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Board endorses 14 townhomes at Mantua site, citing tree preservation and lowered height
Summary
The BAR recommended City Council approval for a 14‑unit front‑loaded townhome development at 9495 Silver King Road, after the applicant reduced maximum stories from four to three, added rooftop amenity space, and presented a tree preservation plan the applicant says preserves about 150 trees.
The Fairfax Board of Architectural Review on July 16 recommended City Council approval of a 14‑unit townhome redevelopment at 9495 Silver King Road (Case BAR240023), often referred to as the Highlands on Mantua. Staff presented the land‑use application and recommended a conditional approval for the major certificate of appropriateness.
Staff said the application replaces approximately 21,000 square feet of office with 14 front‑loaded townhomes on roughly two acres, with two‑car garages and additional surface parking, multiple amenity areas (pergolas, seating and a grill island), and a tree preservation plan that the applicant said increases preserved trees on site. Piyush Gandhi, the civil and landscape representative for the applicant, said the revised plan saves additional trees and "we are saving additional 30 trees and total 150 trees" compared with previous iterations.
Architectural changes included switching the roof form to a gambrel roof, moving rooftop amenity space to face the private roadway, and reducing the project from four stories to three in response to prior comments. The board commended the revisions as improving scale and pedestrian compatibility. There was no public comment opposing the application at the hearing.
A motion to recommend approval to City Council passed on a 5–0 roll call. The board conditioned its recommendation on conformity with the July 2025 plans, securing required zoning approvals and permits, and landscaping revisions per the urban forester at site plan review.
What’s next: The application proceeds to City Council; the developer must complete required zoning approvals and coordinate final landscaping and site‑plan details with the urban forester prior to construction.
