Category: Redevelopment
Farewell, Landmark Mall
The demolition of Landmark Mall is finally underway. The old mall will be replaced by an Inova hospital and a mixed-use development. The Alexandria City Council approved the project in July 2021 after 15 years of development proposals that went nowhere. The new 565,500-square-foot, 231-bed hospital will replace the Inova Alexandria Hospital on Seminary Road. … Continued
More live-work units planned for Skyline
More live-work units are coming to the Skyline Center, the Washington Business Journal reports. Rob Seldin, the CEO of Highland Square Holdings, has teamed up with the Madison Marquette commercial real estate company to form Madison Highland Live/Work Loft Services LLC. The new company will convert two vacant office buildings, Skyline 4 and 5, into … Continued
Luxury homes selling on Sleepy Hollow
Eight of the 18 luxury homes planned for the Hudson Quarter development have already been sold. Construction is underway on some of them, says Iman Elagazy, sales manager with the Smith Schnider real estate company. The homes are being built by the Gulick Group. Prices range from $1.5 million to $1.7 million. What’s unique about … Continued
Construction underway on Annandale townhomes
Farewell trees and little single-family houses. Land-clearing is underway at McWhorter Place and Markham Street in Annandale to make way for the Townes at Little River Crossing. Sales are expected to open in April for the 43-unit townhouse community being developed by Christopher Land Cos. The homes will have three to five bedrooms and … Continued
Planning Commission defers decision on affordable housing
After listening to residents’ horror stories about flooding, the Fairfax County Planning Commission deferred a decision on a proposal by First Christian Church to build 113 units of affordable housing for seniors. The Planning Commission will vote March 23 on whether to endorse an amendment of the Fairfax County Comprehensive Plan, which is needed for … Continued
New details emerge on hospital at Landmark
Inova Health System has provided more information on the future hospital at the former Landmark Mall, the Washington Business Journal reports. The new hospital will take up the western portion of the redevelopment project, which is now called West End Alexandria. The rest of the site will consist of housing, retail, parks, and a transit … Continued
Construction of Skyline live/work project well underway
These office buildings are being turned into live/work units. Renovation is moving along quickly on the three vacant office buildings at the Skyline Center that are being converted to residential units tenants can use for living, working, or both. The first group of about 60 to 70 units will be ready for leasing in July … Continued
Seven Corners towers are getting a makeover
The two 13-story office buildings at 6400 and 6402 Arlington Boulevard in Seven Corners are being renovated and have been rebranded as “Lookout 6400.” BoundTrain Real Estate acquired the buildings in 2019 for $38 million.
Residents fighting plans to designate small private road as only access point to new housing development
Brooks Place The Virginia Department of Transportation accepted Brooks Place into the state road system on March 11. That’s significant, because it would legitimize Brooks Place as the only way to access a by-right housing development under construction on Sleepy Hollow Road called Hudson Quarter.
Board of Supervisors rejects huge mixed-use proposal for western Annandale
The Board of Supervisors meets virtually on Jan. 26. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors agreed Jan. 26 to eliminate from the Comprehensive Plan work program for 2021 a huge 575-unit mixed-use project proposed for western Annandale. That project would have been located on Little River Turnpike between Hummer Road and Woodland Road.
Lake Barcroft, Malbrook residents oppose access plan for new houses on Sleepy Hollow Road
The future site of a new housing development on Sleepy Hollow Road. [Larry Golfer] Residents of Lake Barcroft and the Malbrook community are concerned that a new housing development under construction on Sleepy Hollow Road would bring more traffic to neighborhood streets. The Gulick Group has begun clearing land and plans to build 18 new … Continued
Inova to relocate Alexandria Hospital to Landmark Mall site
The new plan for Landmark Mall. The City of Alexandria, Inova Health System, and three development companies announced an initial agreement Dec. 22 to build a new hospital campus and mixed-used urban village on the site of the former Landmark Mall. Inova would invest $1 billion in the medical campus, which would be anchored by … Continued
Fairfax County board approves townhouses at Graham Park Plaza
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 20 approved a proposal by EYA Development LLC to build 177 townhouses on the western portion of Graham Park Plaza on Arlington Boulevard. Among other actions at the BoS meeting, the supervisors approved a plan for disposal of the Confederate monuments at the judicial complex in Fairfax … Continued
Annandale residents say a large mixed-use development would destroy their neighborhood
Woodland Road, Annandale, the site of a proposed mixed-use development. Residents of Hummer Woods and surrounding neighborhoods in Annandale are organizing to fight a proposed redevelopment project. They say it would destroy the character of the residential community and charge a Mason District task force’s approval of the project was based on misleading information … Continued
Mason District committee endorses townhouse project at Graham Park Plaza
A conceptional view of the proposed townhouses at Graham Park Plaza. The Mason District Land Use Committee on Sept. 22 recommended the Fairfax County Planning Commission approve a townhouse development on part of the Graham Park Plaza property on Arlington Boulevard. EYA Development LLC is planning to build 177 townhomes on the part of the shopping … Continued