A central park is proposed at the Commerce Metro Center development (via Fairfax County) Nearly a dozen proposals to possibly open up Fairfax County’s comprehensive plan for land use changes to allow development in specific areas of Reston and Herndon are moving forward. The requested changes largely circle around a common theme: aging office buildings
Before constructing two high-rise residential buildings and a hotel in central Tysons several years from now, a developer hopes to put that land to productive interim use.
Tysons Westpark LC is seeking the Fairfax County governmentâs approval to build a 16,500-square foot âpop-upâ park and new-vehicle parking at 8401 Westpark Drive, not far east from Route 7.
The Fairfax County Planning Commission on Dec. 9 unanimously recommended that county supervisors approve the proposals. The matter is scheduled to come before the Board of Supervisors Jan. 26.
Supervisors in April 2013 rezoned the 5.32-acre site for the Westpark Plaza development, and the developer subsequently razed the former Best Western Westpark Hotel there. The property later served as a staging area for construction of a nearby development, The Boro, and now is being used for off-street commercial-vehicle parking.