Tifa Chocolate & Gelato Is Coming to Herndon: Here’s What We Found

A family-run chocolate and gelato shop with a devoted following out West is headed to Herndon, and the paper trail confirms it. On August 13,…

Central Asian Restaurant House of Samarkand Is Coming to Downtown Herndon

Downtown Herndon is getting a Central Asian restaurant. House of Samarkand is planning to open at 790 Station Street, in the ground floor space that…

Universal Basic Housing in Reston: What Walter Alcorn Proposed and What It Would Take

Hunter Mill District Supervisor Walter Alcorn opened his August 12 newsletter with an idea he calls Universal Basic Housing, and he asked readers to email…

Halley Rise Files New Plans for Reston: Office Moves South, Housing Moves Closer to Metro

Block D seen from Fulton Place. Renderings by Morris Adjmi Architects, filed with Fairfax County on July 31, 2026.On July 31, Halley Rise Holdings filed…

A Brewery, a Possible Tunnel, and 540 Homes: The Commerce Metro Center Plan Explained

Step off the Silver Line at Wiehle-Reston East and you have a choice. Walk north and you land in Reston Station, with its plaza, its…

Reston Town Center North: What the County and Inova Want to Build on Reston’s Civic Core

Fairfax County has been planning something at the corner of Baron Cameron Avenue and Town Center Parkway since 1976, when the Board of Supervisors rezoned…

The Fastest-Selling Home in Reston Costs More Than a Million Dollars

In July, 14 detached homes over $1 million sold in Reston and 14 were left. Condos in the $300,000s had three and a half months…

Maker’s Point: 234 to 557 New Homes Proposed for an Aging Reston Office Park on Sunrise Valley Drive

BE Makers LLC wants to take down a 12-acre office park on Sunrise Valley Drive and build a neighborhood in its place.The application, called Maker's…

MOTW Coffee Looks Like It Is Coming to Reston: What We Know So Far

There is a small but reliable signal that a new coffee and pastry shop is heading to south Reston, and it is the kind of…

Reston’s Office Parks Are Becoming Homes: What the Lofts II Vote Means for Buyers and Sellers

For most of Reston's history, the stretch of low-slung office buildings near Wiehle and Reston Town Center Metro did exactly what they were built to…