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Friday, August 24, 2012

Paid parking in Reston Town Center's future, Washington Business Journal, August 24, 2012

In an article that requires a subscription to read in its entirety, WBJ reports that Boston Properties is considering charging to park in the several ramps in Reston Town Center.  Here's the article preview:

Suburbanites expect free parking. Urbanites expect to pay for it.
So what to do about Reston Town Center, suburban Fairfax County’s closest thing to the definition of a downtown? It offers more than 7,000 parking spaces in six garages and one surface lot. And all but a couple of hundred, in the Hyatt garage, are free.
Perhaps not for long.
Boston Properties Inc.’s near monopoly on the town center’s ownership, combined with the arrival of Metrorail in Reston, will likely herald the introduction of paid parking in one of the county’s most popular office and shopping destinations. . . .

Parking plansReston Town Center offers 7,014 free parking spots in five garages and one surface lot. The Reston Hyatt Regency Hotel administers the only paid garage on site so far, though property owner Boston Properties says that could change in the near future.

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