Tysons (also known by its former official name Tysons Corner),[a] a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia, contains at least 18 high-rise buildings that stand 200 feet (61 m) or taller. Capital One Tower is currently the tallest building. Standing 470 feet (140 m) tall, it was completed in 2018. VITA Tysons Corner had previously held the record since 2015.[1]
By the mid-1980s, the Fairfax County supervisors approved an easing of the county's 75-foot (23 m) height limit to allow for the construction of the never-built 204-foot (62 m) Tysons Tower office building at the intersection of the Capital Beltway and Virginia Route 7.[6] By 1985, Fairfax County officials considered a plan to construct "gateways" which consisted of pairs of buildings as high as 22 stories or 215 feet (66 m) at key intersections along the Capital Beltway, the Dulles Access Road, Virginia Route 7, and Virginia Route 123. County officials sought to make Tysons into Fairfax County's "new downtown."[6][7] The plan also called for proposing a rooftop height limit of 730 feet (220 m) as the maximum height for future construction projects.[7]
In June 2010, the Fairfax County supervisors authorized a plan to transform Tysons from an automobile-dependent suburb into a "walkable city."[8] By 2011, Tysons had 26,700,000 square feet (2,480,000 m2) of office space; higher than the metropolitan areas of San Antonio, Texas and Jacksonville, Florida.[5] Increased high-rise construction in Tysons was further spurred by the construction and opening of the Silver Line of the Washington Metro, which has four stations in Tysons: Spring Hill, Greensboro, Tysons Corner, and McLean.[9][10] The Capital One Headquarters, under construction near the McLean station as of 2019, contains the tallest building in Tysons and the Washington metropolitan area at 470 feet (140 m), and is the second-tallest non-communication structure in the Washington metropolitan area after the Washington Monument (which stands 554 feet 7+11⁄32 inches (169.046 m)).[11] 1775 Tysons Boulevard, constructed by Lerner Enterprises near Tysons Corner station, is the first building in Tysons to achieve platinum status under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) building rating system and among the first in the Washington metropolitan area.[12]
The skyline of Tysons photographed at nighttime (2012)
Tallest buildingsedit
There are at least 18 completed or topped out skyscrapers in Tysons that stand at least 200 feet (61 m) tall, based on standard height measurement which includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts.
a. ^ The United States Census Bureau officially began referring to the census-designated place of Tysons Corner as Tysons in Summer 2016. The name Tysons was first unofficially adopted in 2012 by the Tysons Partnership, a nonprofit association of area businesses and stakeholders.[76][77]
b. ^ An asterisk (*) indicates that the building is still under construction, but has been topped out.
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