Seriously, Snow Again?

We barely came out of last week's monster storm. And now another one is on its way? A possible 16" of snow, possible.

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Snow Storm: 17″?

Maybe. And it’s not done yet. The weatherman said about 20-30″ for metropolitan DC. These pictures I took from my stoop…

 

 

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Snow Storm: 17″?

Maybe. And it’s not done yet. The weatherman said about 20-30″ for metropolitan DC. These pictures I took from my stoop…

See and download the full gallery on posterous

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No “I” for Twitter

Want to have more followers? Here’s the advice: stop talking about yourself.

After analyzing data from more than 60,000 tweeters, Dan Zarrella–the viral-marketing scientist who gave us nine scientifically proven ways to get re-tweeted–concluded that those who use social language (“we,” “you”) have more followers than those who self-reference (“I”)

[via Fast Company]

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The Landowners of Tysons

image: Fairfax County DPZ

For the fun of it, I digged info on “Who’s Who” Tysons Corner’s landlords. In this post, we’re trekking the landlords of Tysons using the data that was prepared sometime in 2005 for Dulles metrorail. So it may contain info that is not current as of this time of writing.

The landownership within Tysons Corner is divided into publicly owned and privately owned land.  The other day, Washington Post had a piece about West Group (link to post), the largest ‘privately-owned’ landowner, that is selling land holdings to another company. While West Group is the single largest property owner, Tysons Corner Property LLC owns the largest contiguous land mass in Tysons, according to Fairfax County record.

The landownership in Tysons is divided according to the proposed four rail stations slated for Dulles metrorail:

1. Tysons East
2. Tysons Central 123
3. Tysons Central 7
4. Tysons West

In Tysons East. Who knew? That with the exception to the large parcel of Gates of McLean condominium, north of this station is owned by the ‘whats-in-your-wallet’ Capital One (25 acres) and West Group (10 acres). On the south of the station, the land is owned by a ‘few’ large landowners (no further info). However, land ownership along Colshire and southeast Anderson Road that range from 10 to 20 acres is owned by a few companies that includes Mitre Corporation, West Group, Northrop Grumman, MR Commons and Safeway.

Move on to Tysons Central 123. This part of Tysons has large parcel of land over 20 acres. North of the station, the owners includes Tysons II Land Co LLC (30 ac.), Tysons II Mall. South of the station, which is the largest single land mass under one owner is owned by Tysons Corner Property Holdings LLC (Tysons I Mall) with over 80 acres.

Then to Tysons Central 7. On this part of the proposed station, land masses ranged from 5.5 acres to over 18 acres, is owned by a few companies, i.e. SAIC (18 ac.), Booz Allen Hamilton (13 ac.), Sherwood Tysons (Marshall Shopping) owns about 16 ac. Koons Auto Dealership owns about 14 acres. Pike 7 Plaza owns about 12.6 acres.

Last station is Tysons West. This part of the proposed station no biggie landowners per se, because ownership is divided among several car dealerships and Rosenthal that owns 12 ac. of land, which is  the largest piece over here.

Oh, there’s more here. There you have it..

West Group Change Hands

Washington Post reports that the owner of West Group, the largest landowner of Tysons Corner cashing in his 142 acre of holdings to an investment group led by Robert Pence, a developer with local “Fairfax” root. The new owner will continue to focus on West Group’s vision for redevelopment of Tysons Corner.

The WestGroup owns about 140 office and apartment buildings in Tysons. Its office properties have as much as 2 million square feet of space available, according to the company’s Web site.

WestGroup developed two major pieces of Tysons Corner’s current landscape: WestPark, outside the Capital Beltway, and WestGate, inside the Beltway. The company’s buildings are home to major companies, including Freddie Mac, Mitre and Northrop Grumman.

Full story here and here..

Dulles Metrorail & Harris Teeter Tysons (update)

OK, now we know that the Feds approved the project. This is the latest update from Dulles Metrorail, via email.

· On Jan. 28, the Fairfax County Planning Commission will  hold public hearings on the proposed Phase 1 stations to determine conformance with Fairfax County’s Comprehensive Land Use Plan.

· Utility relocations continue in Tysons Corner. The project team continues to work with local businesses to help ease the impact of these relocations.

So, project is really moving forward. For traffic and utility relocation update, here. Oh, and today happens to be: the grand opening of Harris Teeter in Tyson Corner. The blurb..

Shoppers surrounding the new store are also invited to a special event called Taste of Teeter on Tuesday, January 13 at 5:30 p.m. At Taste of Teeter, shoppers will be able to sample a wide variety of top quality products available at our store including Farmers Market produce; USDA Rancher and Reserve Angus Beef; Fishermans Market and Fresh Foods Market Deli/Bakery items, along with an extensive selection of national brand and private label products.

Food tasting! Yum..

Feds Approved Tysons Rail Funding

This is great news. Statement from Gov. Kaine per email:

“I want to extend my sincere appreciation to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters, FTA Administrator Sherry Little, and the staff of the U.S. Department of Transportation for their time, expertise, and commitment to work with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Metro, the Commonwealth of Virginia, Fairfax County and our other partners on rail to Dulles – linking our nation’s capital to our nation’s international airport.  The steadfast support and commitment by our Congressional delegation, including retired Senator John Warner and Congressman Tom Davis, to the project has been unwavering and I also thank them for their efforts.

“This demonstrated leadership and willingness to work together can serve as a model for future complex projects on how federal, state, local, and private partners can work together to address the needs of our citizens.”

Harris Teeter Coming to Tysons Corner..

Sign of store opening up (pretty) soon..

via GroceryHire.com

The location will be within walking distance from Tysons mall – over at Park Crest, Lofts at Park Crest hood. Oh, and also throw’s stone from Freddie HQ.

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All Roads Lead to Tysons

Interesting write-up of the future of Tysons Corner over at NYT. It should be noted too, according to NYT, a few projects – by Macerich, Lerner, among others – got postponed until the economic conditions improves.

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