Developer seeks rezoning for 4131 Cambridge Road; council holds work session on 276‑unit mixed‑use proposal

At a Jan. 28 work session, Fairfax City staff and the applicants for 4131 Cambridge Road outlined a revised plan to rezone the Davie(s) property to Commercial Urban and approve a general development plan for an upper‑story mixed‑use project that would include 276 apartments, roughly 6,400 square feet of street‑front retail, about 4,200 square feet of office space and three levels of structured parking.

The project team, led by Paradigm Development Company on behalf of Hill & Davies LLC, told the council the application reduces density and height from earlier submissions and provides a 43‑foot greenway across the site with a 15‑foot clear maintenance/pedestrian path in the center. Michelin Caston Smith, Paradigm’s principal on the project, said the team has revised the design after multiple reviews and “we appreciate the opportunity to walk through the project and to hear your comments and thoughts.”

City planner Albert Frederick told council the property, in the Old Town small area plan and the activity center place type, would require a zoning map amendment from the current residential medium district to the Commercial Urban (CU) district and multiple special exceptions. Frederick summarized the proposal and the outstanding technical items: sanitary sewer capacity to be addressed (the developer will either upgrade downstream mains or show calculations demonstrating the system can support the…