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10300 Willard Way

10300 Willard Way (Courthouse Plaza Shopping Center) is an 8.73-acre commercial site in the City of Fairfax's CR district and Old Town Fairfax Transition Overlay District, anchored by a Safeway and originally approved in 1978.

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Courthouse Plaza

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Courthouse Plaza (10300 Willard Way, and later also 3922 Blenheim Boulevard) is a shopping center redevelopment project in the City of Fairfax, pursued by Combined Courthouse, LLC. The project has gone through two distinct application cycles.

  • Sep 24, 2024City Council · item 13a
    Work session: Discussion on request by Combined Courthouse, LLC, 10300 Willard Way (Courthouse Plaza), for 8 Special Exceptions for a mixed-use development

    The proposed mixed-use development site at Courthouse Plaza, 10300 Willard Way, was the subject of work session discussion regarding 8 Special Exceptions in the CR district and Old Town Fairfax Transition Overlay District.

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  • Feb 25, 2025City Council · item 12c
    Work Session – Discussion on redevelopment of 10300 Willard Way by Combined Courthouse, LLC

    10300 Willard Way was the subject of a work session discussion on redevelopment by Combined Courthouse, LLC.

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  • Jul 22, 2025City Council · item 7b
    Public hearing and Council action – Combined Courthouse, LLC special exceptions at 10300 Willard Way

    Site of the Combined Courthouse, LLC mixed-use development application, deferred to October 28, 2025.

    deferredDefer Council consideration and action on items associated with agenda item 7b to a date certain of October 28, 2025.
    ✓ Amos✓ Bates✕ Hall✓ Hardy-Chandler✓ McQuillen✓ Peterson
    minutesagenda
  • Oct 28, 2025City Council · item 10a
    Consideration of request from Combined Courthouse, LLC for nine special exceptions at 10300 Willard Way

    Site of the denied Combined Courthouse, LLC mixed-use development application; tax map parcel 57-2-20-004-D.

    failedAdopt resolution to approve nine special exceptions requested by Combined Courthouse, LLC at 10300 Willard Way.
    ✕ Amos✓ Bates✕ Hall✓ Hardy-Chandler✕ McQuillen✕ Peterson
    passedAdopt resolution to deny nine special exceptions requested by Combined Courthouse, LLC at 10300 Willard Way on the basis that the proposal is not consistent with the purposes and intent of the zoning ordinance and the comprehensive plan.
    ✓ Amos✕ Bates✓ Hall✕ Hardy-Chandler✓ McQuillen✓ Peterson
    passedDeny the request of Combined Courthouse, LLC for a Certificate of Appropriateness at 10300 Willard Way (tax map #57-2-20-004-d) on the basis that the proposal is not consistent with City Code/design guidelines and does not exhibit acceptable architectural elements.
    ✓ Amos✕ Bates✓ Hall✕ Hardy-Chandler✓ McQuillen✓ Peterson
    minutesagenda
  • Feb 9, 2026Planning Commission · item 8b
    Pre-application briefing for a potential redevelopment of the Courthouse Plaza Shopping Center at 10300 Willard Way and 3922 Blenheim Boulevard

    The Courthouse Plaza Shopping Center at these addresses was the subject of a pre-application redevelopment briefing during the work session.

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  • Feb 24, 2026City Council · item 12d
    Work Session: Pre-Application Briefing – Redevelopment of Courthouse Plaza Shopping Center at 10300 Willard Way

    10300 Willard Way (Parcel A, ~8.73 acres) is the primary site for the proposed Courthouse Plaza Shopping Center redevelopment.

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  • Jun 22, 2026Planning Commission · item 7b
    Work session – Redevelopment of Courthouse Plaza at 10300 Willard Way and 3922 Blenheim Boulevard

    One of two parcels comprising the Courthouse Plaza redevelopment site.

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  • Jul 28, 2026City Council · item 11bin progress
    Discussion of a request by Combined Courthouse LLC for the redevelopment of 10300 Willard Way and 3922 Blenheim Boulevard

    Council received a post-submission work session briefing on a phased redevelopment proposal by Combined Courthouse LLC: Phase 1 includes a 6-story multifamily building with 315 units and 12,500 sq ft of retail plus demolition of 25,000 sq ft of retail; no action was taken.

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In full

Combined Courthouse, LLC has pursued mixed-use redevelopment of the site through multiple rounds of review. An initial application seeking special exceptions for a 315-unit multifamily building with approximately 12,000 sq ft of ground-floor retail was the subject of two City Council work sessions (September 24, 2024 and February 25, 2025) before advancing to a public hearing. After a deferral on July 22, 2025 (approved 5-1), the Council voted on October 28, 2025 to deny all nine special exceptions (4-2) and also deny the Certificate of Appropriateness (4-2), concluding that the proposal was inconsistent with the zoning ordinance, comprehensive plan, and city design guidelines.

Following that denial, the applicant returned with a revised, expanded proposal encompassing both 10300 Willard Way and the adjacent 3922 Blenheim Boulevard, now seeking a rezoning to PDM (Planned Development Mixed Use) with a two-phase redevelopment concept including a 6-story mixed-use building. This new application entered the pre-application phase in early 2026, received briefings before the Planning Commission (February 9, 2026) and City Council (February 24, 2026), advanced to post-submission phase by June 2026, and received further work sessions before the Planning Commission (June 22, 2026) and City Council (July 28, 2026), with staff comments having been provided on two submissions as of the July 2026 work session.