West Falls

Address: 201 W. Falls Station Blvd., Falls Church

Project Type: Public-private partnership

Project Size: 1.2 million square feet

Project Cost: $400 million

Owner: Hoffman & Associates

Contractors: Bozzuto Construction (apartments); Clark Construction (condominiums, medical office); Coakley & Williams Construction (hotel); Teel Construction (retail kiosks)

Architects: Torti Gallas + Partners (site design, master plan, apartments); SK+I Architecture (condominiums); Nehmer (hotel);  Nahra Design Group (retail kiosks); Gensler (medical office)

Interior Designers: Design Collective (apartments); SK+I Interiors (condominiums); HVS Design (hotel)

Engineer: Walter L. Phillips Inc. (land development)

When Falls Church voters approved a $120 million bond referendum in 2017 to fund a new high school, the financing mechanism was unconventional: Rather than raise taxes, the city would redevelop the old school site through a 99-year ground lease, using future tax revenue generated by the new development to offset the bond costs. The result is West Falls — 1.2 million square feet of residential, retail, office, medical and hospitality space on the former George Mason High School campus, the largest development in Falls Church history.

Assembling the nearly $400 million capital stack — more than $260 million in construction debt, more than $100 million in equity and more than $24 million in public financing — required close collaboration between Hoffman & Associates and city officials during the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic. Delivering the development required four general contractors working simultaneously: Bozzuto Construction on the apartments, Clark Construction on the condominiums and medical office, Coakley & Williams Construction on the hotel, and Teel Construction on the retail kiosks. The project was completed in October 2025.

The residential program was designed to serve multiple generations on a single site. The Alder, a 400-unit apartment building, includes 6% to 8% of affordable units leased at 60% of the area median income. The Oak offers 126 for-sale condominiums. The Reserve delivers 215 units of senior living. At the center of all three, The Commons — an 18,000-square-foot public gathering space — anchors the neighborhood’s social life with year-round programming and events.

West Falls achieved LEED-ND Gold certification and is located within walking distance of the West Falls Church Metro station, reinforcing its role as a transit-oriented mixed-use development. Strong early leasing and retail activation signal that what began as a creative solution to a school funding problem has become a new neighborhood center.