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[urbanvb]

Wow, those are some amazing projects for the Nova area. Really nice indeed.

[TheFutureIsNow]

new construction on arlington natl. cemetary

1800 wilson blvd
http://www.1800wilson.com/
4401 wilson blvd
http://www.4401wilsonblvd.com/

The Atherton at Quincy Crossing
http://www.clarkcons...ame=Residential

The Royalton Condominiums at 1700 Duke Street
http://www.clarkcons...ame=Residential

NoVa is starting to look like LA with construction on interchanges already confusing and congested enough
http://www.28freeway.com/
http://www.springfieldinterchange.com/

[wrldcoupe4]

sprawl like LA too.....

[rusthebuss]

Those renderings don't show sprawl and you have to remember it  is a suburb of DC.

[wrldcoupe4]

those interchanges do!

[TheFutureIsNow]

Since this is an urban forum, i only posted developments in areas i consider to be urban or becoming increasingly urban. If you want to see sprawl, go to a real estate site and search for loudon county, the fastest growing county in the country, and you'll see what i'm talking about.

It's sad loudon had really nice countryside before all the development

[urbanvb]

It is truly amazing how far sprawl is reaching out up in Nova. With so many people moving there it is bound to only worsen.

[wrldcoupe4]

yeaaaa I wasn't calling what you had posted sprawl. But that springfield interchange is so massive in large part to the sprawl problems up there. Whatever happened with Western Loudoun County? Wasn't a line in the sand supposed to be drawn for development? If I had to commute to D.C. every day from Loudoun .... I dunno what I would do! And those fools that commute from Fredericksburg! Crazy stuff.

[Jonnyipps]

Here is a link to development projects in Arlington County

arlington

[vdogg]

Jonnyipps, on Sep 4 2005, 06:27 PM, said:

Here is a link to development projects in Arlington County

arlington

From the site:

# Central Place – JBG Companies have amended an earlier site plan application with a new proposal for two buildings, an office building and a residential building with significant ground level retail. The residential building would contain 466,174 square feet and the office building would contain 367,620 square feet. Both buildings would be 10.0 FAR with a height of 450 feet. (North Lynn, North Moore and 19th Streets and Wilson Boulevard)
# 1815 N. Moore Street (CACI BuildingWest) – field Realty has filed a site plan for a 491-foot tall office building to be constructed on the north side of N. Moore Street. The project includes the Virginia Power substation site. The building would contain 602,130 square feet of office space and 8,660 square feet of retail. Parking would be provided at 1 space per 1,000 square feet with much of the parking being accommodated in the first 7 levels of building. The office building would site on top of the parking podium. (N. Moore Street, N. Fort Meyer Drive and N. 19th Street)


^^^ It looks like Rosslyn is coming out strong guys. This is the first time I've heard of the twin 450ft residential towers. How up to date is the info on the 491ft Rosslyn tower (the Westin still has em by 10ft   ).
Also, anyone have any firm construction time tables on the 3 of these as well as renderings for the twins. I may have to start a couple of construction threads for these suckers. Note to HR: Time to step it up a notch.  

[wrldcoupe4]

note to Richmond...... for the love of god step it up! You're gonna get knocked out of the top 5 tallest if we don't build up!

[vdogg]

Here is a link to an article describing all towncenter plans in Northern Virginia. Nova towncenters

[urbanvb]

vdogg, on Oct 9 2005, 07:19 PM, said:

Here is a link to an article describing all towncenter plans in Northern Virginia. Nova towncenters

Towncenters are all the rage these days. Did you catch that, 3-23 storey towers in Springfield? That is amazing! Not surprising though since that city on the cusp of the Nova area.

[urbanvb]

This is sorta off topic since it is not about construction but I read in the newspaper today that Fairfax county is the wealthiest in the nation based on income of its residents.

[vdogg]

guynvb, on Oct 10 2005, 04:39 PM, said:

This is sorta off topic since it is not about construction but I read in the newspaper today that Fairfax county is the wealthiest in the nation based on income of its residents.

I can see that. If you've ever been to fairfax there is not much that's not upscale in some sense. Still, you'd think that counties that contain places like Beverly Hills would place higher than fairfax.

[wrldcoupe4]

Trust me I see the wealth every day.... coming from Richmond (or HR for that matter) it'll make the average joe nauseous.

[Unifour]

Well the reason a county like Fairfax is wealthier is because most of the population is over the national median income level. As for Beverly Hills, it is only a very small part of Los Angeles county, and even though that tiny neighborhood is very wealthy, most of Los Angeles county is poor. LA county is 44% hispanic, and most of the rest is black, and thier all poor. Remember, LA is not a rich city, and LA county contains Watts ghetto, Compton, and all those poor areas that pulls the county down overall.

[odumonarch]

wrldcoupe4, on Aug 17 2005, 11:39 PM, said:

yeaaaa I wasn't calling what you had posted sprawl. But that springfield interchange is so massive in large part to the sprawl problems up there. Whatever happened with Western Loudoun County? Wasn't a line in the sand supposed to be drawn for development? If I had to commute to D.C. every day from Loudoun .... I dunno what I would do! And those fools that commute from Fredericksburg! Crazy stuff.

The Board of Supervisors in Loudoun County are going to keep western Loudoun as rural as possible.  I know the county has grown multifold from 1990 on because of all of the improvements in transportation and the Dulles Airport.  A lot of people that live in eastern Loudoun work at Dulles Airport, or the businesses near it.  I know of one person who works near the Dulles Airport and says the traffic in Loudoun County is getting worse.

Oh, btw, what about the Diamond Lake proposal?  Back then when MLB was trying to move the old Expos, people envisioned building Diamond Lake with a ballpark right smack in the middle of it.  One problem was Fairfax County would not sell the land.  I guess people are trying to bring it back, due to growth.

And on the other hand, the state and NoVa had transportation plans in place for 40+ years, when Washington DC and the surrounding area was booming in population.  Now the plans are outdated given the sheer amount of growth.  Prince William County and Stafford County (the one south of it) are experiencing growing pains - building stuff w/o planning ahead for more growth.

[urbanvb]

Loudon County will continue to grow at rapid pace unless they severely limit development because the Nova area is growing and sprawling. I doubt the sprawl will slow down anytime soon which is unfortunate.

[wrldcoupe4]

the land use vs population is saaaaaad