AtTwentyRESrO-One,Reston Hits RecordN High. n May, Reston concluded a Reston has arrived in another porary to the stateliest Victorian. six-month celebration of its way, long-anticipated.The Dulles Reston is notjust a place to live TwentiethI Birthday. Appropriate Toll Road, locally known as the It's also a place to work. The Busi- with turning twenty-oneis afeeling Reston Expressway, has brought ness Center has more than 900 with 21,000 of coming of age. Of excitement Reston within 25 minutes of the businesses employees about the future. Kennedy Center and Georgetown. And the Reston Expressway, with And there's plenty to be excited And restaurants, shopping and three interchanges to the Business about. Reston is flourishing. The otherTysons Corner attractions Center, has created a boom in signs are everywhere. are now less than ten minutes away. commercial/industrial development In 1984, investments in Reston Reston is on the move in other in Reston. CoIdwell Banker Com- hit a record $250 million.The net ways too. As the town has grown, mercial Senior Sales Consultant sales of 771 new homes were $85 housing has become more diverse. John McEvilly says, "TheToll Road million, up 21 percent from 1983. Reston offers $70,000 condomin- made believers out of everyone. Residential resale volume reached iums at South Lakes, $120,000 As soon as it was actually under- $100 million. And industrial/com- patio homes in North Point Village way, there was a virtual land rush mercial construction exceeded $65 and, in secluded coves, $500,000 out the corridor. The corridor is because million in one million square feet. single-family homes. In between appealing to businesses no What's more, 1985 promises to are homes in all price ranges and there are no used-car lots, strip deliver a rep at performance. style-, from th 1 'k contem- retail, no clutter. Thei ire homes,

trees, village centers, all properly planned, plus an outstanding quality of life." The Reston Business Center has attracted blue chip companies like GTE, GE, Satellite Business Systems, Sperry and AT&T as well assome of thepremierregional and national developers including Centennial Development Corp., Trammell Crow, Mulligan/Griffin. The Sammis Co., and Walker & Ca The Business Center is also be- coming an architectural showcase for high technology. It includes buildings designed by Marcel Breuet Skidmore, Owings&Menill, Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum, TheNewReston Davis & Carter, Coupard Asso- ciates, SHWC and Clark, Tribble, Of NorthPointVillage. Harris & Li, to mention a few. the northern end of Reston piped up the Tobey's 13-year-old As Reston matures, it also has Atin North Point Village is the son Ned. "Lastweek we discovered more services to offer. Ground was home of architect Phil Tobey and a loon on Lake Newport" Pam said, broken this spring in Town Center his family. Sunlight pours in from "We fell in love with this wooded for the 127-bed Reston Hospital the skylights flooding the cathedral- lot and its stunning views of the Center, the first hospital to be con- ceilinged living room. From --- lake. Youcan't help becoming very structed in western Fairfax County. Newport Cove Lane location, the conscious of wildlife here." An innovative complex for the Tobey home commands a view of elderly, including a nursing home Lake Newport, filtered by a stand "You can't help becoming very andapartment complex, is planned of rough-barked oak trees. conscious ofwildlife here." nearby. And across town, Thoreau This is Phil and Pam Tobey's Place, a condominium for the elder- third Reston home. Atestament to Ten-year-old Jay added, "We ly, offers health care facilities. the move-up phenomenon that lets saw a redheaded woodpecker yes- Reston's urban focal point will Restonians keep their community terday and Dad is going to help us be Town Center. This 30-acre com- as they change houses.Tobey said build a birdhouse and feederthis plex will host a first-class hotel, when his family moved to Reston afternoon." restaurants, shops, offices, busi- in 1972, "We wanted to find more The Tobeys may be pioneers in ness services, a town square and than a house.We were looking for a North Point, butthey are surround- cultural amenities. senseofcommunity, a sense ofplace. ed by areassuring community. Phil, Constructionof the first phase is And we found it here in Reston' who is a partner with Metcalfe & scheduled to begin in the nearfu- There is a quiet sense of living Associates in Georgetown, is on hire, bringing full circle Restoth 20- with nature in North Point, Reston's the Lake Anne Nursery Kinder- year-old commitment to building newestand final residential village. garten (LANK) board and a com- asuccesslul city in the countryside. 'I like the pen fields and the tn :' missioner onthe 120-team (1,800 boys and girls) Reston Soccer Association, two longtime local institutions.The new Reston of \ i-th Point is not isolated from the re settled areas. Pam's favorite -hopping is at FreshValue super- ii uwket in Lake Anne Village Cen- i. a three-minute drive away. lay and Ned canget on their bikes and visitfriends in the Tobey's old I lands neighborhood two miles n\ av "They geton the pathway in th Point, and with the system underpasses, canrideall the way back to our old home without having to cross a single street;' said Phil Tobey.

