Antonio J. Calabrese

• Represented QTS Data Centers (in collaboration with Compass Data Centers) in securing the challenging approvals of a 2,200-acre Comprehensive/Master Plan Amendment as well as contentious rezoning applications for the Prince William Digital Gateway. DLA led the team of engineers, master land planners, historians, architects, environmental, transportation, power/energy consultants and public relations experts in replanning and rezoning land for 20+ million square feet of data center development located near the historic Civil War Manassas National Battlefield Park in Prince William County, Virginia. This three-year effort (and US$40 billion investment) has been cited by many as the single largest master-planned data center campus in the world
• Securing numerous rezoning, development plan and special exception approvals within and around the 450-acre, seven million square-foot, mixed-use Reston Town Center. Reston Town Center has received national acclaim for smart planning and the application of the most cutting-edge land use principles
• Obtaining approvals for a 3.2-million square-foot mixed-use multi-phased expansion of Tysons Corner Center, including office towers, high-density residential development, additional retailers and a boutique hotel
• Handling numerous data center approvals (millions of square feet) in and around Ashburn (Loudoun County), Virginia
• Securing approval of a 3+ million square foot, multi-year, multi-phased mixed use town center of office, residential, retail, hotel and industrial land for the Waterside project (a precedent-setting stone quarry conversion), located at Route 28 and the Dulles Toll Road
• Oversaw the rezoning of a 4.9-million square-foot, mixed-use, transit-oriented development for Capital One's prominent Tysons headquarters
• Has advised MITRE on numerous development and strategic real estate matters, including a recently approved, major rezoning for its office campus
• Securing approval for a 360-acre, 3.7 million square-foot, mixed-use community employment centers, including 2.8 million square feet of office development and 600,000 square feet of retail, a luxury hotel, a movie theater, restaurants and residences for One Loudoun. This project received the Washington Smart Growth Alliance award and was the first project to receive such recognition in in Loudoun County
• Overseeing zoning approvals for America Online's 2.2-million square-foot Dulles headquarters and computer/technology center
• Securing a series of rezoning approvals for the planned community of Brambleton, including more than 3,000 new homes and a large active adult/elderly housing community
• Obtaining approval for 3,500 homes and 3.8 million square feet of commercial and retail development on 1,600 acres along the Dulles Greenway for the Broadlands and Broadlands South Communities
• Assisting Raytheon in securing significant state and local incentives in connection with its 700,000-square foot lease of the AOL Campus, enabling Raytheon to house more than 1,500 employees
• Participating in major development projects adjacent to the Tysons-to-Dulles Metro Rail Line's 11 planned stations and the US$5 billion Silver Line Metrorail extension

Tony has also secured service approvals for restaurants, including a "restaurant park," hotels, retirement communities and automobile dealerships. Tony has represented more than a dozen different regional and national automobile dealers in Northern Virginia. He has also secured approvals for churches, daycare facilities and other specialized users.

Chambers USA

• Band 1, Virginia Northern Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use, (2001 – 2025)

The Legal 500 United States

• Leading Partner, Land Use/Zoning, (2022 – 2025)
• Recommended, Land Use/Zoning, (2018 – 2021)

Additional Recognitions

• Washington, DC's Best Lawyers: Real Estate, Washingtonian, (2014 – 2024)
• Land Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate Law, The Best Lawyers in America®, (2006 – 2022)
• Top Lawyer, Washingtonian, (2013 – 2020)
• AV Preeminent Top-Rated Lawyers, (2008 – 2021)
• Top Lawyers, Northern Virginia Magazine, (2010 – 2021)
• DC Top Real Estate Lawyers, Bisnow, (2011 – 2018)
• Legal Elite, Virginia Business, (2014 – 2020)
• Power Player Award, SmartCEO, (2013)
• DC Area's Top Washington Land Use/Zoning Lawyer, Washington Business Journal
• Virginia Super Lawyer, Richmond Magazine
• Leading Lawyer, Legal Times
• President, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties Northern Virginia Chapter, (2004)
• Member of the Year, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties Northern Virginia Chapter, (2000)

