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VOLUME 35 NO. 33
G R E AT FA L L S • M c L E A N • V I E N N A • O A K T O N
BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer
Capital One is advancing plans to build a 470-foot-tall headquarters building, which if approved would become one of the tallest skyscrapers in Tysons Corner. The towering, 975,000-squarefoot structure, which would dwarf the banking company’s current 205-foot-tall Another in an ongoing series. building in Tysons, is part of a modified development plan that would include a new hotel and expedited construction of transportation improvements and a new community center. The Fairfax County Planning Commission held a public hearing on Capital One’s proposal April 3, but deferred decision until April 23. “We have a bit more work to do,” said Planning Commissioner Kenneth Lawrence (Providence District). Antonio Calabrese, a lawyer with Cooley LLP who is representing Capital One, noted the company’s copious proffers for transportation, schools and recreation and said the new headquarters building alone would provide the county with about $3.3 million in tax revenues annually. The Board of Supervisors in September 2012 approved a 4.4-millionsquare-foot redevelopment proposal for Capital One’s 26.2-acre site, located just northeast of Route 123 and Interstate 495. Counting the site’s existing buildings, the overall square
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MCA Seeks No Hike in ‘14 Tax Rate BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer
This artists rendition depicts a view from the east of Capital One’s proposed 470-foot headquarters building in Tysons Corner.
The McLean Citizens Association’s (MCA) board of directors on April 2 approved a budget resolution asking the Board of Supervisors to hold Fairfax County’s real estate tax rate steady, examine school spending and protect parks and libraries from further cuts. The resolution, which at slightly more than seven pages was far larger than typical MCA fare, included a lengthy preamble touching on myriad aspects of the county’s proposed fiscal year 2015 budget. MCA president Sally Horn and Budget and Taxation Committee chairman Dale Stein said they tried to compromise between school spending and other county priorities. “This is really intended to be a balance, to incorporate the diversity of use” within the county’s budget, Stein said. Some MCA members were unhappy with the tax-rate provision, saying county homeowners already stood to get soaked just from rising property assessments. “This is a big tax increase,” said Bill Crosby, MCA’s treasurer. “We’re all going to take a hit on this. We’re already facing a double whammy on taxation. They’re coming after us.” Board member John Adams said county officials regard McLean residents as well-off and state officials think Fairfax County is equally loaded. “We’re on the Gold Coast of the Gold Coast,” he said. Continued on Page 25
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footage would be 4.9 million square feet at build-out. The mixed-use development would be constructed in five phases over about 25 years. Capital One’s plan modification would construct “Block B” first, instead of second, as previously planned. Block B originally called for two office buildings, hotel, civic plaza and a 30,000-square-foot Fairfax County community center. The new plan calls for construction of the headquarters skyscraper, a 340,000-square-foot hotel and a linear park along Capital One Drive. The headquarters building, designed by HKS Architects, would be constructed on top of a 91-foot-tall base consisting of parking areas, retail and offices. Under the plan, several transportation upgrades would occur sooner than previously scheduled. Expedited improvements would include realignment of Capital One Drive with the future Jones Branch Connector road and construction of an access road to the adjacent Gates of McLean residential community. Because the community center would have been built at the site of the proposed new headquarters building, Capital One officials have proffered to build a temporary, stand-alone community center near the McLean Metrorail station. That structure eventually would be removed and another built into a future building at that location.
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