TYSONS CORNER, VA. — Cityline  Partners is continuing the development of the Tysons Corner market with its new plan to redevelop the former Westgate Office Park into an 8.5 million-square-foot mixed-use project. Currently known as Scotts Run Station, the project will contain a mix of office, residential, retail, hotel and civic uses.

The project will be divided into two sections. Scotts Run Station South will total 30 acres and will be situated on the south side of Route 123, bounded by the Capital Beltway (I-495) on the west and Dulles Airport Access Road on the east. Scotts Run Station North will total 10 acres on the north side of Route 123 adjacent to the Tysons East Metro Station.

Initial plans call for the construction of 21 buildings, comprising 11 office buildings, nine multifamily buildings, a full-service hotel and approximately 120,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. At the center of the project will be the improved Scotts Run Stream Valley Park, a linear urban park with a trail system.

"We don't want to turn this area into a 'concrete canyon,'" said Tom Fleury, executive vice president of Cityline Partners, in a statement. "We are looking to redevelop the property into a transit-oriented, walkable, sustainable mixed-use development with Scotts Run Stream Valley Park as a focal point and natural amenities. Office buildings will be rotated to break up their mass and create a less imposing façade along Route 123. Building heights will taper down as you move away from the Metro station."

Scotts Run Station will create bike lanes along many of the streets it is developing as part of the project. Office buildings will be oriented along a north-south axis to reduce energy use, and residential buildings will be oriented east-west so that units receive at leased a half-day of sunshine. Buildings are also being designed to minimize shadows cast during short winter days.

The design for the project is tentative at this point. Cityline has discussed options that include replacing two of the residential buildings with office space for a federal government agency. A fire station and education space have also been mentioned. Cityline even suggested creating a conference center above the Metro station's park-and-ride facility.

Cityline Partners is an affiliate of New York City-based DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners that was created to handle a 22-building portfolio DLJ purchased from West*Group. Last month, DLJ sold off a seven-building, 736,446-square-foot office park in the portfolio to PS Business Parks Inc. for $140 million. The Scotts Run Station project represents the redevelopment of the final properties in the portfolio.

— Coleman Wood