Comstock Celebrates Topping Out Of JW Marriott Hotel, Residences

RESTON, VA — Comstock Holding Companies celebrated the topping out of Virginia's first-ever JW Marriott Hotel and Residences on Wednesday.

Located at 1800 Reston Row Plaza, the 243-room hotel will included restaurants and 25,000 square feet of event and meeting space. The residences will consist of 94 condominiums, a rooftop dog park, private fitness center, and parking garage.

“This is well over 20 years of effort, creativity, drive, of a lot of people around us today — this is literally a small town that is popping up around us in what is one of the most dynamic locations,” said Fairfax County Board Chair Jeff McKay. “The creative public-private partnership that happened here is because there was a vision on the public and private side to do something really special.”

In addition to McKay, elected and local officials at the event included State Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell; Victor Hoskins, president and CEO of Fairfax County Economic Development Authority; State Sen. Stella Pekarsky (D-Centreville), and Rachel Flynn, Deputy County Executive of Fairfax County Government.

“None of this would be possible without our private and public partnerships, as well as everyone at Comstock. Not to mention world-class businesses like Marriott that are coming here and will help bring this place to life,” said Chris Clemente, chairman and CEO of Comstock. “The Row at Reston Station is a sought-after destination that is raising the bar for mixed-use development will set a new standard for placemaking within transit-oriented communities.”

The Reston Row development is the second phase of a five-phase project that will span just under 90 acres across the Dulles Toll Road and surrounding the Wiehle Avenue station.

"There will be between 6-8 million square feet when it's all said and done, most of which will be built and owned by Comstock," Clemente said, during the Feb. 15 Future of Reston and Herndon event hosted by Bisnow. "But there are other builders that are part of it."

Clemente credited the county for floating a request for proposals for a commuter parking lot, which became the first phase of the Reston Station redevelopment.

"We have turned what used to be a negative-revenue property for the county into a development that you see around here," Clemente said, adding that the phase one property has generated $60 million in revenue since it broke ground in 2011. "This is economic development. That's what the Silver Line was meant to do. It's doing its job and it's attracting business."

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