Boston Properties switches the bait on a Reston Performing Arts Center (again)

 

In its latest revision for the development of Reston Town Center south of the W&OD Trail, Boston Properties once again is trying to slip the rug out from under a proffer it made and was accepted by the county 18 months ago to provide 60,000 SF of space to build a Visual and Performing Arts Center (VPAC) or community park on "Block J" across Sunset Hills Drive from the Town Center Metro station.  Specifically, 

• BP is proposing to move the open space required for a VPAC west to Block G2, next to the dog walk park linking the Metro station with the pavilion on the other side of the W&OD Trail.
• According to FairfaxNow today, it has re-framed the approved agreement with the county as offering the opportunity for "60,000 square feet of possible commercial or civic uses."  We know of no plans for "commercial" uses--unless BP is expecting to get the property back--and the civic uses are limited to a county VPAC or park.  

Here are the key graphics regarding these changes in the proposed proffer:

Plan for Block J, as approved by the Board of Supervisors and included in the Reston Comprehensive Plan and the basis for a feasibility study for a VPAC:

 

New Plan for Block G2