Fairfax Circle

Circle Gateway is a proposed mixed-useMixed-useA building or project that combines homes with shops, offices, or other uses. redevelopment at 3226 and 3250 Blenheim Boulevard in Fairfax, located south of Fairfax Boulevard, north and east of Fairfax Circle Shopping Center, and west of The Home Depot and Old Pickett Road. The applicant is Aksoylu Properties LLC.

• Jul 13, 2026Planning Commission · item 8a

  Pre-application briefing on the Circle Gateway proposal at 3226 and 3250 Blenheim Boulevard

  Fairfax Circle Shopping Center is referenced as a neighboring landmark in the Circle Gateway pre-application briefing scheduled for this work session.

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Courthouse Plaza (10300 Willard Way and 3922 Blenheim Boulevard) is a shopping center redevelopment project in the CR Commercial Retail/Old Town Fairfax Transition Overlay District, proposed by Combined Courthouse, LLC. The project has proceeded through two distinct application cycles.

• Feb 12, 2026Parks and Recreation Advisory Board · item 5d

  Stakeholder Update – Planning Commission

  Fairfax Circle was designated by the Planning Commission as one of five activity centers requiring special attention and zoning review for mixed-use development.

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The Willard Sherwood Health and Community Center (WSHCC) is a City of Fairfax project to construct a new health and community center, intended in part to replace the aging Green Acres facility for senior services. As of April 2025, the project's future was uncertain due to staffing and building security concerns, with a full City Council presentation scheduled for April 22, 2025, and all city trails work paused in the interim.

• Feb 12, 2026Parks and Recreation Advisory Board · item 5d

  Stakeholder Update – Planning Commission

  Fairfax Circle was designated by the Planning Commission as one of five activity centers requiring special attention and zoning review for mixed-use development.

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The City of Fairfax 2035 Comprehensive PlanComprehensive planThe city's long-range vision for land use, transportation, housing, and parks. Rezonings are judged partly on whether they fit it. is the city's primary long-range land use and policy document, guiding development, housing, transportation, and related decisions. A five-year review process culminated on October 8, 2024, when City Council unanimously adopted ResolutionResolutionA formal statement of council position or a one-time action, such as approving a contract. Passes on a single vote. R-24-30 approving the updated plan dated September 27, 2024.

• Jul 8, 2024Planning Commission · item 6a

  Public hearing and recommendation to City Council on the proposed Fairfax Circle Small Area Plan

  Fairfax Circle is the geographic focus of the Small Area Plan approved at this meeting; public comments raised concerns about crime, road connections, and property access in the area.

  passedMotion to adopt Resolution PC-24-02 approving the Fairfax Circle Small Area Plan and recommending approval and adoption to City Council in the draft dated June 24, 2024, subject to final approval of associated amendments in the update to the City of Fairfax 2035 Comprehensive Plan, and specified modifications including property access preservation, a transportation safety study, analysis of widening walkways/shared use paths, and three textual edits to the plan document.

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• Dec 1, 2025Housing and Healthy Communities Advisory Board · item 5

  December 2nd Council Presentation

  Fairfax Circle Area was referenced via the board membership, which includes a Fairfax Circle Area business representative.

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Beacon Landing is a 54-unit supportive affordable housing development co-developed by Wesley Housing and Lamb Center, located within the city. The project drew on 23 separate financing sources, including a $700,000 gap financing investment from the city's Housing Trust Fund in February 2023 — a sum that had accumulated over roughly seven years from cash-in-lieu payments made by developers prior to the city's 2020 Affordable Dwelling Unit ordinanceOrdinanceA local law. Ordinances amend the city code and need a public hearing and two readings..

• Dec 1, 2025Housing and Healthy Communities Advisory Board · item 5

  December 2nd Council Presentation

  Fairfax Circle Area was referenced via the board membership, which includes a Fairfax Circle Area business representative.

