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A multi-family housing development proposed in Fair Lakes took another step toward existence last week.

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a comprehensive plan amendment on Tuesday, Sept. 10 that supports residential development and increased development intensity at a site that previously housed the Parkway Woods office building (12801 Fair Lakes Parkway).


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Two residential buildings planned for Kingstowne Towne Center might move forward without any retail.

The developer Halle Companies is seeking to remove a requirement that the 9-story buildings include non-residential uses on their ground floor, according to a rezoning application submitted to Fairfax County on Monday (Sept. 9).


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Fairfax County will review its property deeds to remove clauses that historically barred non-Caucasian individuals from owning or leasing property in specific neighborhoods.

In response to new research revealing the prevalence of racially restrictive covenants in Northern Virginia property deeds, the Board of Supervisors, led by Dan Storck and Rodney Lusk, unanimously approved a board matter yesterday (Tuesday) to allocate resources for eliminating any segregation-era language from county-owned property deeds and assisting private property owners in doing the same.


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A Maryland developer is looking to fit a new residential subdivision on eight acres in Lorton between Route 123 and Ox Road.

L&F Laurel Highlands LLC submitted a rezoning application to Fairfax County on Tuesday (Aug. 27) proposing 23 new single-family homes on the mostly vacant land.


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Dozens of townhomes are under construction on the former site of Reston’s Lake Anne Fellowship House.

Developer Tri Pointe Homes opened sales for its Lake Anne Towns development this past Saturday (Aug. 24), welcoming over 50 different groups to a model house at 1641 Fellowship Square for tours, a spokesperson told FFXnow.


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A developer is charting a new future for the Lake Fairfax Business Center, but it will not include the home of the “Quad God.”

SkateQuest, the indoor rink where world figure skating champion and George Mason University student Ilia Malinin trains, is one of several buildings slated to remain as part of a plan to revitalize the Reston office park with housing, new retail and perhaps, an elementary school.


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The first building in The Boro’s expansion has arrived.

The Trillium, a 15-story senior living community, celebrated its opening at 1620 Boro Place in Tysons on Aug. 1, delivering 181 independent living, assisted living and memory care apartments.


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A proposal to replace a single-family home behind the Village Green Shopping Center with townhouses encountered skepticism when the developer brought it to the Town of Vienna Planning Commission last month.

Sekas Homes presented two possible layouts for a 10-unit townhouse concept at 128 Nutley Street NW on behalf of the owners of the existing, 114-year-old house, who requested assistance with rezoning and redeveloping the property, the homebuilder’s vice president, Connor Sekas, told planning commission at a July 10 work session.


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Dunn Loring Center in Merrifield has been quiet since Fairfax County approved a redevelopment of the 1980s-era office building more than three years ago.

Rest assured, though, that the planned apartment building with retail is still in the works, says property owner and developer Elm Street Development, which hopes to start construction at 2722 Merrilee Drive in 2025.


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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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