Another three-minute drive Tobey home, six tennis courts are many boats while growing up in from the Tobey's is Autumnwood being built and across N. Village Salem, MA, has a 12-foot Puffer Park on Walnut Branch Road. Au- Road, Reston's first 50-meter out- sailboat. Except for winter months, tumnwood will be one of the recrea- door pool complex will be built she sails two days a week on the tional focal points of North Point soon. Another tangible commit. lake outside her door. Village. Incorporating all the les- ment to a full range of amenities In South Lakes Village, the sonsof park building and recreation for even the newest residents. Hartnetts have the privacy to do development in Reston's 20-year Construction began this spring things within the family, or in a history, the 23-acre Autumnwood onthe Neil ArmstrongElementar: more public way. Joyce explained, will offer a swimming complex, School site. Scheduled to open for "A marvelous, unexpected thing four all-weather tennis courts, the 1986-87 school year, this con- happened this year, the Reston jogging trails and open-play area temporary building will provide Triathlon! The swimming event for flying kitesorthrowing a Frisbee. North Point Village with an im- starts it all off right here on Lake But there will be the quietude of portant neighborhood and com- nature too- Much of Autumnwood munity focal point. Park will be left in its natural state, North Point Village exemplifies preserving the land's stately oaks some of Reston's finest qualities. and winding streams. Concern for the environment. Re- Audubon. It feels like our house is Next to theVisitors Center, just laxed lifestyle. And a true sense smack in the middle of it.We have a short walking distance from the of a neighborhood. a perfect view. So we thought it would be fun to throw a big party and invite all our neighbors over for a Triathlon bash. It turned out SouthLakesMilage. to be such a roaring success that we are going to make it an annual AVibrantBlendOfHousing, event:' The Hartnetts aren't the only LommerceAndRecreation. ones enthralled with South Lakes Joyce Hartnett, living in in Washington, marvels at how Village. At Harbor Point, on the ForSouth LakesVillage is the convenient Reston is to downtown. banks of Lake Thoreau right next best of two worlds. "It's like urban "Reston improved 12 million per- to the Village Center, 100 condo- living in suburbia;' said the former cent when the toll road opened:' minium units sold out in just six American Airlines stewardess and he said. "Washington just moved months, mostly to young profes- motherof two teenage girls, Heather closer to Reston! I tell you there is sionals. The condos, priced from and Shannon. "We lived outside no place during the rest of the cen- $80,000 to $150,000, are loaded Reston for six years. We felt iso- tury where you will see thishappen with skylights, penthouses,Jacuzzis lated and alone at the bottom of a again!"John's office at 15th and L and otherCalifornia design concepts. dark cul-de-sac. Since we discov- Streets NW in the District used to Builder Rex Wing said, "Buyers ered Reston and South LakesVil- be 45 minutes from Reston. Today love the lake, urban environment lage, we have an entirely new lease it is 28 minutes. and joy of walking out their door on life. Everything is so convenient The Hartnett's home in South to go to the village center where here, and there is a real sense of Lakesvillage is one of developer you can do everything from eating neighborhood Chuck Vèatch's roomy, lakefront at a gourmet restaurant to cashing l\-c1h;II lrihn llnvt 11 \ndiihnii Urrncc Ir! 1! -heck to buying fresh-from-the- \\lii I - II I!r I II Shellfish at the seafood store:' South Lakes Village, with its " ')rant blend of " housing, shopping (I recreation, is a complete model Reston master The " planning. st recent additions include L1 I-tons sixteenth community - imming pool which opened Me- flu cml Day weekend, Reston's first high-rise condominium for senior citizens which is connected by an underpass tothe Village Center, hurl 27 shops which are success- I liv satisfying the shopping needs Village residents. It's little won- families like the Hartnetts have Llild a new way of life.