• "Townhome Takeover: They're easily financed and fit nicely onto suburban office campuses," Washington Business Journal, November 7, 2025
• "Cross Mill Center, Arcola Grove Data Center Projects Receive Narrow Board Approval," The Loudoun Newsletter, July 2025
• "AKD Partners: Kevin Milgram Added To Emerging Growth And Venture Capital Practice," Pulse 2.0, July 28, 2025
• "Power Constraints May Test Data Center Gains In '25," Law360, January 8, 2025
• "Why Loudoun's Silver Line stations aren't developing just yet," Washington Business Journal, October 23, 2024
• "Loudoun County's Innovation Gateway data center project met with Board opposition," Data Center Dynamics, July 15, 2024
• "Loudoun board lashes out at plan to combine data centers, affordable housing," Washington Business Journal, July 12, 2024
• "Metro Area Data Center, Affordable Housing Project Meets Board Opposition," LoudounNow, July 12, 2024
• "Supervisors OK zoning changes aimed at curbing large data centers at Vint Hill," Fauquier Times, March 17, 2024
• "Planning Commission skeptical of data centers in Urban Policy Area," Loudoun Times-Mirror, February 16, 2024
• "Blackstone Is Building a $25 Billion Empire of Power-Hungry Data Centers," Bloomberg, January 28, 2024
• "Prince William lawmakers approve controversial data center development after 27-hour hearing," Washington Business Journal, December 13, 2023
• "BREAKING: Supervisors OK Digital Gateway," Prince William Times, December 13, 2023
• "QTS Realty proposes changes in bid to speed Prince William County data center approval," The Business Journals, November 2, 2023
• "Planning Commission Sends Data Center, Multifamily Proposal in Urban Policy Area to Work Session," The Loudoun Newsletter, October 4, 2023
• "County board approves changes to Tysons Corner Center's development plan," FFX Now,September 29, 2023
• "Next Phase of Tysons Corner Center Heads to Board; Approval Likely for 2.25M-SF Project," The Fairfax Newsletter, September 26, 2023
• "Plan for Tysons Corner Center's next phase advances with focus on street access," Fairfax County Local News, September 19, 2023
• "Prince William board moves to take up Digital Gateway rezoning in November," Inside Nova, August 16, 2023
• "Park superintendent warns of data centers' 'wholesale destruction' of historic areas around the Manassas battlefield," Prince William Times, August 10, 2023
• "Loudoun supervisors approve public financing structure to kickstart massive Rivana project," Washington Business Journal, July 20, 2023
• "The Changing Face of the Dulles Corridor," Tysons Today, July 5, 2023
• "County Board Approves Rivana Application; 6.4-Million-SF Proposed Along Silver Line Extension," The Loudoun Newsletter, May 24, 2023
• "Larger parks county supervisors want for the PW Digital Gateway are missing from data centers' rezoning plans," Prince William Times, May 18, 2023
• "Loudoun lawmakers approve Rivana rezoning, huge win for proponents of slow-to-realize projects along Metro's Silver Line," The Loudoun Newsletter, May 17, 2023
• "Rivana at Innovation Station gets final approval," Loudoun Times-Mirror, May 17, 2023
• "Fairfax County supervisors readopt Zoning Ordinance that Va. Supreme Court had earlier voided," Washington Business Journal, May 11, 2023
• "Grubb Properties advances plans for new residential in place of long-unbuilt Fair Lakes office," Washington Business Journal, May 2, 2023
• "Manassas battlefield objects to building heights proposed for Digital Gateway data centers," Prince William Times, April 27, 2023
• "Loudoun Supervisors Get First Look at Massive Metro Development," Loudoun Now, April 14, 2023
• "County Board Approves Data Center Campus near Dulles Airport," The Loudoun Newsletter, April 13, 2023
• "PW Digital Gateway: Data Center Firms Seek to Address Community Concerns," Data Center Frontier, April 12, 2023
• "Proposed mixed-use development near Metro station approaches approval," Loudoun Times-Mirror, April 12, 2023
