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Developers present plan for two warehouses at 3790 Pickett Road; BAR asks for stronger massing and landscape details

Board of Architectural Review · May 7, 2025
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Brookfield / BV1 Logistics presented a work session for two warehouse buildings totaling about 311,000 sq ft at 3790 Pickett Road (case BAR-25-00009). The board praised sustainability aims but requested changes to break up long facades, enhance corner treatments, and clarify tree sizes and timing.

Developers and their consultants presented a work session to the Fairfax City Board of Architectural Review on May 7 for a proposal to redevelop a former tank farm at 3790 Pickett Road into two Class A logistics warehouses totaling about 311,000 square feet.

City planning staff described the site as zoned IH (Industrial Heavy) in the Architectural Control Overlay District and summarized the proposal: demolition of existing fuel tanks and structures; two warehouses oriented around an internal truck court; Building 1 roughly 700 feet long and 250 feet wide with 32 dock doors and two drive-in doors; Building 2 approximately 570 by 220 feet and largely screened from Pickett Road by Building 1; both buildings proposed at about 42 feet in height and constructed with textured…

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