Center, Cascades South is land- scaped with waterfalls and ponds. Its first tenant is the Health Club of Reston, a million-dollar, 10,000- square-foot facility that will fea- ture state-of-the-art equipment and programs. Fartherdown the road past the headquarters for Sperry, landem Computers' Eastern Division and the U.S. Geological Survey, isthe 25-acre Sunrise Technology Park being developed by Centennial. When all phases are finished, Sun- rise Tech Park will have 425,000 square feet, much of it "incubator" space for small entrepreneurial companies, many already tenants. Business Boom There are major corporations at Sunrise Tech Park too. Satellite Attracts Office Business Systems, another major Major telecommunications company, has two buildings in phase two. And, ParkDevelopers. SBS' Skyline long-distance ser- focus of much of Reston's fornia developer Lee Sammis' vice division moved in this spring. Thehigh-paced business growth i Campus Commons. This 34-acre Another new tenantis Fibertrak, SunriseValley Drive, whichstrad- master-planned park includes the ajoint venture by Norfolk Southern - dles Reston like a second belt par- two-story, 180,000-square-foot and Santa Fe Southern Pacific rail allel to the Dulles Toll Road. This Campus Point for hybrid office/ roads to develop a nationwide fiber 4.5-mile-long showcase of high R&D users and the more architec- optics communications network technology is Reston's counterpart turally exclamatory six-story using rail right-of-ways. to Sunnyvale Road in Silicon Valley 120,000-square-foot Campus West or Route 128 outside Boston. 0ffi"ceb 'Id' The geometrically- At the eastern end is Walker an( shapEd=sWest will later be Company's Parkridge, a 46-acre complemented with a mirror image multiphase business park that will Campus East. eventually have 700,000 square Across Wiehle is Executive III. feet of space. The first-phase This six-story, brick, arched office building was leased before com- tower is the latest addition to Cen- pletionto three major tennial DevelopmentCorporation's firms, AT&T, Hazeltine 27-acre Commerce Executive Park. telecommuniand CIT-Alcatel. -cations As Centennial brings in more "We will never look like 1-270 or sophisticated high-tech users for Tysons," says Parkridge developer the company'sspace, firmPresident Chris Walker. "We are one impor- Pete Scamardo has escalated his tant reason that Reston is notjust commitmentto architecturalquality. another suburb, because we are The results are evident in Execu- not just building state-of-the-art, tive II, with its elegant lobby and 1985 hybrid office/R&D space. crowning arches. Executive Ill Onthe opposite side of the drive, We are essentially running carries out the theme of arches, the nation's largest developer, 'hotels' for high-tech industries?' but with more panache.The trend Trammell Crow from Dallas, has Walker explained thatmany of his toward urban-style amenities is staked his claim with a building tenants are in explosive markets evidentin future plans forthe park, emphasizing the trend toward up- such as telecommunications and which call for arestaurant, fountain scale design and appointments. can't forecast their needs beyond and plaza. Trammell Crow's 80,000-square- six months. At Parkridge, these At the southwest cornerof foot Reston Plaza features a glass firms get flexible, expandable SunriseValley Drive and Reston and granite atrium, satin bronzeele- space and a landlord who reviews Avenue is the recently-completed vator doors, andlockersand showers. theft needs every three months. Cascades South. Like its two neigh- Construction will begin soon on At the corner of SunriseValley boring buildings in Walker and phase one of Centennial's The Drive and Wiehle Avenue is Cali- Company's Cascades Executive Summit at Reston, which will con-

