November 24, 2024
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: housing

Bailey’s Crossroads redevelopment in the works

#Bailey's Crossroads, #East County Government Center, #housing, #land use, #office building, #redevelopment, #Southeast Quadrant, #zoning
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This property, seen from Moncure Avenue, is slated for redevelopment. The Weissberg Co. is going ahead with a rezoning application for a 7.4-acre property at Columbia Pike and Moncure Avenue in Bailey’s Crossroads, even though it has not yet secured a developer. The project, called Columbia Crossroads, would include a 378-unit apartment building. John McBride, … Continued

Seven Corners residents raise traffic concerns at meeting on proposed townhouse project

#housing, #land use, #neighborhood groups, #redevelopment, #traffic, #transportation, #zoning
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Federal Hill, as seen from Arlington Boulevard. Residents of the Federal Hill townhouse community in Seven Corners raised concerns about traffic congestion at a community meeting April 3 on a proposal for 40 new townhouses next door at 6060 Arlington Blvd. The property, currently occupied by a medical building, is only accessible via a narrow … Continued

JBG backs out of plans to redevelop Beauregard Corridor

#Alexandria, #Beauregard Corridor, #housing, #land use, #redevelopment
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JBG Cos. will not go forward with plans to develop a mixed-use project on two blocks along Beauregard Street in Alexandria’s West End. Instead, the company plans to sell the properties it owns on the Beauregard Corridor, AlexandriaNews reports. Those properties include the Shops at Mark Center and six residential projects – Brookdale, Hillwood, Lynbrook, … Continued

Board approves land swap allowing apartments and county office building in Bailey’s Crossroads

#Bailey's Crossroads, #Board of Supervisors, #East County Government Center, #homeless, #housing, #land use, #office building, #redevelopment, #Southeast Quadrant
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The current land ownership in the Southeast Quadrant of Bailey’s Crossroads. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a land swap with the Weissberg Corp. at the same site in Bailey’s Crossroads where a similar deal with AvalonBay fell through last year. The agreement, approved March 1, paves the way for new housing, “a future … Continued

Students are building a house in Annandale

#education, #housing, #schools
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The construction site on Holyoke Drive, Annandale.  Students with special needs have started construction on a new house in Annandale. The students are in the Building Futures program at schools run by Phillips Program for Children and Families. The students, along with Phillips administrators, teachers, parents, and business and civic leaders, gathered at the house, at … Continued

New apartment building on Route 50 in Seven Corners could open this spring

#housing, #redevelopment, #retail, #Seven Corners
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The Loren as seen from Arlington Boulevard. [Photos: Weinberg & Harris] “The Loren,” the apartment building under construction on Arlington Boulevard in Seven Corners next to the new Hampton Inn & Suites, is scheduled to open in late spring 2017, reports marketing consultant Roger Mecca of Weinberg Harris & Associates. The townhouses along South Street. … Continued

New uses could revive old office buildings

#businesses, #housing, #land use, #office building, #zoning
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The Silverline Center in Tysons [Hickok Cole Architects] Fairfax County needs to make it easier for developers to convert aging, underutilized office buildings to new, more profitable uses, states a report released this month by the Fairfax County Building Repositioning Workgroup. The workgroup was established by the Board of Supervisors in fall 2015 to examine the … Continued

Supervisors approve e-Loft project in Bailey’s Crossroads

#Bailey's Crossroads, #Board of Supervisors, #housing, #land use, #office building, #redevelopment, #zoning
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The office building in the center would see new life as flexible e-Loft project. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a rezoning application allowing the conversion of a vacant, 10-story office building at 5600 Columbia Pike into an innovative, “e-Loft” concept with flexible units. Tenants could use their units as a residence, work … Continued