This is not exactly baseless speculation. There is some evidence that suggests that Volkswagen has plans to become a key tenant of an office building under construction at the upcoming Halley Rise development in Reston. Brookfield Properties and HR Retail recently released a detailed retail brochure for the property. It’s a nice piece of work, …
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Bechtel—the country’s largest construction company—calls this pair of buildings home, situated at the corner of Reston Parkway and the Dulles Toll Road. One and Two Reston Overlook were built over 20 years ago. Bechtel moved there in 2012, and just recently established Reston as its worldwide headquarters.
Completed in 2005 by local developer Renaissance Centro, this 12-story condo building stands across Reston Parkway from Reston Town Center, along with two other residential high-rise communities further north. The developer has plans to build another residential tower at the corner of Old Reston Avenue and Temporary road, on the current site of a small …
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The Signature luxury apartments opened in 2018 on the last undeveloped lot in Reston Town Center. The two towers are among the tallest in Reston’s urban core, and the first floor of the building is home to gourmet grocer Balducci’s.
Construction is practically complete on the Herndon Metro station of the Silver Line, which is positioned to be primarily a commuter station when it opens sometime next year. A couple of large parking structures surround it on the south side, while the north side connects with medium- to low-density office parks and residential. Higher density …
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Despite numerous delays to the opening of the Silver Line expansion, builders continue to bet on Reston. In January, we examined the work going on south of the Silver Line. Fairfax County has approved new developments across the board from Wiehle Avenue to Monroe Street, at density levels never imagined at the turn of the …
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Fannie Mae plans to consolidate their Northern Virginia offices into the currently under-construction Reston Gateway towers near the town center, but until then, the company holds a lease at their private campus on American Dream Way. Here, the building can be seen from the nearby Plaza America. Fannie Mae sold the building back in 2018. …
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Just to the south of the completed BLVD Reston Station, Comstock has topped out the next office building coming to the Wiehle–Reston East metro plaza. Although the building stands well over ten stories tall, only the topmost floors will house office space. The majority of the structure is dedicated to parking and the ground-floor retail, …
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Located off Monroe Street just south of the bridge over Highway 267 in Herndon, this five-story apartment building is the first significant construction in the forthcoming Woodland Park neighborhood. NVHomes has completed a handful of townhomes and townhome-style condos already. Future plans include two office towers on the block to the left, and another apartment …
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With the planned opening of the second phase of the Silver Line this fall, construction continues on several Metro-accessible sites. In fact, all of the major new construction in Reston is less than a mile from Metro. The completion of the first phase of the silver opened the doors to the possibility of dense urban …
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17FIFTY at Reston Town Center now has a sign for its full-building tenant. In early 2018, Leidos Holdings signed a lease with Boston Properties to occupy the 276K sq ft office building. The 17-story building is anticipated to open in 2020.
The approved submission calls for two office high-rises, each 22 stories tall, in the Crystal City neighborhood. Last weekend, the Arlington County Board met to consider Amazon’s proposal, among others. The vote for the HQ2 plan was unanimous in the affirmative. Located between the Pentagon City and Crystal City Metro stations, the two office towers, …
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