[1] The project spurred significant local opposition[2] due to its relative density compared to the surrounding area, which is generally suburban in character.
[3] The primary proposal was approved by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on March 27, 2006,[4] to incorporate all of the former Fairlee residential subdivision, as well as some adjacent parcels.
In addition to a Transportation Demand Management Plan to reduce congestion in the development's immediate vicinity, Pulte released a list of proffers as agreed to with Fairfax County.
Development was postponed due to a housing market correction that has impacted Fairfax County as well as most densely populated areas in the United States, but finally began in November 2008.
[7] The intent of this proffer was to incentivize the construction of the office and retail component of the MetroWest development that is primarily owned by Clark Realty.
CRC discussed with the community current design, market and financing constraints that have held them back from initiating construction of their portion (commercial) of MetroWest.
CRC has recently partnered with Newmark Knight Frank (NKF), a New York commercial real estate firm, to find a tenant to lease a new 250,000 square feet (23,000 m2).
[13] This construction would require Fairfax County to sign off on a change to the original proffers and allow these additional projects to move forward without CRC having secured a tenant to anchor the planned office building on the site.