The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved two redevelopment proposals on Tuesday (Feb. 18) that will turn areas in and around the Flint Hill Office Park near Jermantown Road in Oakton into residential communities.
The proposals to redevelop Redwood Plaza (10600 Arrowhead Drive) and a portion of the Flint Hill Office Park (10530 Rosehaven Street) were both approved unanimously.
Another parcel targeted for redevelopment on the office park site will go the county’s rezoning process later this year.
A&A Properties proposed razing two existing office buildings in the Flint Hill Office Park and constructing 88 single-family attached townhouses and 186 triplexes on the 14.6-acre parcel located on the west side of Rosehaven Street, east side of Jermantown Road and north side of Arrowhead Drive.
Meanwhile, Network Realty Partners is seeking to demolish three commercial buildings in Redwood Plaza and replace them with 196 attached townhomes on a 12.13-acre parcel located on the east and north sides of Arrowhead Drive, west of Rosehaven Street and generally south of Jermantown Road.
Though owned by separate entities, the two projects moved through the development process in tandem, ultimately winning the Fairfax County Planning Commission’s support before coming before supervisors.
The dual projects will add needed residential properties to the immediate area and remove older office buildings that have struggled to maintain tenants in the post-Covid era, supervisors suggested.
“This is the future of where we need to go,” Providence District Supervisor Dalia Palchik said of the redevelopments and accompanying amenities and improvements agreed to by the developers.
In both cases, the developers have committed to providing extensive park spaces that will be accessible to the broader community as well as the new residents.
The property owners also worked together to design a 10-foot, shared-use path through the site that will provide a connection between the Gerry Connolly Cross County Trail and the I-66 Trail. There will also be easy access to Oakmont Rec Center, located across Jermantown Road.
Some units in both developments will be designated as committed affordable housing.
Franconia District Supervisor Rodney Lusk recalled a time, several decades ago, when the Flint Hill Office Park’s buildings were filled with tenants. Today, they stand mostly empty.
The change reflects “a seismic shift” in the office environment, said Lusk, who termed the proposals for housing “a noticeable, noticeable change, and a positive one.”
Network Realty Partners’ application to build another 139 townhomes in place of the existing Three Flint Hill office building at 3201 Jermantown Road is scheduled to be heard by the planning commission in June, county staff said.
