diff --git a/src/VisualStudio/Core/Def/Implementation/ProjectSystem/VisualStudioProjectTracker.cs b/src/VisualStudio/Core/Def/Implementation/ProjectSystem/VisualStudioProjectTracker.cs
index 426b47d6aac8bc26db3f12dd64363cc09a8363f5..b10e98c162895cdfcbc3f58f6ffeb7c95a688b7e 100644
--- a/src/VisualStudio/Core/Def/Implementation/ProjectSystem/VisualStudioProjectTracker.cs
+++ b/src/VisualStudio/Core/Def/Implementation/ProjectSystem/VisualStudioProjectTracker.cs
@@ -761,14 +761,11 @@ private void OutputToOutputWindow(string message)
                 projectContext.AddAdditionalFile(sourceFile.Path);
             }
 
+            var metadataReferences = commandLineArguments.ResolveMetadataReferences(project.CurrentCompilationOptions.MetadataReferenceResolver).AsImmutable();
             var addedProjectReferences = new HashSet<string>();
             foreach (var projectReferencePath in projectInfo.ReferencedProjectFilePaths)
             {
-                // NOTE: ImmutableProjects might contain projects for other languages like
-                // Xaml, or Typescript where the project file ends up being identical.
-                var referencedProject = ImmutableProjects.SingleOrDefault(
-                    p => (p.Language == LanguageNames.CSharp || p.Language == LanguageNames.VisualBasic)
-                         && StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase.Equals(p.ProjectFilePath, projectReferencePath));
+                var referencedProject = TryFindExistingProjectForProjectReference(projectReferencePath, metadataReferences);
                 if (referencedProject == null)
                 {
                     referencedProject = GetOrCreateProjectFromArgumentsAndReferences(
@@ -809,15 +806,9 @@ private void OutputToOutputWindow(string message)
                 }
             }
 
-            foreach (var reference in commandLineArguments.ResolveMetadataReferences(project.CurrentCompilationOptions.MetadataReferenceResolver))
+            foreach (var reference in metadataReferences)
             {
-                // Some references may fail to be resolved - if they are, we'll still pass them
-                // through, in case they come into existence later (they may be built by other 
-                // parts of the build system).
-                var unresolvedReference = reference as UnresolvedMetadataReference;
-                var path = unresolvedReference == null
-                    ? ((PortableExecutableReference)reference).FilePath
-                    : unresolvedReference.Reference;
+                var path = GetReferencePath(reference);
                 if (targetPathsToProjectPaths.TryGetValue(path, out var possibleProjectReference) &&
                     addedProjectReferences.Contains(possibleProjectReference))
                 {
@@ -844,6 +835,47 @@ private void OutputToOutputWindow(string message)
             return (AbstractProject)projectContext;
         }
 
+        private AbstractProject TryFindExistingProjectForProjectReference(string projectReferencePath, ImmutableArray<MetadataReference> metadataReferences)
+        {
+            // NOTE: ImmutableProjects might contain projects for other languages like
+            // Xaml, or Typescript where the project file ends up being identical.
+            AbstractProject candidate = null;
+            foreach (var existingProject in ImmutableProjects)
+            {
+                if (existingProject.Language != LanguageNames.CSharp && existingProject.Language != LanguageNames.VisualBasic)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                if (!StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase.Equals(existingProject.ProjectFilePath, projectReferencePath))
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                // There might be multiple projects that have the same project file path and language in the case of
+                // cross-targeted .NET Core project.  To support that, we'll try to find the one with the output path
+                // that matches one of the metadata references we're trying to add.  If we don't find any, then we'll
+                // settle one with a matching project file path.
+                candidate = candidate ?? existingProject;
+                if (metadataReferences.Contains(mr => StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase.Equals(GetReferencePath(mr), existingProject.BinOutputPath)))
+                {
+                    return existingProject;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return candidate;
+        }
+
+        private static string GetReferencePath(MetadataReference mr)
+        {
+            // Some references may fail to be resolved - if they are, we'll still pass them
+            // through, in case they come into existence later (they may be built by other 
+            // parts of the build system).
+            return mr is UnresolvedMetadataReference umr
+                ? umr.Reference
+                : ((PortableExecutableReference)mr).FilePath;
+        }
+
         private static string GetLanguageOfProject(string projectFilename)
         {
             switch (PathUtilities.GetExtension(projectFilename))
diff --git a/src/VisualStudio/Core/Impl/CodeModel/InternalElements/AbstractCodeElement.cs b/src/VisualStudio/Core/Impl/CodeModel/InternalElements/AbstractCodeElement.cs
index 06f5d8fa866288d5ddd28ce0a6b42393b4570c28..c426af31f8e25be8e7c715dc6131c8b058660cd4 100644
--- a/src/VisualStudio/Core/Impl/CodeModel/InternalElements/AbstractCodeElement.cs
+++ b/src/VisualStudio/Core/Impl/CodeModel/InternalElements/AbstractCodeElement.cs
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public EnvDTE.TextPoint StartPoint
         {
             get
             {
-                var point = FileCodeModel.EnsureEditor(() => CodeModelService.GetStartPoint(LookupNode()));
+                var point = CodeModelService.GetStartPoint(LookupNode());
                 if (point == null)
                 {
                     return null;
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ public EnvDTE.TextPoint EndPoint
 
         public virtual EnvDTE.TextPoint GetStartPoint(EnvDTE.vsCMPart part)
         {
-            var point = FileCodeModel.EnsureEditor(() => CodeModelService.GetStartPoint(LookupNode(), part));
+            var point = CodeModelService.GetStartPoint(LookupNode(), part);
             if (point == null)
             {
                 return null;