POLICE ANNEX FACILITY FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA
MASSEY COURTHOUSE COMPLEX Fairfax County Department of Public works and Environmental Services (FDPWES
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Massey Building, Massey Annex, and adjacent small house are scheduled for demolition in 2018/2019. A new master planning effort will include assessment of priority county uses for the site, including future criminal justice, public safety and human services’ needs, as well as coordination with the City of Fairfax and George Mason University. The last comprehensive master plan for the site was developed in 2002 as part of the Courthouse Expansion and Renovation project. It was amended in 2008 to include the Less Secure Shelter II. The new master plan will provide the county with a road map for future growth on the site in a logical and systematical development. The goal of the master plan is to take into account current development needs while keeping in mind and planning for future developments. Major areas of consideration will include the Massey Building, the Old Courthouse, and existing surface parking lots. The disposition of other county-owned real estate assets within the City of Fairfax at and near the Massey location may also be evaluated for opportunities, and the potential for public private partnerships redevelopment will be assessed.
Police Annex Building
BACKGROUND
The Massey Complex, also known as the county’s public safety campus, is a 47.8 acre part of Fairfax County surrounded by the City of Fairfax. See project map location below. In 1969 Fairfax County opened the Massey Building, a 13-story building, as the main seat of the Fairfax County Government. Extraordinary population growth through the 1970s and ‘80s dictated a new building for the seat of government and the main county offices moved to the Government Center campus, approximately four miles to the west, in 1992. The Massey Building then became headquarters to the Police and Fire & Rescue Departments. In 2017 both of these departments moved from the Massey to a new Public Safety Headquarters building on the Government Center campus. The Massey building, at nearly the 50-year mark, has reached the end of its usefulness as a structure. The building contains many asbestos laden building products, which were the norm in the 1960s, along with very small floor plates, antiquated building systems, spalling precast concrete, and a window system that is expensive to replace. During the plan amendment for the Fairfax County Courthouse, the Massey Building was planned for future demolition once a new headquarters for Police and Fire & Rescue was developed.