Photos: Reston Gateway office tower construction tops out

Reston Gateway, the southward expansion of Reston Town Center (also called “RTC Next”), recently celebrated a milestone in construction with the topping out of 2000 Opportunity Way, the taller of the two office towers. The 28-story skyscraper, along with a connecting 20-story building (1950 Opportunity Way), has been under construction since late 2018 and is …

Volkswagen signs lease for new HQ expansion at Reston Gateway

The deal is for 196,000 square feet in a new office tower that will also be occupied by Fannie Mae starting in 2022. The space is part of a development (also known as Reston Next) which will expand Reston Town Center with over four million square feet of mixed use space. Construction is currently underway …

Upcoming Reston Gateway development will feature a dual-branded Marriott hotel

Reston Gateway (now also called “Reston Next”) sits between the Reston Town Center’s urban core and the future Washington Metro station, and has been in the works for much of the past decade. The mixed-use site is zoned to include, among other buildings, a 240 key hotel, although last year a proffer interpretation allowed Boston …

Reston Gateway office tower is now the town’s tallest building

Construction started on Reston Gateway (also referred to as “Reston Next”) in 2018, and the primary building has now reached 22 floors. Although the exact height is in flux due to continuing work, as of the start of August this office building was safely tall enough to definitively take the height crown from neighboring Reston …

Photos: Discovery Square in Reston

Part of the Reston Town Center neighborhood, 12010 and 12012 Sunset Hills Road are two nine-story buildings which comprise Discovery Square. Not to be confused with the recently-built Herndon residential community of the same name, this office development was completed in 2001 during the time when the blocks surrounding the intersection of Virginia Route 267 …

Fairfax County will not review parking reduction for upcoming Reston Gateway

Boston Properties had requested a reduction of the minimum parking requirements for the new development under construction near the future Reston Town Center metro station. Reston Now reported Friday that Supervisor Walter Alcorn has declined to bring the request to the County Board of Supervisors for a vote. The initial phase of the development includes …

Reston Gateway update: Boston Properties in negotiations to lease remainder of office towers

Last week, Boston Properties gave a short update on the upcoming Reston Gateway development. Also, new photos of the construction site and the progress on the two office towers. During their Q1 2020 Earnings Call, Boston Properties reported on (and was asked about) their Reston properties. It was mentioned more than once that they are …

A 2020 look at six ongoing development projects in North Reston

Despite numerous delays to the opening of the Silver Line expansion, builders continue to bet on Reston. In January, we examined the work going on south of the Silver Line. Fairfax County has approved new developments across the board from Wiehle Avenue to Monroe Street, at density levels never imagined at the turn of the …

Photo: Fannie Mae Reston

Fannie Mae plans to consolidate their Northern Virginia offices into the currently under-construction Reston Gateway towers near the town center, but until then, the company holds a lease at their private campus on American Dream Way. Here, the building can be seen from the nearby Plaza America. Fannie Mae sold the building back in 2018. …