Homeowners in Fairfax City could face an average 16.9% increase in real estate taxes under the proposed fiscal year 2026 budget released Feb. 25 by City Manager Bryan Foster.
In order to meet increasing costs — especially for schools — Foster proposes increasing the city’s real-estate tax rate from $1.03 per $100 of assessed value to $1.125.
Next week will be one of the best times of the year to be a foodie in Fairfax City.
Nearly three dozen restaurants will offer set-price menus as part of Fairfax City Restaurant Week, allowing diners to sample a variety of different dishes throughout the week.
Virginia’s attorney general is apparently seeking to revive a Fairfax indecent exposure case against a person who was subsequently charged with allegedly exposing himself in a girls’ locker room at Washington-Liberty High School in Arlington.
In a Feb. 11 letter to Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano, Attorney General Jason Miyares accused the county’s top prosecutor of undermining public safety after a case charging Richard Kenneth Cox with indecent exposure at a Planet Fitness in Fairfax City was dismissed last summer.
As discussions continue on the first block of The Ox Fairfax, Ox Hill Companies is starting to craft a plan for a second block of the mixed-use development, which could transform the historic heart of Old Town Fairfax.
The Fairfax City Council will get a briefing this evening (Feb. 4) on a concept plan for “Block B” of The Ox. Submitted last October, the proposal calls for a six-story residential building with 240 units on a 2-acre site at 4021 and 4031 University Drive.
Fairfax City hopes to advance its master plan for the 36-acre Van Dyck Park under an updated capital improvement program (CIP) for fiscal years 2026 to 2030.
Laid out in a master plan approved back in 2018, the upgrades at Van Dyck Park (3720 Blenheim Blvd) are the most substantial investment proposed in the CIP, which is heading to the Fairfax City Council after getting the city planning commission’s recommendation on Monday (Jan. 27).
A local homebuilder is looking to gauge city officials’ reaction to another mixed-use development proposal for Old Town Fairfax.
After purchasing the contracts for 4085, 4101 and 4103 Chain Bridge Road in Fairfax City, Oakton-based Christopher Companies has shared a concept plan with the city that would replace the existing office buildings with apartment and office buildings, townhouses and retail.
With its current home being eyed for redevelopment, Pathway Homes is using its expected future displacement as an opportunity to reimagine its headquarters.
The nonprofit, which provides housing and other support services to adults with serious mental illnesses and disabilities, announced yesterday (Tuesday) that it has acquired a three-story office building at 4010 University Drive in Fairfax City.
A host of festivities are scheduled for South Block when it opens next weekend in Fairfax City.
The juice shop chain will throw a celebratory block party for its new store at 9672 Main Street in Fair City Mall on Saturday, Jan. 18.
The mystery tenant that began construction at Fair City Mall late last year has been unveiled.
Signage for J.Crew Factory has appeared on one storefront in the Fairfax City shopping center, located next to YamaChen’s Sushi House. The space was last occupied in 2018 by HobbyWorks.
The new year will bring a new coffee and snack spot to Reston.
De Clieu Coffee and Sandwich has boarded up the windows of a vacant commercial building at 2235 Soapstone Drive near 7-Eleven in anticipation of opening its third location in Northern Virginia later this winter.
