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obstacles to development, including compliance with Fairfax
County’s ordinances and regulations concerning such land
development.
On December 12, 1997, and March 27, 1998, FAC acquired the
lots from FFA for $2 million. On August 7 and 10, 1998,
petitioner, through another entity, purchased, from sellers other
than FFA, three additional lots in the Woodlawn Heights
historical overlay district for $550,000 and then contributed
them to FAC. On August 15, 1999, FAC sold the 5.9-acre parcel,
including the FFA building, for $1.6 million. Prior to that
sale, Fairfax County Supervisor Gerald Hyland (Hyland) assisted
in the rezoning of the 5.9-acre site to a C-2 classification that
would permit continued the use of the commercial building on that
property. As of the date of the trial in this case, petitioner
continued to own one of the acquired unimproved parcels (lot 10),
and the remaining parcels5 that were conglomerated into a 29.3-
acre parcel for development that became known as the Grist Mill
Woods subdivision (Grist Mill property). Slightly more than half
of the property (15.04 acres) is situated in a designated 100-
year floodplain and not available for residential development.
5The Grist Mill Woods subdivision therefore consisted of
parcels 15, 16, 17, 18 (exclusive of the 5.9 acres of parcel 18
that included the FFA building), 25, 26, and 27.
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