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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
Leesburg Town Council Approves Wolf Furniture
Revised concept plan paves way for first Wolf Furniture store in Virginia
Leesburg, VA (May 25, 2011) – At their meeting on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, the Leesburg Town
Council unanimously approved a zoning concept plan amendment application submitted by
Wolf Furniture for their five acre lot on Fort Evans Road NE, next to the Homewood Suites
hotel. The new concept plan for the parcel includes three options for development of the site:
a 46,030 sq ft furniture showroom, 46,030 sq ft of general retail and office uses, and a 69,974
sq ft furniture showroom. While committed to building a furniture store on the site, Wolf
Furniture sought different options in order to have flexibility in the development of the site and
to preclude the need for future legislative action should market conditions change in the future.
The next step for Wolf Furniture will be the submission of a final site plan, which will be
reviewed and approved administratively. Once the final site plan is approved and Loudoun
County issues a building permit, Wolf Furniture can proceed with construction of their new
furniture showroom. Because the Wolf Furniture site plan is essentially a resubmittal of an
earlier site plan that has already been extensively reviewed, Town staff anticipates that the
company will be able to start construction this summer.
“It’s been five long years since we were here before,” commented Doug Wolf, president & CEO
of Wolf Furniture. “I know the Council and staff have worked hard to change some operating
practices, and I would like to personally thank John Wells and Scott Parker, along with Town
staff and Council. It’s been a very different process this time around.”
Wolf further stated, “This will be our first store in Virginia and we would be pleased to have
Leesburg be our first home in this state. The efforts in your process change have been effective
and [the process has been] much more pleasant, and I told Scott [Parker] that if you need a
spokesman or a reference, I would have a much different story than I may have had when we
started. We look forward to being a proud member of the Leesburg business community.”
“Once Wolf Furniture came back to the Town with their renewed plans, we knew this was our
opportunity to prove that the changes we made to the Town’s land development process were
working,” said John Wells, the Leesburg Town Manager. “We’ve received positive feedback
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about our process from other developers, but to get validation from someone who can
compare the new system with the old is especially rewarding. I’m very proud of all of the staff
who were involved in the reorganization and in our continuing efforts to improve our
development process.”
Contact:
Scott E. Parker, AICP
Assistant to the Town Manager
sparker@leesburgva.gov
703-771-2771
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