouse is described as a “bourbon-inspired” restaurant that serves American food sourced “from the local Virginia area” as well as over 40 kinds of bourbons and whiskeys, according to a press release.

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Proposed ski resort with gondola in Lorton could take step forward this year

By Fatimah Waseem

Published June 1, 2022 at 3:00PM

A sky terrace is planned at the proposed Fairfax Peak site in Lorton (via Fairfax County)

The climb continues for Fairfax Peak, a long-anticipated project to bring one of the largest indoor ski facilities in the world to Fairfax County.

The county is considering partnering with Alpine-X, a Tysons-based company, to lease land at the county-owned I-95 landfill (9850 Furnace Road) in Lorton for the public-private project.

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Decision on Herndon Residence Inn repurposing deferred to June

By Fatimah Waseem

Published May 27, 2022 at 1:30PM

Residence Inn could shift into a multi-family housing project (Photo via handout/Town of Herndon).

Herndon will have to wait a little longer to see whether the local Residence Inn will be redeveloped into residential units.

At a Herndon Town Council meeting on Tuesday (May 24), the council deferred a decision on the project, which converts the aging facility into a 170-unit project with at least half of the units set aside as workforce housing.

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Residence Inn redevelopment heads to Herndon Town Council for vote

By Fatimah Waseem

Published May 20, 2022 at 3:00PM

Residence Inn could shift into a multi-family housing project (Photo via handout/Town of Herndon).

The proposed redevelopment of an aging Residence Inn in the Town of Herndon is barreling toward a final approval before the Herndon Town Council this month.

The property owner, identified as Elden Street Owner LLC, is repurposing the hotel at 315 Elden Street into a 170-unit project with at least half of the units set aside as workforce housing, according to application materials reviewed before the Herndon Town Council on Tuesday (May 17).

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Hospitality fee proposed to market southern Fairfax County

By David Taube

Published May 20, 2022 at 11:15AM

Visit Fairfax President and CEO Barry Biggar talks outside President Washington's mansion for a tourism event on May 18, 2022 (staff photo by David Taube)

Visit Fairfax is exploring the idea of a tourism improvement district, which could mean an added fee to hotel stays and other amenities.

The tourism organization’s president and CEO, Barry Biggar, said the proposal could go to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors for a vote this September. The fee would go toward marketing the region, in accordance with a General Assembly law passed last year.

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New hotel proposal could finally usher in Springfield Town Center redevelopment

By Fatimah Waseem

Published May 18, 2022 at 12:45PM

A plan for a scaled-back version of a new hotel at the town center is moving forward (Photo via handout/Fairfax County Government).

The first pieces of the massive redevelopment of Springfield Town Center have finally come forward, more than 12 years after Fairfax County initially approved a mass of new development for the property.

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust has filed a plan for a five-story hotel along Loisdale Road, according to an application submitted to the county on May 11.

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Fairfax County board chair to rappel down Arlington hotel for charity

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 5, 2022 at 1:30PM | Updated May 5, 2022 at 2:10PM

Dozens of people will rappel down the Hilton in Crystal City for charity (staff photo by Jay Westcott)

Later this afternoon (Thursday), Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeff McKay will descend by rope down a 14-story hotel in Arlington County.

McKay is among over 70 volunteers and VIPs participating in a charity rappeling event at the Hilton (2399 Richmond Highway) in Crystal City to raise money for New Hope Housing, a Northern Virginia nonprofit that provides assistance for people experiencing homelessness.

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Motel could switch to supportive housing for homeless in Fairfax City

By Fatimah Waseem

Published May 2, 2022 at 3:00PM

The mote could become an affordable housing development (Image via handout/City of Fairfax)

Hy-way Motel — an aging 12-unit motel just off of Fairfax Circle — is slated for redevelopment.

The Lamb Center, a daytime drop-in homeless shelter, and Wesley Housing, a Springfield-based affordable housing developer, have filed plans to redevelop the motel at 9640 Fairfax Boulevard into a five-story building with 55 residential units for low-income individuals, along with ground-floor office and retail uses.

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Two Tysons-based companies ranked among top 10 places to work in U.S.

By Angela Woolsey

Published April 19, 2022 at 10:30AM

Approaching Capital One's headquarters in Tysons (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

At many businesses, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed worker frustrations and fueled labor conflicts, but that apparently isn’t the case at two of Tysons’ most prominent employers.

The hospitality giant Hilton and financial corporation Capital One both made the top 10 of Fortune’s 2022 list of the “100 Best Companies to Work for” in the U.S., released on April 11.

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Hotels in Fairfax County hold steady — but some imagine a different future

By Fatimah Waseem

Published April 7, 2022 at 3:45PM

Residence Inn could shift into a multi-family housing project (Photo via handout/Town of Herndon).

With two proposals to transform hotels into housing, local officials are exploring more creative ways to reach affordable housing goals.

In Herndon, a Residence Inn is slated to convert into a 17-unit affordable housing project spread across 11 buildings. Owners say the buildings are too difficult to maintain and industry demands haven’t kept with hotel brand standards.