The Meridian Group has reached a deal to bring a 15-screen Showplace Icon to The Boro, its redevelopment of SAIC’s corporate campus in Tysons where grocer Whole Foods has also signed on as an anchor tenant.
Kerasotes Showplace Theaters LLC has signed a lease with Meridian and is planning to open its luxury theater, to feature upscale dining options and reserved seating, in summer 2018. Its addition builds on the momentum Meridian is gaining at The Boro, a mixed-use development near the Silver Line’s Greensboro Metro station in Fairfax County slated to break ground next summer.
Meridian is still seeking final approvals to begin work on the project, which is slated to include about 1.8 million square feet of residential space, 1.3 million square feet of office, 316,000 square feet of retail and 250,000 square feet of hotel. Meridian co-founder David Cheek told me Showplace and Whole Foods were high on the developer’s list of top retail gets and will help attract other retail, restaurant and entertainment tenants.
“We’re excited about it, it’s high-end, and we think it’s going to be a unique offering for the Tysons market and for the region in general for that matter,” Cheek said. “It just sets the tone for the whole project.”
