April 19, 2025
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: Bailey’s Crossroads

Gross, Aiken clash on redevelopment issues at candidate forum

#Bailey's Crossroads, #Board of Supervisors, #elections, #Gross, #Kory, #politics, #redevelopment, #Saslaw, #school board, #schools
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From the left: Del. Kaye Kory, Sen. Dick Saslaw, Gary Aiken, Jessica Swanson, Supervisor Penny Gross, Andres Jimenez, and Ricardy Anderson. Mason Supervisor Penny Gross and her Republican challenger, Gary Aiken, clashed over how to revitalize aging commercial centers, the East County Office Building, and Bailey’s Upper Elementary School at a candidate forum March 18 … Continued

More complaints hit Shops at Bailey’s Crossroads

#Bailey's Crossroads, #property maintenance, #redevelopment, #retail
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The Shops at Bailey’s Crossroads will have a CVS, Sardi’s restaurant, Next Day Blinds, T-Mobile, Burger 7, and Pita Pouch. More complaints have been leveled against the Shops at Bailey’s Crossroads, a retail center nearing completion on Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads, and representatives of the developer and Fairfax County government say the problems are … Continued

Interim park planned for Bailey’s Crossroads

#Bailey's Crossroads, #parks, #redevelopment, #Southeast Quadrant
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The Landmark Building is being torn down.  The area around the former Landmark Building on Columbia Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads will be transformed into an “interim park” with temporary recreational facilities. Demolition of that building is expected to be completed by the end of September. The property was acquired by Fairfax County last year as part … Continued

A shopping center construction project is causing problems for a next-door neighbor

#Bailey's Crossroads, #land use, #redevelopment, #retail, #stormwater
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Water runoff from a shopping center under construction on Leesburg Pike toward Washington Drive during last week’s rainstorm. [Irene Xenos] Abdul Bunyas, a resident of 3412 Washington Drive in Bailey’s Crossroads for the past 19 years, says construction of a shopping center next door has caused flooding in his yard and a wall at the … Continued

Public invited to meeting on urban design guidelines

#Bailey's Crossroads, #land use, #redevelopment, #revitalization

Design guidelines address outdoor features, such as the wide sidewalks, benches, planters, streetlights, building facades, and signage in the Mosaic District. The Fairfax County Office of Community Revitalization (OCR) is revising the urban design guidelines for areas designated as revitalization districts, such as Annandale and Bailey’s Crossroads/Seven Corners. The public is invited to learn more … Continued

Demolition work under way on Bailey’s Crossroads office building

#Bailey's Crossroads, #land use, #office building, #redevelopment, #Southeast Quadrant
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The Landmark Building Demolition of the exterior of the Landmark Building at 5872 Columbia Pike is expected to start July 18. Interior demolition and abatement of hazardous materials – asbestos in the dry wall compound, lead paint, and fluorescent lighting fixtures – is nearing completion, says project coordinator Joan Beacham of the Fairfax County Building … Continued

Construction traffic banned on Washington Drive

#Bailey's Crossroads, #land use, #redevelopment, #retail, #traffic

The day after we reported on complaints about construction trucks on Washington Drive, a sign appeared banning construction traffic.  People who live near a shopping center under construction on Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads had been complaining for months that the developer was ignoring proffers that prohibit trucks from using Washington Drive to access the building … Continued

Closed sidewalk endangers pedestrians on Leesburg Pike in front of retail construction site

#Bailey's Crossroads, #pedestrians, #redevelopment, #retail, #safety
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People are walking in traffic on Leesburg Pike. Now that the sidewalk in front of the shopping center project under construction on Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads has been closed off, people are risking their lives walking in the street with cars and trucks whizzing by a few inches away. Spectrum Development LLC, which is … Continued

Owners of Bawadi Mediterranean Grill charge landlord is unfairly forcing them out

#Bailey's Crossroads, #businesses, #restaurants
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Sara and Khalid Mekki in their restaurant with three of their four children. Khalid and Sara Mekki, the owners of Bawadi Mediterranean Grill & Sweets Café in Bailey’s Crossroads, say they’re being treated unfairly by their landlord, Adrienne Dominguez, and her company, Alta Enterprises 1 LLC, by forcing them out and refusing to renew their … Continued