• "Merrifield recommended as priority for redevelopment, but one proposal raises displacement concerns," FFX Now, March 28, 2023
• "Virginia Supreme Court's voiding of Fairfax County's Zoning Ordinance could upset numerous past land use decisions," Washington Business Journal, March 28, 2023
• "Peterson Cos., other owners target Fair Lakes for more residential, not office," Washington Business Journal, March 17, 2023
• "Data center companies outline early plans for Prince William County 'digital gateway' site amid pushback," Washington Business Journal, February 27, 2023
• "EYA, Pulte Homes, others look to redevelop obsolete office in Reston Station's orbit," Washington Business Journal, February 9, 2023
• "Board Approves 163-Unit Belmont Park; Hyde Park Rezoning Application Withdrawn," The Loudoun Newsletter, Vol. 38, No. 01, January 21, 2023
• "Flats at Tysons condo plan poised for approval despite staff objections," FFX Now, December 6, 2022
• "Comstock angles to redevelop Koons auto dealerships in Tysons," FFX Now, December 2, 2022
• "Macerich revises plan for next phase of Tysons Corner Center, including bigger tower to replace Lord & Taylor," Washington Business Journal, November 23, 2022
• "Why Finmarc, Halle Cos. want to redevelop industrial-zoned Springfield lots as residential," Washington Business Journal, November 22, 2022
• "Prince William County board approves controversial data center project," The Washington Post, November 2, 2022
• "PW Digital Gateway Advances as Prince William Supervisors Back Massive Project," Data Center Frontier, November 2, 2022
• "Prince William County board votes for digital gateway plan for data centers," Washington Business Journal, November 2, 2022
• "Planning Commission Okays 163-Unit Belmonte Park Application along Route 7 Corridor," The Loudoun Newsletter, September 30, 2022
• "Prime real estate at Silver Line's Innovation Center Metro hits the market," Washington Business Journal, September 21, 2022
• "Halle Cos. selling Kingstowne lot for multifamily development," Washington Business Journal, August 18, 2022
• "Two Data Centers, 450 Multifamily Units Planned Near Rivana, Waterside Sites," The Loudoun Newsletter, August 8, 2022
• "Rivana Proposal," The Loudoun Newsletter, July 26, 2022
• "Belmont Park ZMAP," The Loudoun Newsletter, Vol. 37, No. 12, July 1, 2022
• "Progress Made at 6.3M SF Rivana Proposal; Application Heads to Second Work Session in July," The Loudoun Newsletter, Vol. 37, No. 12, July 1, 2022
• "Planning Commission Sends 6 Million-Square Foot Rivana at Innovation Station to Future Work Sessions," The Loudoun Newsletter, Vol. 37, No. 8, April 30, 2022
• "Massive data center campus for Prince William County's rural west faces stiff opposition," Washington Business Journal, March 11, 2022
• "New residential buildings with day care, swimming pool approved for MetroWest," Tysons Reporter, January 27, 2022
• "County officials raise issues with affordability of project by Innovation Center Metro," restonnow, January 13, 2022
• "Tysons Corner Center Moving Forward with 1.26M-SF Second Phase; Adds Office Option, Retail Building," The Fairfax Newsletter, Vol. 66, No. 24, December 31, 2021 
• "A huge redevelopment at Innovation Center Metro is coming together. Here's what comes next," Washington Business Journal, December 30, 2021
• "With revised Phase 2 plans, Tysons Corner Center builds on plaza, moves office space closer to Metro," Tyson Reporter, December 28, 2021
• "Macerich priming pump for next phase of Tysons Corner Center," Washington Business Journal, December 23, 2021
• "Planning Commission advances MetroWest development plans with new conditions," Tysons Reporter, December 10, 2021
• "With site plans in review, MetroWest developers promise retail is coming to Vienna Metro area," Tysons Reporter, November 30, 2021
• "Board Considers Reductions to Density, Transportation Contributions at Waterside North Data Center Site," The Loudoun Newsletter, Vol. 36, No. 21, November 18, 2021
