Mark Looney

Mark Looney specializes in representing property owners and national, regional and local developers on all aspects of the land planning, zoning and development process.  He serves as a strategic advisor and guide to help secure the necessary approvals required for office, retail, industrial, mixed-use, residential, healthcare, hotel and large planned community projects.

Mark has been recognized as one of the region's preeminent land use/zoning attorneys by Chambers USA, Band 1 (2015-2021) and Band 2 (2011-2014) and as a member of the #1-ranked Real Estate practice in Northern Virginia (2008-2020); Best Lawyers in America (2013-2020); Virginia Business Magazine "Legal Elite - Virginia's Best Lawyers,” (2014-2015) and Legal 500 Real Estate: Land use/zoning.

Among the rezonings, concept plans, development plans and special exceptions on which Mark recently has worked are:

• Reston Station and Reston Station Promenade - mixed-use development containing approximately 3 million square feet near the Wiehle-Reston East Metrorail Station.
• Brookfield Office – 3.5 million square feet of mixed-use development adjacent to the Reston Town Center Metrorail Station.
• Campus Commons – 12-acre mixed-use project within a quarter mile of the Wiehle Reston Metro Station, includes a total of 1,353,724 square feet of existing and new development.
• Reston Town Center – 450-acre, 7 million+ square foot mixed-use Town Center District located along the Dulles Toll Road in Fairfax County.
• Spectrum at Town Center – 750,000 square foot office/hotel, 1,450 residential unit mixed-use redevelopment.
• Excelsior Parc – 457-unit, two-building luxury condominium tower.
• Avant at Reston Town Center – 359-unit high-rise luxury rental apartments.
• Parc Reston – Redevelopment/conversion of 700-unit redevelopment complex in Reston, Virginia.
• Signature Site – Mixed-use development containing 200,000 square feet of office, 560 residential units and 40,000 square feet of retail.
• Penn Daw Plaza – Redevelopment of suburban shopping center into a mixed-use community of 450 residential units with ground-floor retail in Alexandria, Virginia.
• Fairfax Circle – Redevelopment of suburban shopping center into a mixed-use community of 400 residential units with grocery-anchored, ground-floor retail in Fairfax City, Virginia.
• General Dynamics Corporation – Corporate headquarters facility for Fortune 100 company in Reston, Virginia. 
• Bozzuto Reston Station – Redevelopment of mini-storage and warehouse site into transit-oriented, mixed-use development of 400 residential units and ground-floor retail adjacent to the Reston East transit station in Reston, Virginia.
• Greensboro Park Place – 480-unit transit-oriented, mixed-use development in Tysons, Virginia.
• Elm Street – 240-unit mixed-use development in downtown McLean, Virginia.
• JLB Dulles Tech – 460-unit multifamily development in Herndon, Virginia.
• JLB Trinity Centre – 355-unit multifamily development in Centreville, Virginia.
• StoneSpring Medical Center – Medical campus with 164-bed general acute care hospital and 400,000 square feet of medical office in Loudoun County, Virginia.
• Reston Hospital Center – 225,000 square feet of office space and 152-bed expansion and enhancement of medical campus in Reston, Virginia.
• Dunn Loring/Merrifield Metro Station – 720-unit transit-oriented, mixed-use development, including 125,000 square feet of ground floor retail and commuter parking, in Fairfax County, Virginia.
• Belvoir Corporate Center – 200,000 square-foot secure office campus adjacent to Fort Belvoir in Lorton, Virginia.
• Tall Oaks Village Center – Redevelopment of 70,000 square foot shopping center with 156 residential units and 13,500 square feet of retail.