February 1, 2025
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: housing

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

Supervisors approve townhouses at Heritage Mall

#Board of Supervisors, #housing, #land use, #redevelopment, #zoning
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Townhouses approved for this parking lot.  A new 67-unit townhouse development behind Heritage Mall in Annandale moved a step closer to reality, as the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a rezoning application for the project Dec. 6. No one from the community testified at the public hearing before the vote. The applicants, MHI-Heritage LLC … Continued

Supervisors approve redevelopment of Graham Park Plaza

#Board of Supervisors, #housing, #land use, #neighborhood groups, #redevelopment, #retail, #traffic, #zoning
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Graham Park Plaza The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a Comprehensive Plan amendment Dec. 6 for the redevelopment of Graham Park Plaza on Arlington Boulevard in Falls Church. The owner, Federal Realty Investment Trust, is proposing a mixed-use development with 248 multifamily housing units and community-serving retail on part of the property of the … Continued

Planning Commission approves rezoning for townhouses at Heritage Mall

#housing, #land use, #Planning Commission, #retail, #zoning
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An illustration of the proposed townhouses from the Department of Planning and Zoning staff report.  The Fairfax County Planning Commission approved a rezoning application Nov. 30 to allow a townhouse development at the rear of the Heritage Mall shopping center in Annandale. The applicants, MHI-Heritage LLC and Bristow Shopping Center LTD (entities formed by the … Continued

Planning Commission approves e-Loft project for 5600 Columbia Pike

#Bailey's Crossroads, #housing, #land use, #Planning Commission, #redevelopment, #zoning
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A rendering of the e-Lofts building at the corner of Columbia Pike and Carlin Springs Road. [Novus Residences]  The Fairfax County Planning Commission on Nov. 17 endorsed a rezoning proposal to convert a vacant office building at 5600 Columbia Pike into an innovative mixed-use concept, where tenants could choose whether to live, work, or do … Continued

Planning Commission approves redevelopment of Graham Park Plaza

#housing, #land use, #Planning Commission, #redevelopment, #retail, #shopping
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The Fairfax County Planning Commission unanimously approved an amendment to the county’s Comprehensive Plan to facilitate the redevelopment of Graham Park Plaza, an aging shopping center on Route 50. The owner, Federal Realty Investment Trust, wants to transform the 19.5-acre western part of the retail center, formerly known as Loehmann’s Plaza, into a mixed-use development … Continued

Lawmakers, residents call for more regulations on short-term rentals

#businesses, #code compliance, #housing, #land use, #state government, #taxes, #zoning
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Panelists discuss the Airbnb law (from the left): Mason Hills Citizens Association President Mike Rioux, code compliance official Elizabeth Perry, zoning administrator Leslie Johnson, Del. Kaye Kory, and Sen. Dick Saslaw,  Local residents who attended a meeting on short-term rentals Oct. 5 raised concerns about homeowners filling up their homes with transients, leading to declining … Continued