Fairfax Square
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. 5 separate matters touch this project; each has its own status.
Official city record
Private Development
The Applicant proposes a phased mixed-use development that would retain the existing five-story office building at 9900 Main Street and the existing bank at 9910 Main Street, while adding four new commercial buildings along Main Street and two residential buildings with 48 townhomes to the rear of the property for a total of 138 units. The Applicant is also proposing 11 affordable units.
Beacon Landing
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 ordinance.
- December 2nd Council Presentation
Fairfax Square was referenced in the housing costs rental table as a naturally occurring affordable housing property with 502 units, with 1BR average rent of $1,850.
Pathway Homes
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-use facility providing 15 units of supportive affordable housing targeted at low-income older adults, along with ground-floor commercial space. A special exception was approved by City Council on or around February 25, 2025, permitting a maximum density of 28 dwelling units per acre in the CR Commercial Retail zoning district.
- December 2nd Council Presentation
Fairfax Square was referenced in the housing costs rental table as a naturally occurring affordable housing property with 502 units, with 1BR average rent of $1,850.
The Botanist
- December 2nd Council Presentation
Fairfax Square was referenced in the housing costs rental table as a naturally occurring affordable housing property with 502 units, with 1BR average rent of $1,850.
Davies Property
The Davies Property project is a mixed-use redevelopment of 4131 Chain Bridge Road (2.69 acres) in Fairfax City, proposed by The Hill, A Davies Family, LLC. The application sought to rezone the site from RM (Residential Medium) to CU (Commercial Urban), retaining the Old Town Fairfax Transition Overlay District (TOD overlay), with a General Development Plan 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.
- December 2nd Council Presentation
Fairfax Square was referenced in the housing costs rental table as a naturally occurring affordable housing property with 502 units, with 1BR average rent of $1,850.
The City of Fairfax 2035 Comprehensive Plan 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 Resolution R-24-30 approving the updated plan dated September 27, 2024.
- December 2nd Council Presentation
Fairfax Square was referenced in the housing costs rental table as a naturally occurring affordable housing property with 502 units, with 1BR average rent of $1,850.
- Work Session: Pre-application briefing for a proposed mixed-use development at Fairfax Square Professional Center, 9840–9946 Main Street
A pre-application briefing was presented to the Planning Commission for a proposed mixed-use development at the Fairfax Square Professional Center located at 9840–9946 Main Street; no formal action was taken.
- Work Session: Pre-Application Briefing on Fairfax Square Professional Center (9840-9946 Main Street)
Pre-application briefing on the Fairfax Square Professional Center at 9840–9946 Main Street was presented to Council during the work session; no formal action taken.
In full
The property owner (Van Meter Companies) is proposing a phased mixed-use 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.). Pre-application briefings were presented to the Planning Commission on July 14, 2025 and to City Council on September 9, 2025; no formal action was taken at either session. The project is not located within one of the city's designated activity centers, but property representatives engaged during a comprehensive plan review and successfully influenced the outcome: the final comprehensive plan amendments include a parcel-specific consideration for the Fairfax Square site that supports the mixed-use place type as an alternative to the underlying commercial corridor place type, while directing future development to integrate with the surrounding multifamily development and maintain a commercial presence.
As of December 2025, the HHCAB also noted the existing Fairfax Square apartments (502 units, avg. 1BR rent $1,850) as a naturally occurring affordable housing property in the area.