While office and retail markets are struggling, a new application could bring more residents and — hopefully — more customers to Kingstowne Towne Center.
On paper, the 35-acre Kingstowne Towne Center is a mixed-use parcel, blending commercial and residential development. In reality, though, housing has yet to materialize at the shopping center, with various projects languishing even after getting Fairfax County’s approval.
Some significant changes could be coming to the transportation network around the West Falls Church Metro station in Idylwood later this year.
The developers enlisted by Metro to transform the transit station’s parking lots into a mixed-use community anticipate starting construction on promised infrastructure improvements this summer, according to EYA Executive Vice President of Acquisition and Development Evan Goldman.
A developer has returned to Fairfax County with a new proposal to add housing on Spring Hill Road in McLean.
The new Spring Hill Reserve subdivision would deliver 14 single-family, detached houses on a nearly 5-acre lot across the street from the Sunrise of McLean assisted living community, according to a rezoning application submitted to the county in late May.
A high-priority project to create more affordable housing in Merrifield is officially underway.
Officials with Fairfax County and developer Conifer Realty broke ground Monday (June 23) on a project to repurpose the currently vacant, four-floor office building at 2990 Telestar Court as an 80-unit affordable apartment building.
The American Armed Forces Mutual Aid Association (AAFMAA) is no longer planning to transform its administrative offices in Reston into a new headquarters.
With its office needs declining, the member-owned nonprofit, which provides life insurance, mortgages and other financial services to members of the U.S. military community, has shifted its focus instead to housing, according to a rezoning application submitted to Fairfax County on June 24.
The latest proposal to bring housing to downtown McLean targets a pair of modest office buildings, one of which was built nearly a century ago.
Reston’s Cypress Real Estate Company, under the name Beverly & Elm Development, submitted plans to Fairfax County last Tuesday (June 17) for a seven-story residential building that would replace the McLean Office Center at 1368 Beverly Road.
The developer behind Tysons West is expanding its ambitions to the east side of Route 7 (Leesburg Pike).
JBG Smith, a Chevy Chase-based company also known for its extensive involvement in Arlington’s National Landing area, has acquired the three office buildings at Tysons Dulles Plaza (1410, 1420 and 1430 Spring Hill Road) for $42.3 million — a significant discount compared to previous sales.
A new housing option has opened up at the Halley Rise development in Reston.
After wrapping up construction last year, The Arbor at Halley Rise will celebrate its grand opening from noon to 3 p.m. tomorrow (Saturday), inviting current and possibly future residents to partake in food, drinks, lawn games and live entertainment as they get a look at the finished building.
Another office complex in the Dulles Toll Road corridor is being targeted as a candidate for redevelopment as housing.
The owner of the office buildings at 1835 and 1851 Alexander Bell Drive in Reston filed a rezoning application with Fairfax County late last month that proposes turning the 7.45-acre site into a townhome community.
Fairfax County supervisors wrapped up the 2024-2025 Site-Specific Plan Amendment (SSPA) cycle at their meeting on Tuesday (June 10) with a few tweaks to recommendations from the Planning Commission.
Projects that made the cut will now be placed on a county staff work plan for further review and community outreach. Rejected submissions can return in the next cycle, expected to start in about 18 months.
