Developer Shaping Future of Paul VI Campus Site

FAIRFAX CITY, VA -- Paul VI High School is leaving Fairfax City in the next few years, and the future of the school’s 18-acre campus in the heart of town may become more clear next week in a community meeting.

The Diocese of Arlington, which oversees the Catholic high school, announced plans last year to move Paul VI to a new 68-acre campus in South Riding, in Loudoun County. The school has about 1,000 students, and the diocese said it has run out of space to expand on the current site, at 10675 Fairfax Blvd., facing rising and “unsustainable” costs to maintain the school’s buildings.

The diocese has hired the IDI Group Companies to prepare a plan to redevelop the Fairfax City property. Based in Arlington, the IDI Group has developed and built condominiums, offices, hotels and mixed-use projects throughout the Washington, D.C., region.

On Feb. 11, representatives from the IDI Group hosted an open house at American Legion Post 177 to get the public’s input on the Paul VI property.

Next Thursday evening, March 10, the company announced that it will report to the community on the information gathered at the Feb. 11 meeting. That meeting will start at 7 p.m. at American Legion Post 177, at 3939 Oak St. in Fairfax City (see map below).

The high school’s move to the new campus in Loudoun County is scheduled to take place in 2020, according to media reports. The $60 million school will be built on land owned by the diocese, with state-of-the-art facilities. For more information on the move, please click here.

The high school was established in 1983 in Fairfax City. It’s named after Pope Paul VI, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church from 1963 until his death in 1978.

For more information on next week’s community meeting, please call IDI Group at 703-827-0800.