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Commission reviews 257‑unit pre‑application near Old Town; greenway, consolidation and height raise concerns
Summary
Staff briefed the Planning Commission on a three‑building, 257‑unit mixed‑use concept at 4085–4103 Cambridge/Chambers Road; commissioners raised concerns about parcel consolidation, curb‑cut spacing, traffic, parking, and proposed heights up to seven stories that exceed small area plan recommendations.
The Fairfax City Planning Commission held a pre‑application briefing on Monday for a proposed three‑building mixed‑use concept at 4085–4101 and 4103 Cambridge/Chambers Road that would replace roughly 84,000 square feet of office space with about 257 apartments, roughly 7,400 square feet of ground‑floor retail and about 26,000 square feet of office space.
Mr. Frederick (staff) described the concept as three buildings with a total of about 492 parking spaces (two levels of structured parking plus surface stalls), a plaza and a north‑south pedestrian greenway aligned with the Old Town small area plan. The concept shows taller massing along Chambers Road — up to seven stories with…
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