Senior Housing Is on the Horizon in Tysons
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Vienna Town Council OKs Public Hearing to Take Another Look at Development BRIAN TROMPETER cluding two who had mounted the dais major redevelopment decision made two approve plans by developer Dennis Rice, Staff Writer for the first time just three hours earlier, weeks earlier. on behalf of by Red Investment LLC and voted 5-2 July 1 to set a public hearing At issue was the Council’s decision on Vienna Town Council members, in- two weeks hence on possibly rescinding a June 17, by 5-2 super-majority vote, to Continued on Page 8 Senior Housing Is on the Horizon in Tysons Despite Staff Qualms, Fairfax Supervisors OK Change to Development Proposal BRIAN TROMPETER I think, that will be an as- Staff Writer set to Tysons,” she said. “It Fairfax supervisors on June 25 ap- doesn’t fit our plan guid- proved plans by Cityline Partners LLC Tysons will receive its ance because it’s not the to build “The Mather,” a continuing- first continuing-care facil- usual thing. It’s much dif- care facility for seniors in Tysons. ity following the Fairfax ferent.” County Board of Supervi- Board of Supervisors sors’ unanimous approval Chairman Sharon Bulova June 25 of a proposal by (D) indicated her support Cityline Partners LLC. as well. Supervisors agreed to “I think that this is a modify the developer’s beautiful project,” she said. plans for Arbor Row, origi- “I’m pleased to see senior nally approved in 2012, housing in Tysons. I think which called for 2.61 mil- that is an ingredient that lion square feet overall of has not been included in mixed-use development, other developments.” including 1.44 million The planned changes square feet of residential will occur in the south- space and the remainder east quadrant of Cityline’s devoted to office uses. property at the intersection The continuing-care of Westbranch and West- facility’s vertical, urban park drives. design is unusual in Fair- Previous plans called fax County, where most for Block B of the site to senior centers are spread have an up-to-225-foot- out horizontally, said Su- tall, 392,785-square-foot pervisor Linda Smyth (D- office building. Blocks C-1 Providence). “We have something, Continued on Page 19 ONLINE www.sungazette.news l On Facebook: sungazettenews l On Twitter: @sungazettenews @sungazettespts Local Postal Customer Postal Local 703.754.3301 PERMIT NO. 605 605 NO. 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The move is necessary be- cause the Virginia Department of Transportation’s (VDOT) ongoing project to widen I-66 outside the Capital Beltway will displace the existing substation, county officials said. “We couldn’t find anything The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on June 25 unanimously approved plans by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority to relocate a else other than just this one lo- traction-power substation at the Dunn Loring Metro station. cation,” said Mark Worstein, an have architectural treatments, ern transformer pad. and beautifully landscaped ac- project’s approval, citing a lack attorney for the applicant. including brick veneer and con- Only one resident, Bryan Zel- cording to the proffers carefully of other available spaces for the The new 8,224-square-foot crete banding, on all four sides. ley of Dunn Loring Village, tes- negotiated with this board,” substation’s relocation and the substation building will be up to Designs for the project call for tified regarding the project and Zelley said. “But now a decade need to minimize inconvenience 30 feet tall, with concrete pads landscaping to be installed near he expressed concern about its of Merrifield planning is being in the community. for transformers on either side. the building’s southeast corner. effects on neighborhood aesthet- tossed aside to provide a solu- “It’s a matter of don’t drag The site’s three parking spaces In addition, a 6-foot-tall fence ics. tion for VDOT’s private highway this out, don’t come back later and one loading space will be ac- partially will screen the western “After years of massive con- toll project.” after everything is done and then cessible via Prosperity Avenue. transformer pad and three new struction projects, the mixed-use Supervisor Linda Smyth move it, because then it will just The substation building will trees will shield the view of east- project was finally completed (D-Providence) moved for the be disruption again,” she said. 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