July 18, 2026
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia

Tag: housing

Mission Lofts to start signing up tenants in January

#Annandale, #Bailey's Crossroads, #housing, #office building, #redevelopment
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A conference room at Mission Lofts Mission Lofts, the nine-story live/work building at 5600 Columbia Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads, is nearing completion and is expected to be ready for occupancy in mid-January. Tenants will be able to use their units for living, working, or both. Potential tenants can’t sign a lease until an occupancy permit … Continued

Skyline Towers sold to CIM Group

#Bailey's Crossroads, #housing, #real estate, #Skyline Center
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Skyline Towers [Apartments.com] The CIM Group has acquired Skyline Towers, the real estate company announced Dec. 16. The 12.7-acre property in Bailey’s Crossroads consists of two 26-story high-rise apartment buildings with a total of 939 units. The buildings were constructed in 1971. Amenities for residents include an outdoor swimming pool, 24-hour fitness center, game room, … Continued

Guests at new Bailey’s shelter share their stories of homelessness

#government services, #homeless, #housing
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Robert, a guest at the new Bailey’s shelter, at the reception desk.  Relationships gone bad, alcoholism, overwhelming grief, and bad luck – those are some of the reasons people ended up at the new homeless shelter on Seminary Road in Bailey’s Crossroads. The brand-new Bailey’s Crossroads Shelter and Supportive Housing, as the facility is officially … Continued

Live/work concept proposed for Skyline office buildings

#Bailey's Crossroads, #housing, #office building, #redevelopment, #Skyline Center
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Mission Lofts The developer of Mission Lofts, the live-work building under construction at 5600 Columbia Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads, is planning to replicate that concept at the Skyline Center. Robert Seldin, of Highland Square Holdings, hopes to approve the first leases at Mission Lofts by the end of the year. Under a flexible concept approved … Continued

New owner plans big changes at Skyline Center

#housing, #office building, #real estate, #redevelopment, #Skyline Center
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Three of the buildings at the Skyline Center. Somera Road Inc., a New York-based commercial real estate firm, is part of a partnership that acquired the aging Skyline office complex in Bailey’s Crossroads for about $215 million, the Washington Business Journal reports. The deal includes seven office buildings and a retail center anchored by Target. … Continued

Townhouses, not mixed-use development, planned for Graham Park Plaza

#Falls Church, #housing, #land use, #redevelopment, #retail
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Federal Realty Investment Trust has dropped plans to transform Graham Park Plaza into a mixed-use development with apartments and ground-floor retail, according to news reports. Instead, the company is selling 8.3 acres on the western side of the 19-acre site to EYA, which plans to build 175 luxury townhouses there. The shopping center, formerly called … Continued

New Bailey’s shelter serves most vulnerable members of the community

#Bailey's Crossroads, #government services, #homeless, #housing
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The nearly completed Bailey’s Shelter and Supportive Housing facility on Seminary Road in Bailey’s Crossroads includes 18 apartments for people transitioning out of homelessness, as well as emergency lodging for 52 men and women. The community will be invited to an open house at the shelter on Nov. 23. Each supportive housing unit has a … Continued

Renovations under way at the Parkwood

#Culmore, #housing, #revitalization
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The Parkwood no longer pink. The Parkwood apartments in the Culmore area of Bailey’s Crossroads are being renovated with support from the Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority, with the goal of keeping the complex affordable for lower-income people. The project is funded by $30 million in tax-exempt bonds approved by the FCRHA plus $2.5 … Continued

Planning Commission defers decision on Merrifield development

#housing, #Inova, #land use, #Merrifield, #Planning Commission, #redevelopment, #revitalization

Merrifield Suburban Center Task Force Chair Charlie Hall speaks at the Planning Commission hearing. After a lengthy hearing on a proposed plan amendment to allow extensive development at the Inova site on Gallows Road and at Fairview Park, the Fairfax County Planning Commission deferred a decision to Sept. 19. The proposal, agreed to by county … Continued

Supervisors approve huge complex for seniors

#aging, #Board of Supervisors, #housing, #land use, #redevelopment, #seniors

  The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on July 16 approved Erickson Living’s proposal for a huge housing development and continuing care facility for seniors on a 79-acre property on Braddock Road.   The project, located on the site of the former Northern Virginia Training Center, would include 1,050 independent living units and 175 assisted … Continued

Planning Commission approves Lincolnia plan

#housing, #land use, #Lincolnia, #Planning Commission, #redevelopment, #revitalization
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The Morningside Apartments, an affordable community in Lincolnia. The Fairfax County Planning Commission approved a comprehensive plan amendment July 10 that sets a framework for the future development of a town center in Lincolnia. The Planning Commission held a hearing on Phase 3 of the Lincolnia Planning District Study last week but delayed a final … Continued