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Tysons Plaza could be transformed from a traditional office campus into a mixed-use development with hundreds of apartments, new shops and publicly accessible park space.
JBG Smith has submitted a rezoning application to Fairfax County proposing the removal of the easternmost of three office buildings at 1410, 1420 and 1430 Spring Hill Road. A residential building would take its place, while two new retail buildings would be constructed along Tyco Road.
The offices at 1410 and 1420 Spring Hill Road would remain, along with their existing ground-floor retail and service space. Tenants displaced from the demolished building would be offered space in those two properties, consolidating the campus’s office occupancy.
DLA Piper land-use attorney Brian J. Winterhalter said in a May 1 application statement that the strategy would preserve employment at the site while improving the viability of the remaining offices and allowing Tysons Plaza to evolve into a mixed-use community.
JBG Smith acquired the property last year and said at the time that it intended to keep some of the office space while considering residential redevelopment of one building.
The plan resembles a proposal advanced by the property’s previous owner, Rockpoint. In 2025, Rockpoint nominated the site for a comprehensive-plan amendment that would create options for mixed-use residential development or office development with a residential component.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors authorized staff in June 2025 to study those changes as part of a broader review of whether more uses should be permitted in portions of Tysons designated exclusively for offices. A virtual community meeting launching that study is scheduled for May 12 at 7 p.m.
Seven stories and 375 apartments
The proposed apartment building would replace the six-story office property constructed at 1430 Spring Hill Road in 1986. Development plans show a building of up to seven stories and 74 feet, containing as many as 375 apartments, including some workforce housing.
JBG Smith argues that bringing residents and additional stores to the campus would generate more activity throughout the day. The developer also says the residential building would introduce greater architectural variety and provide amenities for residents and the surrounding community.
Current plans depict two retail buildings containing 5,500 and 3,500 square feet. However, the application seeks permission for those buildings to contain as much as 10,000 and 6,000 square feet, respectively.
Construction would occur in phases. The apartment building would come first, followed by the larger retail property and then the smaller one.
Parks and shared parking planned
Approximately 1.14 acres of the 14.7-acre property would become urban park space open to residents, office workers and the public.
Potential amenities include a dog park on the western side of the site, a neighboring fitness park, sports facilities, a central plaza and a greenway park. The greenway could feature a lawn, seating, bicycle racks and an 8-foot-wide multi-use trail.
The developer plans to retain an existing partially underground garage along with a limited amount of surface parking. According to the application, office, residential and retail users could share that parking because their periods of highest demand would occur at different times.
Fairfax County staff have not yet formally accepted the rezoning application for review.