38°54′44.9″N77°13′26.5″W / 38.912472°N 77.224028°W /38.912472; -77.224028Fairfax Square is an upscalemixed-use development located directly south ofTysons Corner Center acrossLeesburg Pike inTysons Corner, Virginia. It includes 400,000 sq ft (37,160 m2) ofClass A office space, primarily occupied by financial tenants such asAmerican Express,Merrill Lynch, andNew York Life, and high-end ground-floor retail among its three identicalhigh-rises. Fairfax Square was designed bySkidmore, Owings & Merrill. Its buildings are clad in Braziliangranite, and itslobbies are finished with Italianmarble and wood paneling.[1] Ground was broken for the development in 1988. The complex replaced aKmart store and its parking lot.
When it opened in 1990, the Tiffany & Co. store at Fairfax Square was the largest outside ofNew York with 14,500 sq ft (1,350 m2) of retail space.[2] Hermès has its onlyWashington metropolitan area store in Fairfax Square and doubled its retail space after a reopening in 2006 due to store consistently outperforming the rest of the U.S. market.[3] The Tiffany store in this location is twice as large as its newer counterpart onWisconsin Avenue.[4][5][6]Fendi opened its fourth store in the nation at Fairfax Square, but it has closed; Fendi has opened a boutique within Saks Fifth Avenue inChevy Chase, Maryland.[7] Fendi does, however, have aFendi Casa showroom nearby inWashington. The Equinox fitness facility replaced an 8-screen movie theater, which closed in 2007, shortly after a 16-screen theater opened in Tyson's Corner Center.
The following stores are located in Fairfax Square:
This location should not be confused with another older development, also named Fairfax Square, located inthe City of Fairfax and consisting of a small amount of office and retail space.