Innovation Center Metro Station

Completed path gives residents direct route to Innovation Center Metro station

Published March 3, 2026 at 2:45PM

Fairfax County officials celebrate the completion of the Innovation Station North Neighborhood Access project (via Fairfax County/YouTube)

After more than a year of construction and a decade of planning, residents who live north of the Innovation Center Metro station near Herndon can finally walk or bike directly to the transit stop.

Fairfax County officials cut a ribbon last Friday (Feb. 27) to celebrate the completion of the Innovation Station North Neighborhood Access project, which added a shared-use path and two pedestrian bridges to connect the neighborhoods along Farougi Court and Apgar Place to the Metro station’s kiss-and-ride lot.

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Proposals for affordable housing on Columbia Pike, Dulles Greene sites take shape

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 3, 2026 at 9:15AM

True Ground Housing Partners' proposed Dulles Greene affordable housing development (via KTGY/Fairfax County)

The Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority (FCRHA) is moving forward with plans to transform two mostly vacant sites into affordable housing after identifying potential partners for both projects.

The authority approved an interim agreement at its Jan. 22 meeting with True Ground Housing Partners allowing it to commence “pre-development activities” for a 9.6-acre property at 13500 Dulles Greene Drive near the Innovation Center Metro station in Herndon. The process will include a physical site review, community engagement and a financial feasibility assessment.

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Dulles Corner office building eyed for townhouse redevelopment

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 21, 2026 at 11:45AM

Pulte Homes is proposing to redevelop the Park West at Dulles Corner office building with townhomes (via Land Design Consultants/Fairfax County)

The Dulles Corner office park near the Innovation Center Metro station could become one building smaller, if Fairfax County approves a recently submitted redevelopment proposal.

Developer Pulte Homes and property owner Finmarc Management are seeking to replace the four-story Park West building at 13880 Dulles Corner Lane with 145 townhomes, including 81 attached units and 64 stacked units.

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County board opens door for more housing north of Innovation Center Metro

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 5, 2025 at 9:15AM | Updated December 8, 2025 at 10:12AM

Stout and Teague's concept plan for a housing development at 2140 Rock Hill Road in Herndon (via Hord Coplan Macht/Fairfax County)

A developer that has been angling to build on a sliver of mostly vacant land north of the Innovation Center Metro station for two decades took a step closer to realizing its goal last month.

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a comprehensive plan amendment at its Nov. 18 meeting that will allow residential development on three parcels at 2140 Rock Hill Road in Herndon, paving the way for a project proposed by commercial real estate firm Stout & Teague.

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FCDOT to design protected bike facilities on part of Sunrise Valley Drive

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 3, 2025 at 9:15AM

Sunrise Valley Drive at Innovation Center Drive in Herndon (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

With a recently awarded grant, Fairfax County can begin designing protected bicycle facilities along Sunrise Valley Drive near the Innovation Center Metro station, the latest effort to make the roadway more accessible for pedestrians and cyclists.

At its Nov. 19 meeting, the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB) unanimously approved $84,000 for the Sunrise Valley Drive Protected Bicycle Infrastructure project as part of its fiscal year 2026-2027 Transit Within Reach program.

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Capital Bikeshare expands to Herndon area, Huntington Metro station

By Angela Woolsey

Published August 8, 2025 at 2:45PM

A Capital Bikeshare station at the West Falls Church Metro station (file photo)

Capital Bikeshare is finally arriving in the Herndon and Huntington areas.

The bicycle-sharing service operated by Lyft is rolling out 10 new docking stations around the Innovation Center and Huntington Metro stations earlier this month, years after they were initially proposed.

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Proposal to expand McLean’s Vinson Hall takes step forward

By Scott McCaffrey

Published May 7, 2025 at 1:45PM

Current Vinson Hall facilities in McLean (via Vinson Hall)

Plans for significant future expansion of the Vinson Hall retirement community in McLean took a small but key procedural step forward last Thursday (May 1).

The Fairfax County Planning Commission unanimously, if informally, indicated support for adding the development proposal to a list of possible comprehensive plan amendments that will be forwarded to the Board of Supervisors in June.

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Pennsylvania brewery to open first D.C. area restaurant near Herndon

By Angela Woolsey

Published March 12, 2025 at 9:00AM | Updated March 12, 2025 at 9:45AM

A burger and fries from Voodoo Brewing Company (courtesy Voodoo Brewing Company)

A brewery that has achieved cult status in its home state of Pennsylvania hopes to soon cast the same spell on Fairfax County.

Voodoo Brewing Company will open a restaurant — its first in the D.C. region — at the Makers Rise apartment building near the Innovation Center Metro station, just outside Herndon, property developer Crimson Partners announced yesterday (Tuesday).

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New owner of Herndon-area office park confident in leasing potential

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 8, 2025 at 8:15AM

The eight-story office building at 2411 Dulles Corner Park in Herndon (courtesy Finmarc Management)

An office park just southwest of Herndon near the Innovation Center Metro Station has a new owner.

Finmarc Management, a commercial real estate firm with headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland, announced on Jan. 2 that it has completed a $51 million acquisition of Dulles Corner, an office complex with approximately 620,000 square feet of space across four buildings.

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County seeks housing developers for Columbia Pike, Innovation Metro station sites

By Angela Woolsey

Published December 27, 2024 at 9:45AM

Fairfax County seal (file photo)

Fairfax County has two pieces of land that it hopes will eventually host affordable housing, but first, it needs to find developers who can turn that vision into a reality.

Earlier this month, the Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority began advertising a 2.93-acre parcel at 5827 Columbia Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads and a 9.6-acre parcel at 13500 Dulles Greene Drive just north of the Innovation Center Metro Station in Herndon as opportunities for affordable multifamily housing.