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Fairfax County is examining whether older office properties across Tysons should be opened to residential and mixed-use development as demand for aging suburban workplaces continues to weaken.
A newly launched planning study will consider changes to parcels designated for offices in the Tysons Comprehensive Plan. An online community survey is open through Sunday, June 14, seeking feedback from people who live, work in or visit Tysons.
Beyond potential land-use changes, the county will develop recommendations covering transportation, parks and open space, environmental issues and urban design.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors authorized the study last June after receiving three developer proposals to replace or supplement Tysons office buildings with housing. The proposals involve 2000 Corporate Ridge, Valo Park at 7950 Jones Branch Drive, and Tysons Plaza at 1410, 1420 and 1430 Spring Hill Road.
Those requests reflect a broader shift underway in Tysons and elsewhere in Fairfax County, where property owners are reconsidering older, car-oriented office campuses that have struggled to attract tenants.
Tysons has been moving toward a greater mix of homes, offices and stores for more than a decade. Ahead of the Silver Line’s 2014 arrival, the county adopted a comprehensive plan in 2010 intended to transform the roughly 2,100-acre business district into an urban downtown where residents could live as well as work and shop.
Development has since clustered near the Tysons, McLean and Greensboro Metro stations. The area’s population rose from about 17,000 in 2010 to an estimated 32,000 in 2025, according to data tracked by the Tysons Community Alliance.
Housing demand is expected to keep growing. A report commissioned by the alliance and released last December projected that Tysons would need more than 10,000 additional homes by 2040 if its population continues expanding at roughly its current pace.
Meanwhile, the local office market has remained sluggish since the COVID-19 pandemic drove vacancies higher. Tysons’ overall office vacancy rate has stayed at 20% since the beginning of 2025. Among newer “trophy” buildings offering modern amenities, however, the rate is lower at 14%.
Recent development proposals have increasingly sought to substitute housing for existing or planned offices, although one complex could instead be converted entirely into a data center. The 456-unit Indigo at McLean Station apartment project now under construction on Old Meadow Road replaced a demolished office building.
At Tysons Plaza, owner JBG Smith filed a rezoning application earlier this month proposing to demolish one of the complex’s three office buildings, construct an apartment building and add retail space.
Plans for Valo Park and the Corporate Ridge property remain less settled. Rubinstein Partners previously received county approval to convert the 10-story building at 2000 Corporate Ridge into a live-work development. The owner is now considering a fully residential project that could include townhouses and the neighboring property at 2010 Corporate Ridge.
The county’s review will extend beyond the three properties that prompted the study. It will examine all office-designated areas in Tysons, including parcels along Jones Branch Drive, Tyco Road and Old Courthouse Road, as well as the Mitre complex in Scotts Run.
The study also includes the Westin Tysons area southeast of the Interstate 495 and Route 7 interchange, which is technically outside Tysons in Idylwood.
Fairfax County is conducting a similar review of older office properties in Reston East.