Reston Excelsior Project Approved By County Supervisors, Restonian, November 19, 2010

With his usual tongue in cheek, Restonian provides details on the Board of Supervisors' approval of the the Excelsior residential project on the Oracle campus.  Click here to read the full post.

During a public hearing earlier this week, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors formally approved the awesome Excelsior project, which would add 457 residential units and 820 parking spaces in two new residential buildings to be built on the Oracle campus along Sunset Hills Road.

County staff had originally recommended that the project be denied, but the developer worked with the county to address concerns about the lack of detail in the original architectural designs, which as you can see above are far more clear than the original fancy renderings.

Fairfax Planners Postpone Decision on Excelsior Project, Again!, Restonian, September 17, 2010

Hey, remember that time that a developer wanted to slap two fancy mid-rise residential buildings smack dab in the middle of the Oracle Campus on Sunset Hills Drive, only those nerds in the Fairfax County planning office wanted the project rejected, in part because of questions about how it would be integrated with the existing office space, and in part because of the "lack of detail" in the smudgy, poorly Xeroxed renderings of some off-the-shelf architectural dreck that looked like it was designed by a bored 12-year-old using AutoCAD?

Yeah, that was awesome. Well, the Fairfax County Planning Commission took another look at the project this week, and once again deferred a decision on Excelsior LLC's proposal. For those of you keeping score at home, this is the fourth time this project has been deferred by county planners. Maybe someone just can't take a hint!

 For the rest of Restonian's take (take down?) on the FCPC decision, click here.

Supervisor Hudgins' "Hunter Mill Highlights" on Area Development, May 2010

Hunter Mill Supervisor Cathy Hudgins' May newsletter devotes a couple of pages to development issues in the Reston area, including land use projects under consideration and Reston Task Force developments. These are provided below.

MAY 2010 HM Highlights Newsletter Extract

CANCELLED: P and Z Meeting, Monday, February 15, 2010

Art Hill, VC of the P and Z Committee has sent this e-mail regarding Monday's scheduled P and Z Committee Meeting:

The Reston Planning and Zoning meeting scheduled for February 15th has been canceled.

The Metro Wiehle Avenue station matter will be heard Monday, March 1st, at our regular meeting, 7:30 PM, Reston Association Main Conference Room.

Item 1, the Excelsior Lerner housing proposal is scheduled to be heard at our April 5th meeting.

Arthur S. Hill
Vice Chairman
Reston Planning and Zoning Committee