Sandbox VR, a virtual world gaming company, has signed a 7,200-square-foot lease successful The Boro, a mixed-use vicinity successful Tysons, Va.

The improvement is being built by a associated task betwixt The Meridian Group (TMG) and Akridge.

In April, The Boro announced plans to present an further 160,000 quadrate feet of

retail abstraction arsenic portion of its Phase II expansion, connected apical of the existing 255,000 quadrate feet of retail

space successful Phase I. Future improvement plans besides see up to 610,000 quadrate feet of caller residences and open-air greenish space.

“Tysons is 1 of the largest areas for bureau and retail successful the state — adjacent successful proximity to

Washington, D.C., with casual entree by car oregon Metro,” David Friedman, vice president of planetary existent property for Sandbox VR, told Commercial Observer, explaining the company’s involvement successful opening successful the mixed-use manner and amusement center. 

Sandbox VR volition run astatine 1656 Silver Hill Drive, and diagnostic 4 backstage rooms for virtual world gameplay called “holodecks,” successful which groups of up to six players volition research virtual worlds. Equipped with a virtual world headset, a haptic vest, a backpack and question sensors connected the wrists and ankles, players tin person interactive experiences utilizing patented motion-tracking exertion that captures the movements of a player’s full body.

The installation volition unfastened this summer, joining tenants specified arsenic Whole Foods and Showplace Icon Theater, and restaurants Circa and El Bebe.

The Boro is adjacent to some the Greensboro and Spring Hill Metro stations on the caller Silver Line, adjacent to Route 7, Westpark and Greensboro Drives. 

Phase II of The Boro is presently nether operation and slated to unfastened successful 2025.

Ed Crilley and David Ward astatine H&R Retail represented the landlord successful the deal, portion Amy Maclaren and Lance Marine of CBRE represented the tenant.

Keith Loria tin beryllium reached astatine Kloria@commercialobserver.com.