• "Pulte's Final Residential Phase at MetroWest Heads for Planning Commission Vote in December,' The Fairfax Newsletter, Vol. 66, No. 20, November 5, 2021
• "Details Emerge on 6M-SF Rivana at Innovation Station Proposal," The Loudoun Newsletter, Vol. 36, No. 19, October 19, 2021
• "Multi-building residential complex planned to transform Tysons office site," Tysons Reporter, June 25, 2021
• "Dormant Dulles World Center Site Gets a Major Makeover as Rivana at Innovation Station," The Loudoun Newsletter, April 14, 2021
• "Pulte Files Plans for Midrise Residential on Tysons Site," The Fairfax Newsletter, March 31, 2021
• "Vienna Metro development could get a daycare and other updates," Tysons Reporter, February 2, 2021
• "Developers look to jump-start work on nearly 1,000 units near Vienna Metro after lengthy delays," Washington Business Journal, January 21, 2021
• "US Fitness nixes plans for a new gym in Ashburn, opting for a residential project instead," Washington Business Journal, January 11, 2021
• "Pulte Seeks Amendment to MetroWest Proffers to Allow Multifamily Development to Move Forward," The Fairfax Newsletter, December 31, 2020
• "Board Approves Fair Oaks Mall Plan Amendment," The Fairfax Newsletter, November 27, 2020
• "Board Approves Nearly 900 housing Units Across Three Residential Rezonings," The Fairfax Newsletter, Vol. 65, No. 18, October 6, 2020
• "Planning Commission Greenlights New Fair Oaks Mall Plan; More Residential, Less Retail Proposed," The Fairfax Newsletter, Vol. 65, No. 14, September 18, 2020
• "Northern Virginia's 'next great place'? Fairfax leaders are working to reimagine Fair Oaks," Washington Business Journal, September 14, 2020
• "Kingstowne Retail to Residential," The Fairfax Newsletter, Vol. 65, No. 14, July 31, 2020
• "Amazon's latest Loudoun data center proposal is a doozy," Washington Business Journal, July 10, 2020
• "Northern Virginia developers look to Northam for help managing the coronavirus fallout," Washington Business Journal, March 31, 2020
• "Land deals close for the View at Tysons, clearing way for construction of region's tallest tower," Washington Business Journal, March 5, 2020
• "Commission OKs Density Reduction at Kingstowne Multi-Family Site," The Fairfax Newsletter, Vol. 65, No. 01, January 17, 2020
• "Fair Oaks Mall could someday replace parking lots with development," Washington Business Journal, December 4, 2019
• "Do Fairfax Co.'s biggest malls have too many parking spaces? Mall owners say yes, " Fairfax County Times, November 17, 2019
• "Planning Commissioners, County Staff Clash Over Parking Proposal," Tysons Reporter, November 14, 2019
• "A little glass here, some color there, and data centers aren't so blah anymore," The Washington Business Journal, October 25, 2019
• "Board of Supervisors Approves View at Tysons Mixed-Use Proposals," The Fairfax Newsletter, Vol. 64, No. 18, October 17, 2019
• "Fairfax County approves Tysons project featuring what would be region's tallest building," Washington Business Journal, October 16, 2019
• "The fate of what would be the region's tallest building will be decided next month," Washington Business Journal, September 24, 2019
• "Kingstowne Towne Center development gets a downsizing," Fairfax County Times, September 6, 2019
• "Aldi taking over part of a shuttered N. Va. Toys R Us. And one day, residential will follow," Washington Business Journal, July 31, 2019
• "Change of plans for Kingstowne Towne Center's first residential," Washington Business Journal, May 15, 2018
• "One more try for The View at Tysons, a massive project featuring what would be the region's tallest building," Washington Business Journal, March 5, 2019
• "What could be the region's tallest building now features a 'SkyGarden' – and more changes for The View at Tysons," Washington Business Journal, August 20, 2018
• "AKD Partners Adds Ex-Head of Cooley Real Estate Practice," Law360, May 25, 2018
• "One of N. Va.'s most prolific real estate attorneys is jumping firms," Washington Business Journal, May 24, 2018