The CHHA Civic Affairs Committee sponsored a community meeting at Oak Hill Elementary School on 1 October to discuss the development planned across from our neighborhood on the opposite side of Centreville Road. The property was part of the original 1985 plan by EDS for multiple data centers and offices similar to the EDS (now HP) facilities along RT 28. When the need for these type of facilities was not forthcoming, alternate plans for the remaining undeveloped property were proposed. Eventually, in 2006 the county approved plans for a county park with multiple playing fields, three office buildings, residential use supporting 1,159 units and supporting retail for the remaining undeveloped part of the original EDS property.
Last year the original developers of the residential property sold their rights to a new organization, who wished to change the mix of residential uses to include less apartments and more owner-occupied units. In order to do that, they decreased the number of residential units from 1100 plus to 805, and changed the mix to 85 townhouses and 720 multifamily units in 342 apartments units, 198 two-story condo units and 180 elevator condo units. The lawyer for the developers, Sara V. Mariska of Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley, Emrich & Walsh, P.C. , has provided a fact sheet on the development and various illustrative views of the planned structures and amenities. They are available as part of the Sully District Council's September minutes at
http://www.sullydistrict.org/sdc/sdcm_201209.html.