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[joshuadavis]

J0e, on Sep 9 2008, 08:15 PM, said:

I was just curious to see if anyone has any particulars about the Mosaic District lifestyle center being built in Merrifield by Edens & Avants?

Do you mean above and beyond what's on their website?

[J0e]

joshuadavis, on Sep 13 2008, 12:08 PM, said:

Do you mean above and beyond what's on their website?

Yes.

[TheFutureIsNow]

Hey! Sorry I haven't been on in awhile, i've been moving into my dorm at Cal Poly in california! ^About the Mosaic development, I went to a couple of restaurants in the first phase of the plan, which im not sure is a part of the development, or an entirely different project, and got mixed reactions. While im really glad that section of merrifield is being redeveloped from a complete mess of townhomes, industrial parks, retail strips, parking lots, and hotels, some particular aspects of the development weren't very well executed. For example, there are obvious cracks in between some of the bricks, paint splattered concrete barriers that block pedestrians from just parking their cars and walking onto the sidewalk, cheap windows, basically no details or differentiation in the facade, and an overall hulking and overbearing impression. It looks like from the renderings on the website that the next phases of the project were more well thought through.

[TheFutureIsNow]

wow, this thread is really dead... i know the recession is affecting d.c., but i'm sure there are still some new projects, like the redevelopment of the car dealership in tysons...

These blogs are pretty good for checking up on development in the area:

http://dcmud.blogspot.com/

http://dcmetrocentric.com/

This has an entire directory of new condo projects in DC and the surrounding area:

http://www.dclofts.c...odirectory.html

Urban Trekker's alrite too

http://metrodchomes.typepad.com/

[tombarnes]

Thanks for the links.  There really is a surprising amount of activity for an otherwise dead market here.

[calwinston]

The Georgelas Group is building a inviting entertainment district including shops, restaurants, theaters, hotels,office space and apartments at the new Tysons West Metro Stop (coming 2013). Construction is expected to start in mid 2011.

Washington Post Article
http://www.washingto...0011404525.html

Development Website
http://www.tysonsdemo.com/

Times Article on Tysons Corner New Urbanism plan
http://www.time.com/...1904187,00.html

Edited by calwinston, 21 May 2010 - 11:41 AM.

[calwinston]

The glut of office space in Fairfax County is being filled up! This is the best they have seen it in 3 years!

http://www.virginiab...e-space/220223/

[calwinston]

"Neighbors of East Falls Church Metro stunned by development idea"


http://www.washingto...0061304058.html

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Some Arlington County residents who live near the East Falls Church Metro station say a proposed plan for guiding future development in the area will destroy their bucolic neighborhood.The proposed East Falls Church Area plan offers guidance for the potential redevelopment of about 10 sites in the community, including the East Falls Churchpark-and-ride lot, in preparation for the arrival of the Silver Line to Dulles International Airport.

The plan recommends replacing the more than 400 parking spaces at the park-and-ride with a six- to nine-story building, a central plaza, retail operations and about 100 short-term parking spaces for shoppers, among other ideas.

Sorry but when you only live 8 miles from DC with a subway station in your backyard shouldn't you expect development to happen!

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"Those of us who bought in this part of the county did so because it wasn't urbanized. We wanted to have single-family homes," said Nancy Weinberg, a 32-year resident, who said her family made concessions when townhouse developments came to the community. "A nine-story high-rise? I don't think so."

If you expect nothing to happen for 30 years then something is seriously wrong and you need to move to the Shenandoah Valley and purchase 50 acres of farmland!

When you are surrounded by an urban environment sooner or later that bubble of surburbia will be penetrated. It is expected!
Also you have two options one expand the exurbs to oblivion which the DC suburbs already stretch out 50 miles or two incorporate smart growth and have in fill development.

Edited by calwinston, 16 June 2010 - 10:55 AM.

[calwinston]

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Alexandria officials are reshaping the north end of Potomac Yard as a multi-billion-dollar development with 7.5 million square feet of residential, retail and commercial space.

This is great news for the Alexandria waterfront connecting Old Towne with Crystal City in Arlington! What I dont understand is the cost of 170-200 million for a extra metro stop on already existing tracks!
This was the same place that Redskin Stadium was going to be built but it was rejected by residents!
City of Alexandria Planning Comission
http://alexandriava.gov/PotomacYard
http://gis.alexandri...%Potomac Yard%"
Washington Post June 12,2010
http://www.washingto...0061404788.html
Washington Post June 16,2010
http://www.washingto...ST2010061404950
Developers website and rendering
http://www.mccaffery...m/potomac-yards

Edited by calwinston, 16 June 2010 - 10:45 AM.

[calwinston]

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors have approved the higher density master plan for Tysons Corner!
Tysons Corner is the 12th largest and largest suburban business district in the United States with 50 million sq ft of office space and 115,000 employees and 20,000 residents! Plan to increase to 200,000 employees and 100,000 residents.
Here are some renderings of the plan


Metro Stations
http://www.fairfaxco...on/dullesmetro/
Washington Post
http://www.washingto...0062305546.html
http://www.washingto...ST2010062200169
Master Plan
http://www.fairfaxco...n_bos_june8.pdf

Edited by calwinston, 24 June 2010 - 02:39 PM.

