A proposal to build 120 units of affordable housing on a site now occupied by the Franconia Governmental Center has won the support of the Fairfax County Planning Commission.
Commission members voted without opposition on Feb. 4 to approve the plan by Franconia Development Partners, a consortium of several housing groups seeking to redevelop the 3.3 acres of leased county land at 6121 Franconia Road with a four-story apartment building.
A popular Korean BBQ restaurant in Fairfax City is making plans to expand to Greenbriar Town Center this year.
Construction on Meokja Meokja’s second location at 13041 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway just outside Chantilly should be completed sometime between March and May, staff told FFXnow during a recent busy dinner shift.
After opening its doors in Vienna last month, popular donut chain Texas Donuts is not slowing down.
The local pastry and breakfast brand is planning to add three more locations in Northern Virginia this year, including one in Chantilly, Texas Donuts owner Hoang Ton told FFXnow.
The largest pet event in the D.C. region is leaving Fairfax County.
With the Dulles Expo Center, their home of 25 years, permanently closing in Chantilly this month, Super Pet Expo organizers will bring their showcase for local pet businesses, nonprofits and experts to Manassas Mall next year instead.
A Chantilly man who had been missing for the past week was found dead today (Monday) after his vehicle was pulled out of the Occoquan River.
Quang Hang, 78, was reported missing by his family around 8 p.m. on Dec. 1 after he never returned home from a vehicle inspection scheduled to take place in Leesburg at 2:30 p.m., according to the Fairfax County Police Department.
Students and staff at Brookfield Elementary School in Chantilly have been evacuated in response to a gas leak.
Units with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department were dispatched to the school at 4200 Lees Corner Road around 10:18 a.m. for a “hazardous material emergency,” according to scanner traffic.
When the DMV Chocolate and Coffee Festival announced earlier this fall that it will return to the Dulles Expo Center in mid-November, organizers didn’t know yet that their fourth year would be their last at the popular Chantilly events venue.
Though rumors of Ikea coming to the building had emerged over the summer, Dulles Expo Center’s management didn’t officially inform promoters that it will close in December until last week, the Washington Business Journal reported last week.
After months of speculation, IKEA has officially confirmed that it’s coming to Chantilly, taking over a building currently occupied by the Dulles Expo Center.
The Swedish furniture chain announced today (Thursday) that it will open a store — its third in Virginia — at 4320 Chantilly Shopping Center Drive in the Chantilly Shopping Center sometime in spring 2026.
Reston residents no longer have to travel to Chantilly to indulge in a bar or box of River-Sea Chocolates.
The chocolate maker recently began welcoming customers to a retail shop at 11495 Sunset Hills Road, Unit 100, months after expanding there with a new, larger production facility.
County officials are currently seeking feedback on proposed changes to Fairfax Connector bus service early next year.
Through Nov. 12, residents can weigh in on the proposal, which would only affect six different routes.