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Pathway Homes is a nonprofit organization that relocated its headquarters to Fairfax City and redeveloped a building at 4010 University Drive in the Old Town Fairfax Historic Overlay District into a mixed-useMixed-useA building or project that combines homes with shops, offices, or other uses. facility providing 15 units of supportive affordable housing targeted at low-income older adults, along with ground-floor commercial space. A special exceptionSpecial exceptionA council-approved departure from a specific zoning rule, such as parking counts or height, for one property. was approved by City Council on or around February 25, 2025, permitting a maximum densityDensityHow many homes are allowed per acre of land. of 28 dwelling units per acre in the CR Commercial Retail zoning districtZoningThe city rules that say what can be built where: uses, height, density, setbacks, and parking, by district..

• Dec 1, 2025Housing and Healthy Communities Advisory Board · item 5

  December 2nd Council Presentation

  Fairfax Circle Area was referenced via the board membership, which includes a Fairfax Circle Area business representative.

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• Dec 1, 2025Housing and Healthy Communities Advisory Board · item 5

  December 2nd Council Presentation

  Fairfax Circle Area was referenced via the board membership, which includes a Fairfax Circle Area business representative.

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The Davies Property project is a mixed-useMixed-useA building or project that combines homes with shops, offices, or other uses. redevelopment of 4131 Chain Bridge Road (2.69 acres) in Fairfax City, proposed by The Hill, A Davies Family, LLC. The application sought to rezoneRezoningChanging which zoning district a property sits in, which changes what can be built there. Goes to the Planning Commission for a recommendation, then to City Council for the vote. the site from RM (Residential Medium) to CU (Commercial Urban), retaining the Old Town Fairfax Transition Overlay District (TOD overlay), with a General Development PlanGeneral development planThe conceptual layout submitted with a rezoning or special use permit that shows what the applicant commits to build. for a building of up to 276 multifamily apartments, approximately 10,796 sq ft of ground-floor commercial space (retail and office), and a 3-level below-grade parking garage.

• Dec 1, 2025Housing and Healthy Communities Advisory Board · item 5

  December 2nd Council Presentation

  Fairfax Circle Area was referenced via the board membership, which includes a Fairfax Circle Area business representative.

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Fairfax Square Professional Center (9840–9946 Main Street) is a ~10.4-acre commercial site on the north side of Main Street, adjacent to the Fairfax Square garden-style apartment complex. The property owner (Van Meter Companies) is proposing a phased mixed-useMixed-useA building or project that combines homes with shops, offices, or other uses. redevelopment that would demolish most of the existing low-slung commercial buildings while retaining the five-story office building and an existing bank; the concept calls for roughly 300 new apartment units in two or three buildings, along with some ground-floor retail (~10,000 sq. ft.).

• Dec 1, 2025Housing and Healthy Communities Advisory Board · item 5

  December 2nd Council Presentation

  Fairfax Circle Area was referenced via the board membership, which includes a Fairfax Circle Area business representative.

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The Fairfax Circle Small Area PlanSmall area planA detailed plan for one neighborhood or corridor that fills in the comprehensive plan's broad goals with block-level guidance. is one of four Activity Center Small Area Plans developed by the City of Fairfax. Planning began in Spring 2023.

• Jul 8, 2024Planning Commission · item 6a

  Public hearing and recommendation to City Council on the proposed Fairfax Circle Small Area Plan

  Fairfax Circle is the geographic focus of the Small Area Plan approved at this meeting; public comments raised concerns about crime, road connections, and property access in the area.

  passedMotion to adopt Resolution PC-24-02 approving the Fairfax Circle Small Area Plan and recommending approval and adoption to City Council in the draft dated June 24, 2024, subject to final approval of associated amendments in the update to the City of Fairfax 2035 Comprehensive Plan, and specified modifications including property access preservation, a transportation safety study, analysis of widening walkways/shared use paths, and three textual edits to the plan document.

  ✓ Feather✓ Briggs✓ Coleman✓ Rice✓ Cunningham· Denton· Lockhart

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• Jun 12, 2025Parks and Recreation Advisory Board · item 4a

  Future Stream Restoration Projects – Satoshi Eto, Storm Water Manager

  Fairfax Circle was identified as one of seven prioritized stream segments for restoration.

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