Reston Crossing Explained: 1,620 Homes and 425-Foot Towers at the Reston Town Center Metro
Step off the south entrance of the Reston Town Center Metro station and you are standing between two office parks built in 1998, four buildings…
Category: Development
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…
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…
Herndon 2050 Explained: The Plan That Will Reshape Downtown and the Metro Area
Most of the decisions that shape what your neighborhood looks like in ten years are being made right now, quietly, in a process almost no…
A Rare Reston Redevelopment Story: Preserving the Bowman Distillery While Reimagining It
A historic Reston landmark is up for sale, and it predates Reston itself. In this video and blog post, I share the quick story of…
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…
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…
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…
From Empty Offices to 458 Homes: Inside Herndon’s Worldgate Drive Redevelopment
The corner of Elden Street and Worldgate Drive has been a construction site curiosity for a while now. Two office buildings that sat largely vacant…
New Vantage Hill Townhomes in Reston: What to Know Before They’re Built
A new townhome cluster is coming to Reston, right off North Shore Drive, and it’s a small one. Vantage Hill will have only 28 homes…