Posts by Nikolai Fedak — Guest Contributor
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Capital One’s Tysons redevelopment needs more housing
Capital One Bank plans to expand its Tysons Corner campus from two to 14 buildings within the next two decades. Bringing taller buildings with more residential apartments into the mix would make the new center a positive contributor to Tyson’s transformation into a walkable urban center. Mitre and LCOR’s Tysons development plans, which I covered previously,… Keep reading…
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Two plans for Tysons Corner diverge on walkability
Several developers have submitted proposals to make parts of Tysons Corner more urban. Among the proposals for the Tysons East (or “Tysons-McLean” station, two stand out on either end of the walkable spectrum: an excellent project by LCOR and a terrible one by Mitre. While not the most ambitious in scale, the proposal by developer LCOR for “The Commons of… Keep reading…
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Many Tysons developers aren’t learning
Transforming Tysons Corner into a pedestrian-friendly urban environment is one of the region’s most important goals, but some of the latest proposed development projects completely fail in urban design. A multitude of development projects have already been proposed around the upcoming stations on the Silver Line to Tysons Corner, scheduled to open in 2013. Some developers’… Keep reading…