Reston Spring

Reston Spring
Reston Spring

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Developer Unveils Plans for Dulles World Center, City Biz Real Estate, July 6, 2011

The developers of Dulles World Center (DWC), a new mixed-use community at the intersection of the Dulles Toll Road and Route 28 directly across from Dulles Airport, are unveiling long-range plans for the project. . .

. . . At build-out, DWC will be comprised of 4.1 million square feet of office space in eleven buildings; 400,000 square feet of retail space; 1,300 residential units; and a 350-room full service hotel. The developers are committed to providing a mix of Class A corporate users, retailers, restaurants, and entertainment operators. . . .
If this development is built out as planned, there will be more than five times--maybe six times--as many jobs as residents in Dulles World Center.  This is exceptionally poor transit-oriented development (TOD) planning that assures massive congestion, air pollution, energy consumption, and poor utilization of Metrorail--the ostensible driver for the development effort.

I had hoped the Loudoun Board of Supervisors would be more enlightened. 

Click here to read the rest of this bad news article.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Your comments are welcome and encouraged as long as they are relevant, constructive, and decent.