Up to 399 apartments are proposed at Springfield Town Center. Here is the plan.

The numbers

399 is the maximum in the latest submitted R2 plan.

The latest submitted plan is more precise than the earlier 356-apartment description. Sheet C.2, PDF page 2, of “CDPA-FDPA - 07.23.26.pdf,” uploaded July 29 in the Fairfax PLUS record, separates base units from bonus density. The June 30 statement of justification explains the R1/R2 base allocation.

Do not add the 1,065-unit base framework to the old approval and describe the result as newly granted apartments. The application seeks changes to an existing development framework.

Workforce housing

The density bonus is not the affordable-housing count.

The 43-apartment bonus and the workforce-housing commitment are different entries in the plan. The July 23 table separately identifies an 8% workforce-dwelling-unit provision and shows 28 workforce units, with a note tying the number to the final unit count constructed. Describing the proposal as “43 affordable apartments” would be incorrect.

Watch the final commitments and approved documents for the eventual count, eligibility rules and other terms. The submitted table is evidence of a proposal, not a leasing announcement.

Read the plans

The building and its walking connections belong in the same picture.

The project drawings show a courtyard building and a connection to an existing parking garage. The overall development plan distinguishes R2 from the future R1 envelope.

Read the architectural images alongside the site and landscape plans. The facade shows what a building might look like. The other drawings help answer how someone reaches it, where movement occurs and how its edges relate to the surrounding property.

Those connections matter because this is an active shopping destination. PREIT markets Springfield Town Center with retail, restaurants and entertainment. New residents would join a place that already attracts visitors, deliveries and daily trips.

Existing versus proposed

Keep the first Hanover building separate.

Hanover’s property page identifies a 439-unit project at 6800 Spring Crest Drive. It is separate from this R2 application. The June 30 statement of justification describes the earlier R4 building as completed and occupied; the developer page’s construction-status label should not be used as a current progress report.

An existing apartment property near the mall does not prove the proposed R2 building is under construction. Likewise, a future R1 label on the overall plan does not establish a construction date.

Current status

The amendment remains pending.

The amendment record is RZPA-2026-FR-00072, with related PCA/CDPA/FDPA references ending 2007-LE-007-003. It concerns approximately 11.3 acres.

The live county record checked October 16 says “Waiting for Resubmission” and lists an April 7, 2027 Planning Commission hearing as scheduled. Treat it as a tentative calendar entry until the final agenda confirms the case. November 19, 2026 is a staffing date, an internal review milestone rather than a public hearing.

Recheck the live record and eventual agenda before making plans: hearing dates can change. No R2-specific meeting time, location or comment deadline was independently confirmed. The current listing is not an approval of the proposal.

Your voice

You can send comments now and check the hearing details as they develop.

Email Plancom@fairfaxcounty.gov with “Hanover Springfield / RZPA-2026-FR-00072” in the subject. Identify the relevant related application number if needed and ask staff to confirm receipt and the current hearing schedule.

For a scheduled Planning Commission hearing, the county’s general procedures include speaker registration by 1 p.m. Eastern on hearing day. Prerecorded YouTube videos must be no longer than three minutes and submitted by 9 a.m. the preceding day. Check the agenda for location and format; case-specific instructions or a changed date take precedence over a general guide.

Put your comments in the record: Email the Planning Commission ↗

When the hearing is confirmed: Register to speak ↗

Review all submission rules: Official testimony instructions ↗

Confirm the final case and meeting details: Planning Commission calendar ↗

Read the current application and attachments: Open Fairfax PLUS ↗

Questions worth asking

What should be clear before the design is finalized?

Ask how people will walk between R2, the mall and nearby streets. Which public-space improvements arrive with R2, and which depend on a later phase? How will construction access work while the surrounding property remains active?

Ask how the final workforce-housing commitment will be calculated and what changes between this submission and the next resubmission. Pointing to a particular sheet or feature makes those questions easier to evaluate.

The proposal could change how this part of the mall functions beyond shopping hours. Its value to the surrounding neighborhood will depend on those connections and commitments, as well as the final number of apartments.