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Manassas officials outline data‑center, hotel and redevelopment projects that could add millions to city coffers

5063518 · January 27, 2025
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City staff and civic authorities reported new and pending economic projects including multiple data‑center buildings, a planned Home2Suites hotel, and redevelopment plans for the Mathis Avenue shopping center and Old Town Inn site; officials estimated millions in annual tax revenue and highlighted workforce programs tied to the expansions.

Manassas City Council heard a multi‑hour briefing Jan. 27 on the city’s economic development work, including several large industrial and hospitality projects that city staff say will bring substantial new tax revenue and jobs.

Economic Development Director Patrick Small told council that multiple data‑center buildings are under construction or in planning, that a Home2Suites extended‑stay hotel is expected at the Landing at Cannon Branch, and that the city is pursuing redevelopment of the Mathis Avenue shopping center and the Old Town Inn site in downtown Manassas.

Small said the Landing at Cannon Branch sale supports a planned 100‑plus–room extended‑stay hotel and that the larger development has produced about $16 million in municipal land sales, roughly $2 million in new real‑estate tax revenue and about $500,000 in new…

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