Rezoning proposed for Annandale office buildings
Nicholas LRT LLC has submitted a rezoning application for a 6-acre property on Little River Turnpike in Annandale.
The company wants to change the zoning from C-6 (community retail commercial district) to PDC (planned development commercial district).
The proposal calls for transforming the six-story office building at 7620 Little River Turnpike to residential uses. An outdoor amenity space would be added on the second floor over the existing surface parking lot. The exterior walls would be replaced with a more updated, residential-appropriate skin.
The nine-story building at the rear would continue to be used for offices with ground-floor retail.
Nicholas is requesting that another, smaller building on the property be rezoned from industrial to retail use. That building would have an updated exterior.
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According to the application, some current surface parking would be converted to open space, landscaping, stormwater management facilities, recreational amenities, and a streetscape for pedestrians.
The development is located between Little River Turnpike, Woodland Road, Hummer Road, and Horseshoe Drive.
The Board of Supervisors in June approved adding a Comprehensive Plan amendment for that project – and 10 other development proposals in Mason District – to the Fairfax County Comprehensive Plan Work Program.
Nicholas Development first proposed redeveloping that site in 2020.
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The county should _only_ allow adding residential through rezoning if they have adequate county resources to include school and transportation (mass transit, parking, road, traffic). High density housing would better be served in areas with metro because the traffic loading.
Agree with above. The roads here are already miserable.
There is no accounting for parking for many of these areas which causes over congestion, extra costs of monitoring and leads to weird community issues, and illegal parking up the wazoo
Just what that congested area needs…more traffic.
Traffic is already getting bad in that specific area by the highway – I hope there’s more planning to have bus routes and additional stops implemented first
That building is so ugly, a skyline eyesore. It needs to be completely rebuilt
What is the address of this site
It’s a nobel idea… but I don’t think this will work without a community resource plan attached to serve the additional residential needs.
The schools serving elementary, middle, and high school students are already overwhelmed. Not to mention a lack of traffic calming in that area with additional foot traffic expected.
Everything I read indicates there is a severe shortage of housing. One reason given is the time it takes to get zoning approval, another is neighborhood opposition. I say, yes, to more housing, especially on a busy street that already has bus service.
Yup this entire area needs to be fully realize the revitalization plan. Redevelopments today, tommorow and yesterday please
Traffic in this area is terrible with cars coming from all directions onto the Little River Tpke access road. Adding to the flow will create a logjam with more accidents. Unless the developer has a plan to improve traffic, this proposal should be denied. Also, the entire area around this consists of gas stations, fast food and a 7-11. Unless there is a plan to re-develop all of this area, just converting commercial into residential will accomplish nothing. We need carefully planned development, not just one building.