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VHC Health promises new medical option, pedestrian upgrades with Graham Center overhaul

Published September 23, 2024 at 2:30PM

VHC Health and Intuitive Health are looking to redevelop Graham Center in West Falls Church with a combined emergency room and urgent care facility (via Fairfax County)

A joint emergency room and urgent care center that Virginia Hospital Center (VHC) says will be the first facility of its kind in Virginia took a step closer to becoming a reality last week.

The Fairfax County Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval on Wednesday, Sept. 18 of VHC Health’s proposal to redevelop Graham Center (7234 Arlington Blvd) in West Falls Church with a new medical facility — a project that county staff agreed will “significantly improve pedestrian safety” compared to the existing, aging shopping center.

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After tweaks, Idylwood water tank expansion clears hurdle

By Angela Woolsey

Published September 16, 2024 at 1:15PM

The proposed Poplar Heights water tank (via Fairfax Water)

Fairfax Water still intends to build a bigger water tank in Poplar Heights, but the new facility might be less visible than the Idylwood neighborhood’s residents feared.

After being challenged at a lengthy public hearing in July, the water authority revised its lighting, landscaping and construction plans enough to win the Fairfax County Planning Commission’s support for the project last Wednesday (Sept. 11).

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Chantilly housing development advances after facing questions about wildlife, traffic impacts

By James Jarvis

Published August 6, 2024 at 3:30PM

The proposed Park East at Westfields housing development (via LDC/Fairfax County)

A proposal to redevelop a mostly vacant office park in Chantilly with housing has cleared its first regulatory hurdle and could receive full approval by next month.

The Fairfax County Planning Commission recommended that the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approve a request last month to rezone the property between Poplar Tree Road and Newbrook Drive from medium industrial to a residential district.

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Idylwood neighborhood objects to plans for new Fairfax Water tank

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 30, 2024 at 10:30AM

The proposed Poplar Heights water tank (via Fairfax Water)

Fairfax Water’s plan to update and expand the water tank that serves much of Idylwood and Pimmit Hills has run into strong opposition from many residents of the single-family neighborhood that surrounds the site.

Resident after resident testified at a Fairfax County Planning Commission public hearing last Wednesday (July 24) that replacing the existing 700,000-gallon Poplar Heights tank with the 1.25-million-gallon tank proposed by the water authority will irrevocably damage their community and quality of life.

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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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Divisive new data center rules clear Fairfax County Planning Commission

By James Jarvis

Published June 10, 2024 at 3:30PM | Updated March 12, 2025 at 1:15PM

Attendees of the Fairfax County Planning Commission's June 5 public hearing call for stricter rules on data centers (staff photo by James Jarvis)

New regulations on the construction of data centers in Fairfax County cleared their first major hurdle last week.

The Fairfax County Planning Commission unanimously endorsed zoning amendments on Thursday (June 6) that aim to restrict the size, location, equipment screening and design standards of any new data centers in the county.

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Final plan for new residential building in Tysons West approved

By Caitlyn Meisner

Published May 30, 2024 at 2:30PM | Updated August 1, 2024 at 10:16AM

A rendering of the newly approved Building C in Tysons West, seen from Cornerside Boulevard and the future Yard Street (via Fairfax County)

The Fairfax County Planning Commission approved alterations on May 22 to a mixed-use residential building already planned for Tysons West.

The building at 8740 Yard Street is proposed to be a five- to eight-story multi-family building with up to 265 dwelling units and 5,000 square feet of retail space. Owned by JBG Smith, the property is situated near Leesburg Pike (Route 7) and is currently undeveloped.

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Tysons condo project survives grilling over developer’s workforce housing pledge

By Angela Woolsey

Published May 20, 2024 at 11:00AM

Developers Cityline Partners and Renaissance Centro have proposed a condominium building in place of offices for Block C2 of Arbor Row in Tysons (via Fairfax County)

Developer Cityline Partners got its plan to swap an office building for condominiums in Tysons’ Arbor Row neighborhood past the Fairfax County Planning Commission last week, but concerns about its affordable housing commitments remain a hurdle.

The commission voted 8-1 last Wednesday (May 15) to recommend approval of a 23-story, 240-unit residential high-rise at 7925 Westpark Drive. The lone “nay” came from Hunter Mill District Commissioner John Carter, while Mount Vernon District Commissioner Walter Clarke abstained after arriving late to the meeting.

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Planning commission OKs access-limiting gates for Herndon development

By Melanie Pincus

Published May 2, 2024 at 10:30AM

One Sunrise Valley developer Bittersweet Fields LLC is seeking to amend its plan for land units C and D, outlined in yellow (via Fairfax County)

A large residential development planned in Herndon will be allowed to use two access gates — at least for a few hours on weekdays, eventually.

Pomeroy Clark I, the land owner and developer, got Fairfax County’s approval late last month to amend its plans for One Sunrise Valley, which will deliver 1,093 housing units on about 44 acres of land near the Frying Pan Road and Sunrise Valley Drive intersection.

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Proposal for townhomes near Franconia-Springfield Parkway clears planning commission

By James Jarvis

Published April 29, 2024 at 11:30AM

Aerial view of proposed Towns at Villa development in Springfield (via Fairfax County)

A proposal for 40 new townhomes in Springfield is heading to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors for a vote next month.

The Fairfax County Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval last Wednesday (April 24) for developer JR Real Estate Group’s plan to construct 40 single-family homes on a 5.81-acre property located near the Franconia-Springfield Parkway.