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Reston, located just outside of Washington, DC in Virginia is one of the United States original "Planned" communities, featuring a mix of residential & commercial properties. I can hear you asking yourself right now, "Aren't all communities "Planned"?" Well, yes and no. Most counties take an occassional review of how the resulting community will look , usually when asked to give approval to each individual project or subdivision. The community of Reston is unique in that the original design started from scratch and anticipated the entire community at one time and anticipated the placement of all of the building and neighborhoods that would be part of the finished community.

Reston is partitioned by the Dulles Airport Toll Road. The Toll Road is the main route from the Capital Beltway and the communities of McLean, Arlington, Alexandria & others to connect with IAD - Dulles. Those lanes that connect directly to the airport have no toll vs. those that serve the exits of 7100 / Fairfax County Parkway, Reston Parkway, Wiehle Avenue & Hunter Mills Road do charge a toll to make an exit at those location to enter Reston.

There are no condominium complexes directly next to the toll road. The area works out from the toll road with retail & commercial properties acting as a buffer. These commercial areas are anchored by Sunrise Valley Drive to the south and Sunset Hills to the north.

The next area out from the toll road is a were the residential Reston VA Real Estate area starts consisting of a mix of apartments, condos and townhouses with the outer areas being a mixture of larger Reston VA Homes for Sale and garage townhouse with the occasional condo complex sprinkled in. Add in numerous lakes and parks and you have a community that has something for everyone.

The majority of condos in Reston are a Garden Style consisting of a cluster of buildings no more than 4 stories in height. Each condo complex having its own management, association and rules.

Up until the past 4-5 years, the only Reston VA Condos for Sale that were of a high rise style was the tower at Lake Anne. Since that time the Town Center of Reston, located just off of The Reston Parkway to the north side of the toll road, has seen the development of the Stratford Condos, Carlton House Condos, The Paramount Condominium & The Midtown Condominium Towers.