sist of twin buildings designed by to Reston in 1981. in office systems integration, com- The Architects Collaborative of The Overlook Building, 40,000 puters, word processors, account- Cambridge. The six-story, terraced square feet of brick and glass, is ing, telemarketing and electronic buildings, comprising 246,000 on adjacent Robert Fulton Drive. mail. Digital's new headquarters square feet, will front the Reston It will be the national headquarters will consolidateoffices now in three Expressway and have a clear sight of WH. Gordon &Associates, an Reston locations. line to Reston's future Town Center eight-year-old firm whose specialty Farther down SunriseValley is across the highway. Said TAC's is land planning, surveying and the future headquarters of Com- lead architect John Sheehy, "One civil engineering. Said president search, one of only three firms in of the things we learned about nid jillalel I lank Gordon, "Reston the world which tracks down inter- Reston was that it was developing ference on microwave systems. more of an urban feeling." Only eight years old, Comsearch At the far end of SunriseValley today has 125 employees and has is the 100-acre Tech Park Reston, rocketed to INC. magazine's 1984 list of fastest-growing companies. Another example of the caliber of companies found in Reston.

where GTE Telenet hasrelocated Road Drives its headquarters from Tysons Corner, bringing about 1,500 em- ployees.The fourth GTE building, Millions which will be completed this sum- met will house ahealth facility with ToReston. basketball and volleyball courts, Reston business boom be- lockers and showers. Another ex- Thegan in 1981 when construction ample of the emerging relationship is a great place to work and raise of the Dulles Toll Road was im- of business and fitness. a company- We have grown so fast minent and has continued at an Just west of Parkridge, on with Reston's successful develop- amazing pace. 1984 brought $65 Alexander Bell Drive, isthe site mentthat we now require a building million in new construction, over of the new world headquarters of of our own. Right out the door is one million square feetof office and Sky Courier Network. This one- the W&OD Trail, 50 miles of park industrial space and 5,000 new station wagon messenger service for biking, jogging or walking, that jobs. With another million square inthe early 1970's has grown to a runs from Alexandria tothe Blue feet currently under construction, 1,300-employee "time-critical" Ridge Mountains!' the pattern of unparalleled expan- air-freight service doingbusiness The Reston success story con- sion is expectedto continue m 1985. all over the globe. "We were thrilled tinues on PrestonWhite Drive. An "1984 was the third consecutive with Reston because of its excellent imminent arrival to The Branches year for record land sales;' said working conditions, good labor is Digital Analysis Corporation. J. Hunter Richardson, Jr., comrner- cost of and of DAC was founded in Reston just cial marketing vice president for pool," living quality - lif said chief executive Joseph four \ea Reston resident Reston Land Corporation. "In fact, \\! insk\; who n ed Iii-- compari I-lito specialize industrial/commercial land sales were up seven times over those of 1980 when we hadn't yetreached three million square feet of space in Reston. So we have completed in four years what it earlier took six- teen years to accomplish," he said. Reston employment has jumped 30 percent in the past eighteen months. Today, there are over 21,000jobs in more than 900 com- panieswith the largestgrowtharea coming in technical manufacturing, computers and electronic research. Richardson estimates that this number will jump close to 25,000 by the end of this year. That's almost 10,000 morejobs than households.

