A District-based developer is vying to broaden a Tysons Corner project to bring scores of new dwellings to Fairfax County’s biggest commercial hub.
Quadrangle Development Corp. has filed a rezoning for 18 acres of commercial land to create a mixed use development with about 750 residential units, said Elizabeth Baker, a land-use planner with the law firm representing the developer.
The 1.9-million-square-foot project off Route 7, called “Towers Crescent,” was originally envisioned as entirely office space, and still includes a substantial commercial component.
The land is already home to one of Tysons’ tallest office buildings. If successful, Quadrangle would add a new office building and three residential towers, with either condominium or rental uses, or a mixture of both, according to Baker. She said some ground-level retail space is also included in the plan.
“We do think Tysons needs to have more residential if it’s going to work as an urban center,” she said.
Towers Crescent could be part of a larger reshaping of Tysons Corner expected in the coming years with the addition of rail to the urban community, which some expect to thin out a traffic nightmare.
The county’s comprehensive plan, a document that guides local land-use policy, calls for expanded high-density residential developments with mixed-use projects at Tysons Corner.
