Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia

More complaints hit Shops at Bailey’s Crossroads

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Developer kills apartment project in Bailey’s Crossroads

Plans for a multifamily housing project on the northwest corner of the Leesburg Pike/Carlin Springs Road intersection in Bailey’s Crossroads have fallen through. Mill Creek Residential Trust had been considering a mixed-use project with 400 apartments in two five-story buildings and 15,000 square feet of retail space on a site occupied by a Shell gas … Continued

Awards recognize beautification efforts

Mason Supervisor Penny Gross (left) presents a beautification award to Alex Pathammavong and PJ Tierno of Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services. On the right is Kimberly Wilkins, a member of the Bailey’s Crossroads Seven Corners Revitalization Corporation.  The Bailey’s Crossroads Seven Corners Revitalization Corporation presented two beautification awards at its Dec. … Continued