Indeed. In fact, most zoning rules mandate a certain ratio of parking spots to square feet of office space.
I imagine that a careful examination would show that our lords and masters in the Fairfax Taj Mahal (a/k/a the Government Center Building) required the number of parking spots found at Tyson’s Corner.
Jack
I go to Tyson’s to shop just because the parking is such a pleasure: plentiful, free, safe, clean. Even if the traffic on Route 7 leaves something to be desired (I usually approach from 123, which isn’t all that bad), it is worth it. It would never occur to me to go to downtown DC to shop. I would prefer to have pointy sticks poked in my eyes. Sounds to me like our Overlords at the Taj Mahal want us all to be as miserable as district residents. They, of course, will continue to tool around in their county-provided Navigators and Escalades, with their parking provided free at taxpayer expense, while we schlep around on buses and Metro. Question: do they pay to park at the Taj? Or do they have spaces reserved with their names on them? Three guesses.