[calwinston]

calwinston, on 24 June 2010 - 02:22 PM, said:

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors have approved the higher density master plan for Tysons Corner!
Tysons Corner is the 12th largest and largest suburban business district in the United States with 50 million sq ft of office space and 115,000 employees and 20,000 residents! Plan to increase to 200,000 employees and 100,000 residents.
Here are some renderings of the plan


Metro Stations
http://www.fairfaxco...on/dullesmetro/
Washington Post
http://www.washingto...0062305546.html
http://www.washingto...ST2010062200169
Master Plan
http://www.fairfaxco...n_bos_june8.pdf

3/4's aerial view of Tysons Corner 2008

2000

Edited by calwinston, 24 June 2010 - 06:08 PM.

[calwinston]

Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church building 11 story patient tower.

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Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church announced today that work will begin this summer on a new 11-story, patient tower. It will house 174 private intensive care and medical/surgical patient rooms. Officials said the additional 216,000 square feet will help the hospital meet future inpatient and outpatient needs and will allow for more flexibility if there is a surge in patients during a disaster or pandemic event.The project’s estimated cost is about $161 million. The South Patient Tower, which will stand at the entrance of the existing main hospital,  is expected to be complete by the fall of 2012.“With increased demand for healthcare services in this area, it is critical for a hospital like Inova Fairfax, which serves as the hub of a community healthcare system, to expand to meet the future needs of our community,” L. Reuven Pasternak, CEO of Inova Fairfax Hospital, said in a statement.

http://www.virginiab...t-tower/238552/

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Inova Fairfax Hospital, already Greater Washington’s biggest hospital by revenue, will in July begin building a new patient tower, the first phase of five-year, $621 million construction project, and is also close to securing regulatory changes laying groundwork for a long-term expansion plan beyond that.

Read more: Inova Fairfax Hospital charts $621M long-term expansion plan - Washington Business Journal

http://www.bizjourna...ial_real_estate

[calwinston]

Edens & Avant has started construction on a 1.9 million sq ft development in Merrifield Virginia called the Mosaic District. The development is located at I-66 & 1-495(Capital Beltway)

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pedestrian-friendly town center that includes a new cinema, grocery store, townhouses and office space

Mosaic District
http://www.mosaicdis...t.com/index.htm
Edens&Avant
http://edensandavant...il.asp?cid=1003

Edited by calwinston, 28 June 2010 - 03:57 PM.

[calwinston]

Arlington Rap

[calwinston]

Tysons Corner (the 12th largest employment center in the United States).  Has a problem with letting the developers come up with their own tax code.

"

Private-sector executives are sometimes known to grumble about government tax policies that amount to a bureaucratic maze. Why can’t the government just create a straightforward system, they wonder? And why does every decision take so darn long?

In Tysons Corner, the roles have been reversed, as the area’s major landowners have struggled for months to agree on how to raise $506 million for more than a dozen major road upgrades as the government waited."

http://www.washingto...yX6T_story.html

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/tysons/

http://www.washingto...tK_gallery.html

Edited by calwinston, 09 May 2012 - 10:15 AM.

[calwinston]

Update on the Silver line running from Falls Church-Tysons Corner-Dulles International Airport-Route 772

"Va. transportation chief Sean Connaughton lays out position on Silver Line"

The first part of the 23-mile Silver Line, which will run through Tysons Corner to Wiehle Avenue, is under construction and is expected to be completed in August 2013. Construction of

the second part

of the project is expected to start next spring and will run from Reston to Dulles Airport and Loudoun County.

But already there have been delays in starting the process to get bids on the second part of the project.

The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), which is overseeing construction of the $6 billion Silver Line, appears unwilling to change an incentive that it put into a labor agreement for the second phase.

That has stalled Virginia from giving its share of money for the construction because of a bill that passed the General Assembly preventing Virginia from giving money for the Silver Line if there were labor incentives in place. Some officials believe the MWAA’s labor agreement violates the state’s right-to-work policy.

The MWAA board is expected to discuss the issue at its Wednesday meeting.

There are also concerns among Loudoun supervisors over the labor agreement and the project’s cost. Officials in Loudoun have until July 4 to decide whether they are in or out on helping to pay for the project.

“We’ve always said we’re going to give $150 million,” Connaughton said Wednesday, just before the breakfast started. “The issue is, we can’t give them that money or provide any other money if there is a labor agreement or preference given in the procurement.”

He said the $150 million is not due to the project until 2013.

“Virginia is committed to this project,” he said. “We are going to provide these funds as long as it doesn’t violate any of our laws.”

The Silver Line is being paid for with funds from the federal and state governments, Fairfax and Loudoun counties and revenue from the Dulles Toll Road.

“Virginia is a right-to-work state,” Connaughton said. “This is not a federal project. This is a state project with state funds and taxpayer and toll payer funds. Therefore, we want our laws to be respected.”

At the Wednesday event, Stephen Fuller, an economist at George Mason University, said Loudoun County would lose $72.2 billion in economic benefit if the Silver Line doesn’t run to Loudoun.

With the rail service, Fuller said that 40,000 professional and business service jobs would come to Loudoun. Without it, the area would remain more of a bedroom community, he said.

http://www.washingto...u2CU_story.html

http://www.dullesmetro.com/

Edited by calwinston, 10 May 2012 - 08:14 AM.

[calwinston]

The DC Regions tallest skscraper will be finished early 2013.

http://www.flickr.co.../in/photostream

http://www.arlnow.co...lyn-skyscraper/

http://www.1812northmoore.com/