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Council approves 575 Herndon Parkway redevelopment with proffers and developer-funded traffic mitigation
Summary
The Herndon Town Council voted 6-0 (one absent) to approve a seven-story mixed-use redevelopment at 575 Herndon Parkway, including 525 market-rate units, retail and a 1,200 sq ft town-use space, 36 proffers and developer-funded transportation improvements.
The Herndon Town Council on April 28 approved ordinance 26-007, a development plan to transform the vacant office building at 575 Herndon Parkway into a seven-story, mixed-use building that will include about 525 market-rate residential units, more than 9,200 square feet of retail and a 1,200-square-foot interior space offered to the town.
Deputy Director of Community Development Bryce Perry told the council the project would complete a block in the Herndon Transit-Oriented Core, provide a majority portion of the planned promenade and include 638 structured parking spaces, bicycle accommodations and a transportation-demand-management program. He said staff found the application generally complies with the comprehensive plan and zoning except for six requested modification requests, which staff recommended as justified by site constraints.
Lori Greenleaf, land-use planner for Bristol Herndon Parkway LLC, said the project includes proffered cash contributions for off-site recreation, transportation, public schools, public safety and sanitary-sewer improvements, and sustainability commitments such as EV charging, native-plantings and low-impact stormwater measures. Greenleaf added the design wraps active uses around the parking garage and integrates promenade amenities ‘‘to create that signature open space and a genuine civic amenity for the town.’'
Council members asked staff about the amount and use of off-site recreation contributions and whether rooftops would be activated; staff said the contribution figure in the materials is roughly in the quarter-million-dollar range and that no rooftop activation is proposed. Council Member Delagula said she supported the plan but expressed disappointment the council's newer housing policy could not be applied to require greater affordable or workforce housing given the application's advanced review stage.
The motion to approve the development plan carried on a roll-call vote, Delagula, Garcia, Lloyd, Reyes, Vice Mayor Hedrick and Mayor LeBlanc voting yes; the council recorded the vote as six in favor with one member absent.
