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The next phase of development at Reston Town Center took a step closer to construction last week.

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved changes last Tuesday (Nov. 18) to the plan for the mixed-use project known as RTC Next, including an increase in office space and a change in location for a planned arts facility.


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A boutique dedicated to the oeuvre of an Iranian American painter, sculptor, and printmaker will host its grand opening in Reston Town Center next month (Nov. 9) from 3 to 5 p.m.

Nasser Ovissi, a former diplomat and cultural attaché under Iran’s former Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, settled in Reston in the 1980s, opening a studio that has since become an artist collective.


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A Reston-based information technology company may lay off nearly 100 people by the end of this year.

Citing “uncertainty around the future of some contracts with federal agencies,” the contractor Peraton issued layoff notices to 92 employees earlier this month, the Washington Business Journal reported last week.


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Eyewear retailer Warby Parker will soon be the latest addition to Reston Town Center.

The brand’s newest store, located at 11936 Market Street, is expected to open later this month on Saturday, Oct. 18, the company recently announced. First-day shoppers will receive a complimentary tote bag while supplies last.


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Dogfish Head Alehouse is coming back to Fairfax County.

The craft brewery has leased a 7,550-square-foot space in Reston Town Center’s expansion for a new restaurant, its first in Virginia since closing locations in Seven Corners and Greenbriar Town Center two years ago.


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A company that helps thousands of companies around the world manage their personnel and finances is planning a move westward along the Silver Line corridor.

Workday will relocate its existing office in Tysons to Reston Town Center, where it has signed a lease for all of the eighth and ninth floors at 1818 Library Street, property owner and developer BXP announced last Thursday (Oct. 2).


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A new Indian restaurant will open its doors in Reston Town Center next week.

Masti, the newest venture from the owners of Indochen, is scheduled to open next Wednesday, Oct. 8, the restaurant announced.


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Fairfax County’s very own film festival is returning this month with a lineup that ranges from “Shrek” to ruminations on women’s rights in Iran and European attitudes toward refugees.

Now in its 14th year, the Washington West Film Festival will kick off this Friday (Oct. 3) at Reston Town Center with a 25th-anniversary screening of “Shrek,” organized in conjunction with the town center’s inaugural Rocktoberfest. More than a dozen other movies will follow from Oct. 9-13.


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A growing D.C.-area sushi chain is settling in at Reston Town Center.

Since opening next to PR Run and Walk at 11909 Democracy Drive on Sept. 19, Kusshi Sushi has been offering 20% discounts on all food items — a promotion that will continue throughout its soft launch.


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An updated vision for the next phase of Reston Town Center’s expansion is starting to solidify.

The Fairfax County Planning Commission voted 11-0 on Sept. 17 to support developer BXP’s requested revisions to its previously approved plan for the second phase of the project known informally as RTC Next.


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