MCLEAN, VA—The staff of Fairfax County has given its endorsement to a plan by partners Kettler Inc. and PS Business Parks to raze the 7915 Jones Beach Drive office building here and replace it with a larger residential property.
The plan calls for the redevelopment of 7915 Jones Branch Drive, a 135,000-square-foot, six-story office at the West-Park Office Park, known as the Amherst. If all approvals are secured, the building will be replaced with a five- to seven-story, 450,000-square-foot residential building and limited ground-floor retail.
The building is located on nearly six acres and about a half-mile from the Greensboro and Tysons Corner Metro stations. Fairfax County staff termed the plan a "good example of a residential urban building" and stated that it deserves approval. A Planning Commission hearing on the project is scheduled for Oct. 29.
PS Business Parks of Glendale, CA acquired the Amherst in December 2010 as part of an all-cash $140-million deal that included six other West-Park properties, which are all expected to be the focus of redevelopment plans in the future. See story in the Washington Business Journal.
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