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Voyage EdgeLOUIS XIIIAugust 13, 20262 min readAd-free
JW Marriott Residences Reston Station Sets Virginia Condo Record With Full-Floor Penthouse Sale
Comstock and McWilliams|Ballard mark the state's highest-priced residential transaction in Marriott's branded-residence push.
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Virginia's highest-priced condo sale validates Marriott's JW brand push into affluent suburbs with transit access and tech-sector migration.
41-story
tower at Reston Station
200
branded residences
2022
is Comstock's third collaboration with Marriott and the first…
18 miles
west of Washington
Comstock Holding Companies and McWilliams|Ballard announced Virginia's highest-priced residential transaction with the sale of a full-floor penthouse at JW Marriott Residences Reston Station. No dollar figure was disclosed, but the sale surpasses all prior condominium closings in the state and arrives as Marriott International accelerates its branded-residence footprint across secondary U.S. markets.
The penthouse crowns a 41-story tower at Reston Station, a mixed-use development anchored by a JW Marriott hotel and 200 branded residences. The project, which broke ground in 2022, is Comstock's third collaboration with Marriott and the first JW-branded residential offering in the Mid-Atlantic. McWilliams|Ballard, a McLean-based brokerage, handled the transaction. The buyer's profile was not released, though the sale follows a pattern of full-floor acquisitions by single-family offices and technology principals relocating from coastal hubs.
The record matters because it confirms pricing power in a market traditionally anchored by government contractors and suburban family buyers. Reston Station sits 18 miles west of Washington, D.C., along the Silver Line Metro extension that opened in 2022. The location benefits from Amazon's HQ2 in Arlington, which brought 25,000 employees and $2.5 billion in regional capital investment. Marriott's JW brand, historically limited to urban gateway cities, is now penetrating affluent suburbs with Metro access and corporate density. The residences include 24-hour concierge, in-residence dining from the hotel's restaurant, and priority access to Marriott Bonvoy benefits—a model that layers hotel infrastructure onto high-rise ownership.
For allocators, the signal is Marriott's willingness to lend its highest-tier residential brand to secondary transit corridors. The JW Marriott Residences pipeline now includes projects in Nashville, Austin, and Tampa—markets where household incomes exceed $250,000 but branded-residence inventory remains under 500 units per metro. Comstock, which trades at a $47 million market capitalization as of August 2025, relies on these partnerships to derisk construction financing and compress sales timelines. The Reston penthouse closed before the building's certificate of occupancy, suggesting demand for branded product in markets adjacent to but distinct from D.C. proper.
Operators should watch Marriott's next JW Residences announcement, expected before year-end 2025, and Comstock's ability to replicate the pricing structure in its remaining 60 unsold units at Reston Station. The company has two additional branded projects in its pipeline, both in Northern Virginia, with groundbreakings contingent on presale thresholds north of 40 percent. McWilliams|Ballard's role signals a shift from traditional developer sales teams to third-party luxury brokerages for high-floor inventory, a tactic common in Miami and New York but newer to the Mid-Atlantic.
The sale closes the same week Marriott announced 12 new branded-residence projects globally, with half in U.S. markets outside the top ten metros. The penthouse at Reston Station is now the reference point for what a full-floor unit commands in a market where the previous record was a $6.2 million single-family estate sale in McLean.
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