RestonlsAHavenFor Relocation/Consolidation. to the Overlook Buildingis familiar refrain along SunriseValley Nextthe site for the future 46,000- Drive, president Mark R. Knowles - square-foot home of Pracon Corpo- said, "Reston representedan excel ration, aneight-year-old health-care lent investment for us. We love the consulting firm that has outgrown location and the prospect of not its space in Fairfax City. AReston having to drive into Washington?' relocation was a natural. 'All three On the brow of the hill, the partners live in Reston' said direc- American College of Radiology's tor of finance Jan Perrell, "and new headquarters is being pre- because they travel extensively, pared for a fall move-in. Following they welcome the increased access the lead of over 70associations, resulting from opening of the the ACR decided to move to the Reston Expressway and all the new Washington area, consolidating flights available at I )ulles. \\ all its Chicago headquarters and its Town Center. The Building ofReston's Downtown. TownCenter, Reston's urban rhecore, will be a mix of hotels and office buildings. All framing streets lined with trees, shops, restaurants, parks, and, soon, an urban residential environment. Although the urbancore ground- breaking isn't targeted until 1986, other parts of Reston's downtown liked Reston because of its beauty Washington office. ACR Chairman are already underway. Construc- and think it is on its way to becom- Dr. Gerald D. Dodd said Reston tion has begun on the 127-bed ing a true urban center?' Pracon was selected for relocation after a Reston Hospital Center and the will move its 120 employees into search of 280 properties through- Fairfax County elderlycare facility, its new V-shaped, atrium-accented out the United States, ofwhich 75 Cameron Glen. And the first of building in the springof 1986. were actually visited 416 garden apartments opened for Down Sunrise Valley a bitmore rental in Jonathan's Keepe. is The Branches, a top-of-the-line "We love the location and the Earlier this year, Town Center business park whose buildings prospect ofnot having to drive welcomed its first corporate citizen, snuggle against the sides ofsteep, into Washington." the General Electric Data and In- tree -covered hills. At the western formation Systems Division. It is entrance to Preston White Drive is Five-year-old XMCO Inc. located just a few hundred yards the recently completed headquar- joined the migration from Tysons from the Dulles Toll Road ramps ters of the Recreation Vehicle In- Corner to Reston. XMCO's new in the Reston Corporate Center. dustry Association and the sharply headquarters is in the 70,000- The Fairfax County regional angular, prize -winning American square-foot, first-of-three buildings library is located nearby. And the Federation of Information Process- that will comprise XMCO Plaza, Washington & Old Dominion Trail ing Society's headquarters. overlookingthe Reston Expressway. and Regional Park winds through This summer, the National Phar- Earlier this year, GE's Data and Reston to the Blue Ridge. maceutical Council will move from Information Systems Division Town Center will provide Reston the noise and congestion of 15th moved into 176,000 square feet of with a whole new host of urban and L Streets NW in Washington the Reston Corporate Center, relo- features and cultural amenities- to a new tree-sheltered headquar- cating over 400 employees from the final element of Restons 20- ters in The Branches. Sounding a Arlington to Reston's Town Center. year-old success story.

and greenhouse management and sales. While South Lakes offers a well.attended cosmetology pro- gram in which students can ac- tually work to earn a beautician's license so they can get a job right at graduation. In sports, the two high schools are continual winners. The Herndon Hornets have produced a range of top-ranking athletes. Most recent- ly,Tom Iluminik was crowned as the state shot put champion. And this year, the South Lakes girl's basketball Seahawks were AAA Northern Virginia regional cham- pions. ChristyWinters was selected forthe Washington Post's All Me- HighSchools Recognized tropolitan Team. Brian Allen was named Fair-fax Journal's Basketball ForAthietesAndScholars. Player of the Year and Christy and South Lakes High Biddle Duke Scholarships that - HerndonSchools' students are moti- coverall expenses at Duke Uni vated by their parents at an early versity were won by South Lakes age. Herndon's new principal, students. In 1984, the school pro- William Trussell, said his kids duced 17 National Merit Scholars. 