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Comstock Companies is adding another office campus to its extensive collection of properties in the Silver Line corridor.

The developer, which both built and is based in Reston Station, announced last Friday (April 10) that it has acquired Woodland Pointe, a 6.77-acre office complex in the McNair area of Herndon just south of the Dulles Toll Road.


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An award-winning restaurant from Vienna is getting closer to opening its second location in Reston.

Clarity aims to open next month at the Reston Town Center. The RAMMY-studded, upscale American restaurant is “progressing rapidly and [is] looking to tentatively open on May 1,” joining its initial location that opened in 2015 at 442 Maple Avenue, a spokesperson told FFXnow.


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Hilton is still among the best companies to work for in the U.S., but it’s no longer number one, according to Fortune.

After holding the top spot in 2024 and 2025, the hospitality giant, which has been headquartered in Tysons since 2009, slipped to no. 2 behind Synchrony — a financial services company located in Stamford, Connecticut — in Fortune’s annual ranking of the country’s 100 Best Companies to Work for.


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As Fairfax County continues to plan for the future of Lake Anne, a newly conceived award will honor individuals who have helped turn Reston’s oldest village center into the community it is today.

Radhika Murari, owner of Lake Anne Plaza’s OmBaked CBD Boutique (11414 Washington Plaza West), is currently seeking nominations for the inaugural Lake Anne Good Neighbor Award.


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Vienna is slated to welcome a new, family-owned destination for Yemeni cuisine over the next few months.

Sheeba Restaurant, a franchise offering both Yemeni and Mediterranean cuisine, is currently preparing to open at 111 Church Street NW, where it’ll offer a variety of specialties, including sandwiches, salads, shawarma platters, all-day shak-shookah and spreads like hummus and baba ghanouj.


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By Tram On and James Jarvis

Inside a small storefront in Vienna, neatly labeled dispenser bins line the walls. Wooden shelves are laden with bulk containers of everything from hand soap to vinegar, reusable bags to pasta.


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An independent bookstore in Vienna will relocate within the next year after its owner purchased a building nearby.

After 10 years of leasing its current storefront at 110 Church Street NW, it was time to find a permanent home for Bards Alley Bookshop, owner Jennifer Morrow announced today (Wednesday).


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The U.S. Treasury Department has canceled $21 million in contracts with Tysons-based consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton, claiming that the firm failed to protect sensitive taxpayer data.

All of the firm’s 31 contracts with the Treasury were cut in an attempt to increase “Americans’ trust in government,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said today (Monday) in a press release.


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A Compass Coffee location in West Falls Church is one of 10 coffeehouses that could close after the D.C.-based chain filed for bankruptcy this week, according to court documents.

The store located in the Shops at West Falls Church (7393 Route 29) is one of two Virginia cafes that “are unprofitable and provide no benefit,” the coffee chain — seeking to reject the cafe’s lease — alleged in federal court.


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For many small businesses, the holiday shopping season is the most critical time of the year, determining their ability to continue operating, and Mode on Main by Mara is no exception.

The lifestyle boutique in Old Town Fairfax shared on Instagram this week that had processed 611 orders at that point since Nov. 1, leaving it shy of the 1,000 orders it says are needed to ensure it can keep its doors open at 10417 Main Street in 2026.


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