Fair Lakes is a

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(CDP) and

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located west of Fairfax in

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, United States. Fair Lakes had a population of 7,942 in 2010.

Geography

Fair Lakes is a

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of upscale residential apartments and commercial buildings, built by the Peterson Companies.
- The main road in Fair Lakes is the Fair Lakes Parkway. Other major roads that pass through the area are the

Fairfax County Parkway The Fairfax County Parkway, numbered State Route 286 (SR 286, formerly SR 7100), is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia, acting as an arterial route in Fairfax County with a mix of interchanges and signalized and ...

(SR 286); West Ox Road ( SR 608), and SR 6751 / Monument Drive. SR 645 / Stringfellow Road forms the western boundary of Fair Lakes, and is also the western terminus for the Fair Lakes Parkway. An interchange with

Interstate 66 Interstate 66 (I-66) is an east–west Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. It runs from an interchange with I-81 near Middletown, Virginia, on its western end to an interchange with U.S. Route 29 (US 29) in Washingt ...

is at the center of the Fair Lakes CDP. The southern border of the CDP follows

U.S. Route 29 U.S. Route 29 (US 29) is a north–south United States highway that runs for from Pensacola, Florida to the western suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland in the Southern United States, connecting the Florida Panhandle to the Baltimore-Washington me ...

(Lee Highway). * Virginia 7700

SR 7700 / Fair Lakes Parkway * Virginia 286

SR 286 / Fairfax County Parkway * Circle sign 608

SR 608 / West Ox Road * Circle sign 645

SR 645 / Stringfellow Road * I-66

Interstate 66 Fair Lakes is bordered by Centreville to the west, Greenbriar to the north, and Fair Oaks to the east. Unincorporated land that is not part of any census-designated place is to the south across Route 29, including Cobbs Corner and Blevinstown. The center of Fairfax is to the east, and downtown

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is to the east along I-66. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Fair Lakes CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.00%, is water.

History

The area was farm land until planned development of the office parks and neighborhoods began in the 1980s and 1990s.

Major amenities

Malls and shopping centers

*East Market at Fair Lakes *Fair Lakes Center *Fair Lakes Promenade *

Fair Oaks Mall Fair Oaks Mall is a shopping mall in the Fair Oaks census-designated place (CDP) of unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, just northwest of the independent city of Fairfax. It is located at the intersection of Interstate 66 and U.S. Route 5 ...

*The Shops of Fair Lakes

Communities

*The Arbors at Fair Lakes *Avalon Fair Lakes *Camden Fair Lakes *Camden Monument Drive *Cedar Lakes *Elan Condominiums *Fair Lakes Condominiums *Fair Lakes Townhomes *Gates of Fair Lakes *The Greens at Fair Lakes Condominiums *North Lake *Willow Oaks at Fair Lakes *Water's Edge at Fair Lakes *The Windsor at Fair Lakes *Stonecroft Condominiums *Fair Lakes Pender Creek – Gables Residential

Private schools

*Chesterbrook Academy *Fair Lakes Children's Center

Companies

Argon ST Argon ST is a subsidiary of The Boeing Company headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, United States, that specializes in systems engineering and provides C4ISR (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaiss ...

, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of

Boeing The Boeing Company () is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and product ...

CGI Group CGI Inc. is a Canadian multinational information technology consulting and systems integration company headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. CGI has a market value of $21.8 billion, making it one of the top 30 companies in Canada. The co ...

General Dynamics General Dynamics Corporation (GD) is an American publicly traded, aerospace and defense corporation headquartered in Reston, Virginia. As of 2020, it was the fifth-largest defense contractor in the world by arms sales, and 5th largest in the Uni ...

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corporation is an American multinational aerospace and defense technology company. With 90,000 employees and an annual revenue in excess of $30 billion, it is one of the world's largest weapons manufacturers and military techn ...

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References

External links

Fair Lakes developer's website
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