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All-affordable apartment building near McLean Metro breaks ground

Published July 18, 2024 at 11:00AM

Officials participate in a ceremonial groundbreaking for Somos at McLean Metro, a 456-unit workforce housing apartment complex in Tysons (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Construction has commenced on an affordable housing project in Tysons that the developer, local officials and their financial partners touted yesterday (Wednesday) as literally and metaphorically groundbreaking.

With two cranes looming above and excavators rumbling around the cleared site in the background, representatives from SCG Development, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Amazon and more shoveled some dirt to formally celebrate the start of work on Somos at McLean Metro, which will deliver two apartment buildings with 456 workforce dwelling units (WDUs).

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Fairfax County board delays vote on data center regulations after lengthy public hearing

By James Jarvis

Published July 17, 2024 at 3:50PM

The future of data center development in Fairfax County remains in limbo after the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously last night (Tuesday) to delay their decision on a contentious zoning amendment another two weeks.

The supervisors said they needed more time to consider the input provided by 65 residents, attorneys, environmental activists and other community members during a public hearing that lasted nearly five hours.

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Proposed apartment building near Huntington Metro station moves closer to approval

By Acacia James

Published July 16, 2024 at 11:30AM

A rendering of Capital Investment Advisors' proposed apartment building at Huntington Avenue and Metroview Parkway (via SK+I Architecture/Fairfax County)

A proposal to build housing in the Mount Vernon District near the Huntington Metro Station is closer to being approved.

During a meeting last Wednesday (July 10), the Fairfax County Planning Commission recommended the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approve developer Capital Investment Advisors’ proposal for a 200-unit apartment building at the corner of Huntington Avenue and Metroview Parkway.

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Fairfax leaders to vote on new regulations that could curb data center growth

By James Jarvis

Published July 15, 2024 at 3:45PM

Tim Pendergrass, Ridges at Edsall HOA president, speaks at a data center rally next to the site of a proposed data center at 6295 Edsall Road (staff photo by James Jarvis)

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is gearing up to vote on landmark zoning regulations for data centers, potentially making this a pivotal week for the industry’s future in the area.

The board will hold a public hearing tomorrow (Tuesday) on zoning ordinance amendments that, if approved, would bar data centers from being built by-right in commercial and medium industrial districts and remove over a dozen heavy industrial districts from potentially allowing data centers.

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Construction begins at MetroWest on more condominiums

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 15, 2024 at 11:30AM | Updated July 16, 2024 at 1:14PM

Construction has begun on new condominium buildings for Oakton's MetroWest neighborhood (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

A new condominium complex is under construction at MetroWest.

Crews have spent the past couple of weeks digging up a vacant lot in the middle of the Oakton development. Fencing and road blocks have been erected around the nearly 7.5-acre site, closing Royal Victoria Drive to traffic from Vaden Drive as well as footpaths used by residents to get to the Vienna Metro station to the north.

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Fairfax City Council says ‘yes’ to new apartments at WillowWood Plaza

By James Jarvis

Published July 11, 2024 at 11:30AM

A proposed mixed-use building at 10306 Eaton Place in Fairfax City (courtesy of Capital City Real Estate)

Fairfax City will soon see the construction of a seven-story residential and retail building next to WillowWood Plaza along Eaton Place following a near-unanimous vote of approval from the city council earlier this week.

The new development, dubbed “N29 Apartments,” will replace a 328-space, 2.96-acre parking lot at 10306 Eaton Place, adjacent to a 1980s-era office complex.

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NEW: NRA HQ, neighboring office reportedly eyed for redevelopment

By James Jarvis

Published July 3, 2024 at 3:30PM

The NRA's headquarters on Waples Mill Road (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Fairfax County staff are in talks with multiple developers about converting two office buildings in the Fair Oaks Business Park, including the NRA headquarters, into residential units, a county official has revealed.

In addition to the National Rifle Association’s building at 11250 Waples Mill Road, the neighboring office building at 3920 Pender Drive is being eyed for redevelopment.

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McLean nursing home seeks to expand with new wing

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 3, 2024 at 1:30PM

The Vierra Falls Church nursing home at 2100 Powhatan Street in McLean (via Google Maps)

The owner and operator of a McLean nursing home built in the Baby Boomer era wants to give its residents more space with a proposed expansion.

Modalia Capital is seeking to build a new wing for its Vierra Falls Church community at 2100 Powhatan Street, according to a rezoning application submitted to Fairfax County on June 28. The 11,869-square-foot, one-story addition would add 18 private units but no new residents.

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Townhouses approved for long-vacant site near Village Center at Dulles

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 3, 2024 at 10:30AM

The newly approved Towns at Dulles Center development will add 48 townhomes near the intersection of Centreville and Coppermine roads (via Fairfax County)

A freestanding PNC Bank in the McNair area south of Herndon is now slated to get some company.

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a rezoning last week to allow 48 stacked townhouses on the northern end of the 4.7-acre site at the intersection of Centreville and Coppermine roads, right across the street from the Village Center at Dulles shopping center.

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New data illustrates Reston’s shift toward mixed-use development

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 2, 2024 at 2:30PM

Comstock's mixed-use development Reston Station continues to grow near the Wiehle Metro station (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Reston has seen a steady uptick in development over the past decade, fueled primarily by an influx of housing, new Fairfax County data shows.

The county recently updated its Reston Data Visualization Project — now called Reston Snapshots — with data collected from 2023 and the addition of a land use hub that provides an overview of the area’s progress toward fulfilling the Reston Comprehensive Plan’s vision of a more mixed-use, transit-oriented community.