'have a real sense of desire for the highest number in the count\. achievement:' One example of this and Laura Baldwin had the only desire is the Principal's Award For perfect PSAT score inVirginia. Excellence in Writing which drew In extracurricular activities, over 100 entries for its first com- Herndon's smart-stepping bands petition. And the fully enrolled perennially march away with re - math, science and computer courses gional awards. And South Lakes' which reflect Northern Virginia's Swing Singers, run by Janet high-tech growth. Lunsford ofthe choral department, Herndon offers many unique wins top honors in competitions programs such as a "team teaching" around the country. Winters, Girl's Player of theYear. approach in English and Social Both schools are proud of their Last year, the South Lakes Sea- Studies for more than 300 students vocational training programs. hawks won theJournal Cup, given in the gifted/talented program, an Herndon offers among other spe- to the county high school with the elective in film studies to examine cialties, carer training in nw-sen must outstanding sports program. modem communication techniques and two new foreign languages, Italian and Russian. In addition, studentswillactually construct their own plane in an aviation studies elective class. One of Herndon's most talked- about programs is its new Navy Junior ROTC. "It has exceeded all our expectations," said Trussell. 'Kids no longer make fun of uni- forms. Plenty of kids today want to find out more about self-discipline: South Lakes Iugh has the same tradition of excellence, even though the school is only six years old. Last year, SLHS had the top three engi- neering students in the state in all testing categories. And two of the ten nationally awarded Angler

ing county services, including ones focusing on the elderly. The exist- Reston's State OfFitness. ing ACCESS, emergency care was the first element of goal of Reston's original mas- or manages 395 hospitals with facility, this Ater plan was a health-care 56,300 beds around the world. campus complex. Less than half a mile in complex incorporated into Town The Fairfax Hospital Association away, Lake Anne Kaiser Pernia- Center. Two decades later, that goal plans to build Cameron Glen, a Village, nente, the in health main- isbeing achieved. Construction has health complex forthe elderly, next pioneer tenance a begun on the Reston Hospital Cen- door.The complex will include a organizations, operates HMO clinic that serves more ter, a 127-bed facility being built 120-bed nursing home and 120- major 22,000 from Reston in Town Center by Hospital Cor- apartment home for adults as well than residents and areas. In addition to its poration of America, which owns as a 55 million office building hous- nearby clinic, the Reston headquarters ters a wide range of wellness ,sses covering everything from Iri-gies to drug abuse to how to [it smoking. Eight national associations de- 'ted to health and wellness have I eady moved to Reston including c American Association of Public Ith Dentists, the National Phar- ci -eutical Council and American CoLlege of Radiology. Throughout Reston, a wide array of recreational facilities (20 public and private pools, 51 tennis courts, 50 miles of pathways, to name just me) help keep the town's 40,000 I tidents vigorous and fit. This -pi iug the Health Club of Reston pened its million-dollar facilities. \nother sign of the healthy state if fitness in Reston. RestonAtACAance:Facts &Figures. Location: 18 miles west of Size: 7,400 acres; 11.5 square miles. Recreation: 16 publicand 4 pri- Washington, D.C., and Smiles Housing: Over 11,000 single- vate swimming pools; 42 public east of Washington Dulles In- family homes, townhouses and and 11 private tennis courts; two ternational Airport, in Fairfax condominiums, and 3,540 golfcourses; 44 ball fields; indoor County, Virginia. apartments. tennis and racquetball club; a Transportation: Air: Washington Education: PublicSchools include roller skating rink; a 32-lane Dulles International Airport six elementary, one junior high bowlingcenter; private country Bus: Reston Internal Bus System and one high school. There are club; 850 acres of open space; (RIBS), Reston Commuter Bus nursery schools, day care centers four lakes; five miles of bridle System and Washington Metro and summer camps. paths; 50 miles of walkways and Service. Highways serving the Houses ofWorship: 14 Protestant, bike paths; and community cen- area include 1-495,1-66,1-95, two Catholic, three Jewish. ters with a theatre, banquet and 1-270, Route 7, and the Dulles Business: About half of the 1,000- meeting rooms. Parallel Lanes (Route 267). acre Reston Business Center has Entertainment: Two cinemas, Population: Nearly 42,000; pro- been developed. Over 20,000 em- hotel, night club, two libraries jected population 1990's: 62,000. ployees in over 900 firms. and 24 restaurants.

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