edge city to real city. the transformation of tysons corner va and white flint md

Edge City to Real City: The Transformation of Tysons Corner, Virginia and White

Flint, Maryland

Friday,

October 15

9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Transforming Tysons Jim Zook

Fairfax County, Virginia

Tysons in the Region

11 miles to

Dulles Airport

11 miles to

Downtown DC

Image source: Google Maps

1950s: Dairy

farms and a

general store

Image source: Fairfax County Library

2010: Edge city

poster child

Image source: Fairfax County EDA

2050: City place

Image source: PB PlaceMaking

Tysons Today

• Economic engine of Northern Virginia

• 12th largest CBD in U.S.

• Half the land covered by impervious surfaces, including 167,000 parking spaces

• Auto-oriented, single-use development pattern

• Few transit options

Image source: Fairfax County EDA

Tysons by the Numbers

• 2,100 acres

(0.8% of Fairfax County)

• 17,000 residents

(1.6% of County total)

• 105,000 jobs

(18.5% of County Total)

Why Re-Plan Tysons?

• Metrorail expansion to Dulles

with 4 Tysons stations

• Regional growth

management strategy to

concentrate development in

activity centers

• Tysons is not sustainable

(economically or

environmentally) as a

suburban office park

Image source: Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project

Community Outreach

• Tysons Task Force held 45 public workshops and outreach sessions from 2006 - 2008

• Hundreds of citizens participated in three rounds of workshops focusing on planning alternatives and scenarios

• Web site provided information and opportunities for input

The Vision

A livable urban center with:

• 100,000 residents; 200,000 jobs

• More housing and less parking

• Grid of complete streets

• Built around transit and walking

• Parks, plazas, and open space

• High level of environmental

stewardship

• A place where people want to

live

• Urban standards for buildings,

services and infrastructure

• Affordable/workforce housing

targets

• Urban design guidelines

• Arts, cultural, recreation

opportunities

People-Focused Urban

Setting


Transit-Oriented Densities

Urban Street Grid

Tysons “super-blocks” today

- Potential for smaller, walkable blocks

Complete Streets

• Expanded facilities for

pedestrians, bikes, transit

vehicles, and cars

Transit Improvements

• Four Dulles Rail Metro stations

to open in 2013

• 72% of estimated new

transportation costs are for

transit projects

– Circulation system within Tysons

– Expanded local and regional bus

service

– Additional high quality transit

corridors in the long term

Image sources: Dulles Corridor

Metrorail Project, Greater Great

Washington, & DDOT

TDM and Parking Maximums

• Long term vehicle trip

reduction goals of 45% -

65%, based on distance

from Metro

• Philosophy shift from

parking minimums to

parking maximums

• No minimum parking

requirement for offices in

TODs

Image sources: PB PlaceMaking

and Bing Maps

Focus on the Environment


Green building requirements and

incentives

Network of parks, plazas, and

open space areas

Demonstration Project

Image source: Georgelas Group

The project would redevelop what is now a mishmash of

establishments, such as low-rise car dealerships, an industrial office

park and Georgelas’ headquarters on Greensboro Drive.

Washington Post, 1/12/2010

21

The implications of this

redevelopment project

stretch far beyond Fairfax

County, as suburbs and

exurbs across the country

look for ways to repair the

damage from five decades

of outward, rather than

upward, expansion. – TIME, 6/11/2009

Image source: TIME

Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood... Make

big plans; aim high in hope and work. – Daniel H. Burnham, 1910

Tysons Demonstration Project

Aaron Georgelas

The Georgelas Group

Demonstration Project

Two Primary Goals

• Inform the New Comprehensive Plan

• Facilitate the review of projects that integrate

with the Metrorail, in an effort to ensure they

are constructed concurrently with the

operation of Metrorail.

Progress

• Mix of Uses

• Density Calculation

• Building Heights

• Grid of Streets

• Building Set Backs

• Flexibility

• Green Building

• Storm Water

Management

• Affordable Housing

TYSONS WEST TODAY

METRO

THE VISION

TRANSIT ORIENTED DESTINATION

THREE NEIGHBORHOODS

NEIGHBORHOOD 1

NEIGHBORHOOD 2

NEIGHBORHOOD 3 NEIGHBORHOOD 1

STATION INTEGRATION

VIBRANT COMMUNITY

THREE NEIGHBORHOODS

NEIGHBORHOOD 1

NEIGHBORHOOD 2


ADAPTION AND REINVENTION

LIVE WORK AND PLAY

THREE NEIGHBORHOODS

NEIGHBORHOOD 1

NEIGHBORHOOD 2


FIRE STATION 429 RELOCATED TO TYCO RD

429

429

RESIDENTIAL

LIVABILITY AFTER 5:00pm

GRID OF STREETS

Transforming White Flint Rollin Stanley

Montgomery County, Maryland

Transforming White Flint Evan Goldman

Federal Realty

White Flint Partnership

Developer Perspective

October 14, 2010

www.federalrealty.com

The White

Flint

Partnership

Under

Construction

Under

Construction

http://www.wmata.com/index.cfm


Rockville Pike

Ordinary

Anywhere USA

Spread Out

Spontaneous

Contrived

Suburban

Shopping Convenient

Retail Cash Cow

Temporary

Disposable

Impersonal

Car-Focused

Sprawling

Congested

Unmanaged

Cluttered

Ethnic & Unbiased

Transit Accessible

Location

Memorable

Distinctive

Immersive

Organic

Authentic

Urban

Mixed Use Experienced Based

Prosperity Verses Profitability

Enduring

Sustainable & “Green”

Intimate

Walkable

Defined Edges

Vibrant

Connected

Managed

International & Inclusive

Transit Oriented

Address

What it What it

is…

isn’t…


Rockville Pike Tomorrow…


White Flint Street Grid:

Sparse vs. Dense

Source: Glatting Jackson, etal

Sparse existing road network 10 Additional Lanes East/West

6 Additional Lanes North/South


Connected and Convenient:

Five Minute Walk Neighborhoods


Old Georgetown Road Creates the

Combined Neighborhood


Connected and Convenient:

Neighborhoods C & D

Stepped down building

heights to respect and

transition with existing

neighborhoods


Active Pedestrian Friendly

Streetscapes


Streets as Public Use Space


Design & Programming


Existing Conditions: Mid-Pike


Mid-Pike Existing Conditions


Mixed Use Plans: Retail

Focused on Ground Level

Program

Retail 305,200 sf

Office 1,147,188 sf

Residential 1,900,500 sf

1,725 du

Hotel 90,000 sf

125 keys

Total 3,442,888 sf


Mid-Pike Massing Diagram

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www.whiteflintpartnership.com

Feel Free to Contact with Questions:

• Evan Goldman

• 301-998-8375

• [email protected]

http://www.whiteflintpartnership.com/



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edge city to real city. the transformation of tysons corner va and white flint md

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pb placemaking tysons

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