Fairfax Square
proposedStatus set at City Council Meeting on Sep 9, 2025
Project wiki — a maintained overview, meeting history, and recorded positions.
- ProposedJul 14, 2025
- Under review
- Decided
Summary
Fairfax Square Professional Center is a proposed mixed-use redevelopment of the approximately 10.4-acre commercial site at 9840–9946 Main Street, located on the north side of Main Street, west and south of the existing Fairfax Square Apartments. The concept plan, developed by the Van Meter Companies (which built the original Fairfax Square in 1965), envisions a phased redevelopment that would demolish most of the existing 12 buildings while retaining the existing five-story office building and a bank; underground parking is planned beneath four new residential buildings. The project would include approximately 44 affordable dwelling units integrated within the community core near the clubhouse and pool, with market-rate units anticipated to follow a roughly 50–60% one-bedroom, 30–35% two-bedroom, and minimal three-bedroom mix. The site's eligibility for mixed-use development was established through a parcel-specific consideration added during the 2024 Comprehensive Plan update, following direct engagement by the property owner during that review process; the comprehensive plan language for the site supports integrating future development into the surrounding multifamily community while maintaining a commercial presence. Pre-application briefings were presented to the Planning Commission on July 14, 2025, and to the City Council on September 9, 2025; no formal action has been taken at either body.
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.
Open questions & options on the table
- A transportation and parking study is underway but not yet complete.
- Specific unit bedroom breakdown (studios, 1BR, 2BR, 3BR) has not yet been finalized.
- The bedroom mix for the 44 affordable dwelling units has not been specified beyond the requirement to mirror the market-rate mix.
- No formal rezoning or concept plan application has been filed; the project remains at the pre-application/concept stage.
- A concerned resident email was received by Council just before the September 9, 2025 work session; no recorded disposition of that correspondence is noted.
- Phasing details beyond the initial western-side Phase 1 demolition have not been publicly detailed.
What members have said
At the September 9, 2025 Council work session, Frederick presented the staff pre-application briefing, describing the site's location, existing conditions, the phased concept plan, the retention of the office building and bank, and the site's designation under the 2024 Comprehensive Plan's parcel-specific mixed-use consideration. At the May 11, 2026 meeting, Frederick provided context explaining that the Fairfax Square property owner proactively engaged during the 2024 Comprehensive Plan review and directly influenced the parcel-specific language that supports mixed-use as an alternative place type for the site.
Positions as recorded in meeting minutes; votes without recorded comment aren’t summarized.
Discussion time
Minutes of named discussion per transcribed meeting.
Full history
[8a] 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.
[11a] 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.