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1908 Reston Metro Plaza, Reston, VA 20190 opened in September. |
South Lakes has not increased in enrollment. |
Not many school aged children will be found in that type of housing. You get a lot higher yield from single family and townhouses. |
You do know how many townhouses are being built in that area? 24 acrees in Issac Newton square alone, many more on the east side of the train station have been built or are in the process of being built. But somehow 300 units of mixed development is why we need to move kids out of oakton... |
That building opened up after the school year opened. I'm surprised the Comstock/eya townhouses a block away hasn't yielded any new students or maybe people really hate ib programs? |
Then why didn't you give the address of the townhouses? I just looked at the building you provided. I know the > 2100 Oakton housing units coming online all have townhouses in them. Families don't usually pay the premium for an apartment next to the metro. Families go where they can get more space for less money. |
Yes. That Marriott at millions for a condo is going to attract a lot of families with kids...... And, the BLVD is pretty pricey for rent. |
Because if I have you the name of the developers and the location you can do the magic of Google to find original sources rather than being spoonfed. Plus if you're the same poster who said they were familiar with the area, they undoubtedly saw a) the existing townhouses which were recently built, n) the boarded up office buildings they are about to come down(18 acres I might add) c) all of the sewer revamp that is going on to support the Issac square project, and d) the decommissioned community college building. That area has been under heavy construction for years. Anyone familiar with the area would know that even if they don't know the unit totals. |
I'm the pp who is somewhat familiar with the Reston area. There are some townhouses by Lake Anne that have recently opened--but not tons of them. They are next to the senior housing. There are also some old Old Reston Avenue going up--across from Plaza America. Again, not a huge development. Here is the development that PP was referring to: https://www.ffxnow.com/2025/10/23/work-starts-in-reston-on-first-phase-of-isaac-newton-square-development/ The first phase of work is underway in the redevelopment of Isaac Newton Square, an office park in Reston that will be transformed into a mixed-use neighborhood in phases over the next 20 years. |
| I think RIO mom is trying to claim that South Lakes has more new construction than Oakton. I do not believe that to be true in light of the huge development that is underway up the street from Oakton. |
No dog in this fight but the FCPS residential applications dashboard (last updated in August 2025) identifies more potential growth within the South Lakes pyramid than within the Oakton pyramid. I think the top five in order are Marshall, McLean, South Lakes, Westfield, and Edison. McLean will shed most of that potential growth to Langley with the Spring Hill island moving to Langley and much of the Westfield growth will be in areas likely to move to Western. Source: https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/08eca5b417f94ca09dc6c384db28c764/ |
What is your obsession with Fairfax County Parkway? It's just a road. Like any other. |
I said that there are some families zoned to Crossfield that are closer to Western than some families zoned to McNair. That is very different than saying Crossfield is closer to Western than to McNair and Coates. |
Like any other “major” roads. |
The whole area is being redeveloped. The left side of the picture on the left is where Whiele Reston station is, the new BVLD building, marriot, new google building etc aree. https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/publicaffairs/reston-midlines-18-million-square-feet-mixed-use-development-near-wiehle-metro-approved The midline project is still under construfction, the Faraday apartments are open, maybe half the townhouses are bult, but the two buildings shown here haven't been taken down, new supermarket isn't built yet, they've got a ton of development still in progress there. Issac Newton is under construfction RIGHT NOW. https://greaterrestonliving.com/everything-we-know-about-the-isaac-newton-square-redevelopment-in-reston-va-so-far/ Plus you have all the new towers going up near reston town center I'd figure people in the "western HS area" would be heading up to Reston Lifetime and would be well aprised of all the construction progress, but i guess thats just for people rooted in oakton? |