Category: Development

I think we all thought that last night’s storms were a bit unusual as far as mid summer thunderstorms go. Hurricane speed straight winds toppled trees and branches onto power lines around the region. Share your photos of storm damage with us, and if you have any photos of the storm itself we’d love to […]

One of the largest problems with densifying suburban edge cities and urbanization is the inherent sudden unaffordability. This rise of retail/office/residential rates creates corporate atmospheres as these are the only entities capable of paying the “new car smell” fees. Why do prices go up? When you just completed a $350 million dollar construction project your […]

In 2009 Merrifield opened Merrifield Park, its first tangible step towards creating a community from the disorder of the Gallows Road/29 corridor. At less than a quarter acre, it’s hardly a monument of accomplishment, but its very restrained style shows that planners understand the end goal of urbanization. Northern Virginia has become enthralled with one-ups-man […]

A lot of people have questioned how taking a small region of Fairfax and changing the land use policies to be more urban generative can really provide any benefit to our County. What is lost in this mind set is how massive the County of Fairfax really is. It doesn’t seem like it when we […]

Northern Virginia’s thriving office market was paramount in my decision to enter a competitive, commission-based profession. Fairfax County’s continued support for mixed-use, metro-centric zoning reaffirms this choice. Zoning laws can prevent you from running your tech startup out of your parents’ basement or building an office condo in that vacant lot at the end of […]

Our previous article received a lot of ire from those who live outside of Annandale and East Falls Church for attempting to complicate the intersection of Seven Corners and to introduce mixed use in an area which is currently experiencing lower levels of affluence than other regions of Fairfax County, considering the idea a pipe […]