TYSONS CORNER, VA-MRP Realty will continue to build out itssubstantial northern Virginia pipeline. Next up for the prolificfirm is a 500,000-sf office tower in Tyson's Corner with estimateddevelopment costs of $250 million, principal Bob Murphy tellsGlobeSt.com.

The firm has already acquired the eight acres of land forroughly $50 million. It plans to break ground on the building in Q3with an expected delivery date of 2010. For the moment, Murphysays, the development is being called Tyson's Tower. “We aredeveloping it to be a trophy asset, with an all curtain wall anddesigned to gold LEED standards,” he says. Once the building iscomplete the company will apply for certification.

The acreage, which sits on Jones Branch Road, is also land onwhich the county would like to develop an HOV lane, Murphy adds.“We are currently in negotiations for a dedication.” The endresult, if the negotiations are fruitful, would be an ideallylocated building close to the soon-to-be-developed Tyson's CornerMetro station and easy access to the region's major highways.