The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a conceptual development plan on Tuesday (Nov. 18) that calls for a mix of housing, office, retail, hotel and park space on a key 4.8-acre parcel near the Spring Hill Metro station in the Tysons West area.
The unanimous vote in support of Piazza at Tysons is the latest step in a redevelopment effort that has been under review for five years.
After years of planning, the West Falls Church Metro station’s transformation into a mixed-use neighborhood is officially underway.
Developers EYA and Rushmark Properties joined officials from Metro and local governments to break ground today (Wednesday) on a project that will ultimately add up to 1 million square feet of residential, office and retail space on land currently covered by parking lots.
Fairfax County officials are poised to consider two large redevelopments that would bring more than 1,000 housing units and tens of thousands of square feet of retail to Fair Oaks.
At its meeting Wednesday (Nov. 12), the Fairfax County Planning Commission unanimously voted to recommend that the Board of Supervisors approve an amendment to its comprehensive plan for the redevelopment of the Fair Oaks Business Park.
A developer is looking to replace more than a dozen single-family houses in Woodlawn with new townhouses.
Applicant K. Hovnanian at Mount Vernon Gateway submitted the proposal to Fairfax County on Oct. 28 for 66 single family attached townhomes and 78 stacked townhomes on the 7.5-acre property at 8115 Janna Lee Avenue.
Plans to redevelop a portion of the Courthouse Plaza Shopping Center near Old Town Fairfax into housing were rejected by Fairfax City Council members late last month, leaving the aging site’s future in limbo once again.
The 4-2 vote on Oct. 28 came three months after council members opted on July 22 to delay a final decision in hopes a revamped proposal by developer Combined Properties would address concerns raised by critics throughout the development process.
A mix of pride and gratitude filled the voices of the government and nonprofit officials who spoke at a ceremonial groundbreaking yesterday (Monday) for Fairfax City’s latest housing project.
Speaker after speaker emphasized the array of contributors whose shared belief that housing should be a basic right, not a privilege, paved the road to construction for Beacon Landing, a 54-unit apartment building for people who are at risk of or experiencing chronic homelessness.
A national security contractor has received Fairfax County’s blessing to open a new campus in Herndon.
The Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to approve the project for Peraton at its meeting on Tuesday (Oct. 28). No one spoke at a public hearing prior to the vote.
The final phase of a three-part office-to-housing redevelopment in Oakton is one step closer to the end of its journey.
At its meeting last week (Oct. 22), the Fairfax County Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of a rezoning of the Three Flint Hill office building at 3201 Jermantown Road for Flint Hill Propco LLC.
A mixed-use development that could transform a corner of Tysons West sailed through the Fairfax County Planning Commission last week after more than five years of review.
All of the commissioners present for the Oct. 22 public hearing recommended that the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approve a conceptual development plan for the Piazza at Tysons, which would replace a gas station and the Tysons 3 shopping center near the Spring Hill Metro station with housing, office, over 2 acres of park space and, potentially, a public arts and culture center.
The first phase of work is underway in the redevelopment of Isaac Newton Square, an office park in Reston that will be transformed into a mixed-use neighborhood in phases over the next 20 years.
Work started at the end of September at the northern end of the site to preserve a line of willow oak trees located along Isaac Newton Square North near Wiehle Avenue. Improvements to streets and infrastructure, such as stormwater facilities, utilities and bioretention facilities, are also in the works.
