Documenting Northern Virginia's Urban Transformation
The Denizen apartments in Alexandria opened in late 2019. The property was previously occupied by an industrial complex adjacent to Alexandria’s Metro Rail Yard. Construction began in 2017 on the 21-story building, along with the neighboring Eisenhower Square townhomes from Toll Brothers, which recently sold out. Denizen is the tallest building in the vicinity and …
7901 Westpark Drive in Tysons, formerly the home of the Association for Manufacturing Technology, is planned to someday be developed with a new, glass-clad, 10-story office building named “City View Tysons.” Currently though, the site sits empty following the excavation for the building foundation. The owner made the decision to market the property after a …
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Not every construction project goes as planned. Renaissance Centro, a local real estate developer, has provided an example of this with the Monarch Tysons property. Conceived as a 20-story condo tower near Tysons Galleria, this development broke ground in April 2019 with a planned completion in late 2020. Late 2020 is here, and as can …
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The self-described “life plan community” will consist of two apartment towers connected by a five-story shared podium that will feature ground-floor retail and building amenities. Site work commenced in spring 2020 with the removal of the existing lowrise office building. The Mather is one of several upcoming developments that make up the “Arbor Row” neighborhood …
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The collection of various construction projects near the Wiehle–Reston East Metro station now includes 115 future townhomes being built by local developer EYA. Earlier this year it was reported that an office trailer was set up near Wiehle Avenue, and EYA is using it as a sales center for the neighborhood, which is scheduled to …
Read More “Construction begins on EYA’s The Townhomes at Reston Station”