LoudounNow LOUDOUN COUNTY’S COMMUNITY-OWNED NEWS SOURCE
[ Vol. 2, No. 21 ]
[ loudounnow.com ]
Mar. 30 – Apr. 5, 2017 ]
Inside: Spring Real Estate Guide
One Loudoun Gets More Homes BY RENSS GREENE
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ounty supervisors last week approved One Loudoun’s application for more residential units, bringing to a close months of negotiations that saw the application turned down and reconsidered. Ultimately, One Loudon’s developer, Miller & Smith, won approval to build 200 additional residential units, less than a third of the number originally sought. The revised application includes 40 townhomes and 160 apartments—a reduction from 685 apartments and 40 townhomes when supervisors first saw it. When the request was voted down in February, it was down to 40 townhouses and 260 apartments. The application had first been filed in July of 2015. Miller & Smith Vice President Bill May said the changes to One Loudoun since it was originally rezoned as a town center—10 years ago in January—have been to respond to market demand and bring the One Loudoun vision to fruition. The project is serving as a model for other large town centers that are in the early stages of development, including Kincora to the
east along Rt. 28 and The Hub near the Dulles Toll Road. “I think we’ve done a terrific job of creating the place and getting it to the level that it is now,” May said. “There’s over 750,000 square feet of office and commercial that’s been permitted and built, but there’s a lot more to do when it comes to the town center itself.” He said he’s not yet ready to go into detail about plans for a “high-end entertainment use” that required a reduced setback from Rt. 7 or ongoing work to bring a baseball team to an already approved stadium at One Loudoun. Overall, One Loudoun was originally approved for 3 million square feet of office space, more than 700,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and entertainment space, and 1,040 residential units. County board Vice Chairman Ralph M. Buona (R-Ashburn), who had earlier voted against the rezoning, made the motion to reconsider the application and last Thursday made a successful motion to approve the revised application. He said voting on residential applications is about “maximizing our opportunity in our economy.” “This is kind of what we want to ONE LOUDOUN >> 47 Douglas Graham/Loudoun Now
The view along Thorndike Street at One Loudoun. The mixed-use community recently won approval to build 160 new apartments and 40 new townhouses after a nearly two-year application process.
Census: County Growing by 31 Residents a Day Loudoun County has been bumped from the top echelon of the national list of fastest growing counties, but that doesn’t mean people have stopped moving here. According to U.S. Census figures re-
leased March 23, Loudoun’s estimated population growth rate between 2015 and 2016 was 3.03 percent. The county added 11,386 new residents, about 950 each month. While the population increase is a bit
smaller— and the growth rate is a bit slower—than previous years, Loudoun maintained its rank as Virginia’s fastest-growing large county. (Technically, New Kent County recorded a higher growth rate. At 3.5 percent, its 723 additional residents ranked only 22nd statewide in total population growth.) Since the 2010 census, Loudoun County has added 73,609 new residents, a 23.6 percent increase, according to the U.S. Census figures.
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Who is setting the pace of growth nationally these days? In Maricopa County, AZ, the population increased at a rate of 223 per day over the past year, now totaling 4.2 million people. With Phoenix as its county seat, the county is Arizona’s largest and the fourth most populous in the U.S. Other growth hotbeds include Harris County (Houston), TX; Clark County (Las Vegas), NV; King County (Seattle), WA; and Tarrant County (Ft. Worth), TX.
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