A plan to replace two aging office buildings near the Spring Hill Metro station with up to 1,098 homes heads to the Fairfax County Planning Commission on Wednesday, Nov. 18.

The rezoning proposal covers the roughly 11-acre Tysons Concourse property at 1593 Spring Hill Road. The applicant, Berman Enterprises, operating as BE Tysons LLC, wants to change the zoning from I-4 industrial to the Planned Tysons Corner Urban District, or PTC, which encourages mixed-use, urban-style development, as we reported Oct. 20.

If the Planning Commission advances the case, the Board of Supervisors hearing is set for Tuesday, Dec. 8, at 3:30 p.m. Only the Board can approve a rezoning under Fairfax County rules.

The proposal calls for a phased buildout. The first phase would include 22 triplex or two-over-two units and 68 townhouses. A second phase would add 40 more townhouses and two 21-story, 225-foot-tall apartment towers with a combined 968 units, according to FFXnow, which first reported the application in February. Ground floors of the towers would hold up to 30,000 square feet of retail and commercial space.

The taller buildings would sit on the northern end of the site, closest to Spring Hill Road and the Metro station. Townhouses would occupy land nearer to the Old Courthouse Spring Branch Stream Valley Park along the property's southern edge.

Zachary Williams of Venable LLP, the applicant's land use counsel, wrote in the application that the project proposes "a phased, primarily residential development with varied heights, density, and housing types," FFXnow reported.

Berman also plans more than five acres of open space, including nearly 3.2 acres of urban parks, FFXnow reported. The developer says it will meet the county's affordable and workforce housing requirements but has not specified how many units would qualify.

What's on the site now

Tysons Concourse consists of two seven-story office buildings connected by a one-story atrium, built in 1986. Berman Enterprises acquired the property on July 17, 2023, for $20 million, according to Fairfax County property records cited by FFXnow. The previous owner paid $78.8 million in 2016.

The site sits at the southwest end of Spring Hill Road. County staff coordinator Karen Yee and branch chief Mary Ann Tsai are overseeing the review. The case number is RZ-2026-HM-00003.

How to weigh in

The case appears on the Hunter Mill District land use case list. Residents with questions can email Mark Goldberg-Foss at [email protected] or call 703-478-5123.