EYA Presentation on West Falls Church Metro Redevelopment

May 2021

WEST FALLS STATION PLANNING AREA Important Dates: County Public Community Meeting: May 11th Planning Commission Hearing: June 16th Board of Supervisors Hearing: July 13th West Falls Church TSA Study Area Plan Amendment 2018-II-1 Tax Map Parcels: 40-4 ((1)) 13; 40-4 ((2)) 1 & 2; 40-3 ((1)) 83, 84, 92 and 92A

dasf EXISTING CONDITIONS: 40 ACRES OF UNDERUTILIZED LAND

WMATA

VIRGINIA TECH

City of Falls Church Boundary

CITY OF FALLS CHURCH SITE

Virginia Tech site currently owned

by City of Falls Church

Experienced Development •Partners: • EYA, LLC Affiliates • Rushmark • Hoffman & Associates

COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO CREATE MODEL TOD

PROJECT BENEFITS:

40 Acre Model TOD $1.2 Billion of investment 3 Million SF of Development Significant Tax Benefit to the State and County • Anchors: • 200K SF of Retail • Virginia Tech

• • • •

• 125K SF MOB • Approximately 8,000 linear feet of new and upgraded roads to relieve regional traffic congestion • 24 Acres of open space and 6 acres of parks • 10% affordable housing relative to 8% elsewhere in Fairfax (Approx. 140 units).

• Public Sector Partnership: Fairfax County, City of Falls Church, WMATA and Virginia Tech (Site owned by City of Falls Church) • Private Sector Partnership: EYA, Hoffman Associates and Rushmark

COUNTY COMP PLAN: 1.8M SF AT FULL BUILD-OUT - 1.7 FAR

FULL BUILD OUT Office Academic Hotel Retail Residential Senior Housing TOTAL GSF

City of FC

325,000 80,000 120,000 700,000 200,000 1,425,000

VA Tech

WMATA

275,000 100,000

125,000

30,000 450,000

12,000 850,000

855,000

987,000

TOTAL GSF

725,000 100,000 80,000 162,000 2,000,000 200,000 3,267,000

MIX OF NON COMPETING USES ALLOWS PHASE 1 DEVELOPMENT TO DELIVER ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOST OF THE PARKS

BENEFITS OF +$75 MILLION INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE Maximizes Value of Investment in new Route 66 Exit to Metro Station.

New Transit Plaza and WMATA bus loop will improve ridership at WFC.

Future BRT station and Capital Bike Share

Pleasant 0.4-mile walk/bike from Rt. 7 to Metro immersed in parks and open space

Grid of streets allow for a bypass of Haycock and Route 7 intersection

RT. 7 AND & CHESTNUT INTERSECTION CHESTNUT To be updated

Bike Circulation

The Comprehensive Plan Amendment includes a recommendation for a West Falls Church Active Transportation Plan Study which will allow FCDOT and VDOT to review pedestrian and bike access to the station area from the singlefamily neighborhoods surrounding the site and across I-66.

BUS CIRCULATION

CITY OF FALLS CHURCH SITE

CITY OF FALLS CHURCH SITE PLAN: RETAIL LINED BOULEVARD CONNECTING MIXED-USE PROJECT AND ROUTE 7 TO METRO

CITY OF FALLS CHURCH SITE: 10 ACRES OF DEVELOPMENT WITH MODEL TOD COMPLETE BOULEVARD

Lane 2

Block B2

Block C

Street A

Block B

Swings Kiosk*

Splash Park

Kiosk*

Street B

South Commons Drive

Block A

Swings

Fire Pit

Lawn

Mustang Alley

Leesburg Pike (Route 7)

North Commons Drive

Games Area

Kiosk

Splash Park

Block D

Lawn Programming

Artwork

*Kiosks are subject to tenant demand. Footprint of kiosk buildings to be determined.

WEST FALLS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

VIRGINIA TECH SITE

VIRGINIA TECH SITE: FUTURE ANCHOR ACADEMIC CENTER Potential Future Commercial Space

Open spaces span from building to building

Potential Future Virginia Tech Acadmic Center

Continuation of Commons Drive through VT

Active open space along Haycock

WMATA SITE

3

URBAN PARK & PLAZA

DOG PARK & ACTIVE RECREATION

TRANSIT PLAZA

SWM Facilities • Site is already served by an existing stormwater retention pond, which will remain and continue to serve WMATA and the adjacent residential areas (The Pavilions, The Villages and a portion of the Mt. Daniel neighborhood) • Additional detention storage will be provided in underground storage tanks and detention vaults within proposed building garages to serve the new development.

• Multiple systems proposed for the site will satisfy all applicable stormwater quantity requirements Potential detention vaults Potential green roof Potential bayfilter vaults Potential urban bioretention

EXTENSIVE OPEN SPACE NETWORK

TRANSPORTATION

Existing Conditions 2019 Levels of Service – AM/PM D/D (43.9/ 46.5)

Future WMATA Site

A/A (5.2/ 8.0)

A/B A (6.4/ (6.4) 12.3) A/A (9.5/10.0)

B/B (11.7/ 18.6)

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Traffic counts collected at existing intersections in May 2018 and May 2019

Legend E/E (62.7/ 70.1)

LOS LOS (Delay) (Delay)

Signalized Intersection: Overall LOS

LOS (Delay)

Stopped Control Intersection: Minor Street LOS

LOS (Delay)

All-way Stopped Control Intersection: Overall LOS

Peak Hour Level of Service Comparison

NOTE: Results are similar for Great Falls Road with an improvement from C/D to D/D

KEY DATES: Fairfax County Public Meeting: May 11 Planning Commission: June 16 Board of Supervisors: July 13 Contact us with additional questions: • Evan Goldman, Executive Vice President, EYA, egoldman@eya.com, 202-437-1135 • Amy Friedlander, Development Manager, EYA, afriedlander@eya.com, 301-634-8681