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JBG Scheduled To Present New Fairway Plan Monday
Developers scale down vision for redeveloping garden apartments.
The JBG Company, owners of Fairway Apartments located off North Shore Drive, will make a presentation about redevelopment of the community at Monday's meeting of the Reston Planning and Zoning Committee.
The revised redevelopment plan for the complex includes 810 units, no building over five stories and some underground parking.
JBG's previous plans for the included turning 18 three-story apartment buildings with 348 units into four multifamily buildings (two of them 10 stories), 69 townhouses and 951 units located at Wiehle Avenue, Reston Parkway, Fairway Drive and North Shore Drive. The original plans also included 8,000 square feet of retail space.
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The plans were reviewed several times last year and eventually tabled by the Fairfax County Planning Commission.
A by the county planning and zoning department in July found many faults with the plans for Fairway. Among them: stress on nearby infrastructure, reduction in affordable housing and distance from future Metro stations.
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