 In 1962, real estate developer WestGroup received county approval to build its WestGate and WestPark office parks in Tysons which were among the first in the area.That same year, the county also approved plans for Lerner Enterprises to build the Tysons Corner Center shopping mall, which subsequently opened in 1968.By the mid-1980s, the Fairfax County supervisors approved an easing of the county's height limit to allow for the construction of the never-built Tysons Tower office building at the intersection of the Capital Beltway and Virginia Route 7.