Tag: housing
Neighbors raise concerns about Brightview senior housing project
The conceptual plan for Brightview. The main road to the left is Gallows. At an Aug. 28 meeting of the Mason District Land Use Committee (MDLUC), several people who live near a proposed assisted living facility planned for Gallows Road raised concerns about increased traffic on an already-busy thoroughfare. Other issues brought by residents include … Continued
Annandale community leaders question benefit of new planning approach
An infill development going up on Lincolnia Road. Fairfax County officials say their proposal to replace the Area Plans Review (APR) system for amending the county’s Comprehensive Plan with a new approach will increase opportunities for community input. Community leaders in the Annandale/Mason area, however, are doubtful that the new system will have much of … Continued
New Seven Corners complex aimed at ‘yuppies’
An illustration of the proposed complex next to the existing office buildings New details emerged on the proposed 195-unit residential/retail complex for Arlington Boulevard in Seven Corners at a recent meeting of the Bailey’s Crossroads Revitalization Corporation. The project would be located on the sliver of land between Route 50 and South Street, next to … Continued
Parklawn tour showcases exemplary homes
Recent Annandale blog posts about problems with multiple occupancy, “extreme yard sales,” and unfinished construction projects might have given the impression that the Parklawn neighborhood is in decline. Actually, there are many well-maintained, charming homes there that people have put great care into renovating, decorating, and landscaping. Three of them were showcased June 16 on … Continued
Planning Commission approves housing on Campbell and Ferrara site
Willow Run Drive Despite extensive opposition from nearby residents, the Fairfax County Planning Commission approved a rezoning request to allow 29 single-family houses to be built on 8.78 acres on property now occupied by the Campbell and Ferrara nursery on Little River Turnpike. No commissioners voted against the proposal although three members abstained: Kenneth Lawrence … Continued
FXCO purchases and demolishes house on floodplain
The vacant lot in the photo above used to be the site of a single-family house in the Annandale area. The house, at 6613 Dearborn Drive, was torn down earlier this spring after it was purchased by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors for $705,000, using federal FEMA funds. This was the first time the … Continued
Communities have little recourse in dealing with unfinished projects
A huge structure in the backyard of a small house on Virginia Street has been under construction for years Just about every neighborhood in Mason seems to have one—a major home remodeling project that never seems to get finished. Often these houses are eyesores, with front yards full of construction debris. The house in the … Continued
Assisted living facility planned for Gallows Road in Annandale
Some of the houses that would be demolished A 95-unit assisted living facility is planned for Gallows Road in Annandale near Aston Street and across from the Holmes Run pool. The project would be developed by Brightview Senior Living, a division of the Baltimore-based Shelter Group. Brightview operates 24 assisted living communities in nine states. … Continued
Apartment tower planned for Seven Corners
The site of a proposed apartment tower on Route 50 A five-story residential building with approximately 200 rental units is planned for the wooded, triangular property between the two office towers and American Lube on Arlington Boulevard in Seven Corners. There were originally supposed to be three office buildings on that property, which is owned … Continued
Annandale real estate market still hot
By Vivianne Couts The real estate market in Annandale continued to be hot this past April, with the average sales price rising to $391,000 from $379,000 in April 2011. This is an increase of approximately 3 percent. Fifty-nine properties were sold in April, a 40 percent increase over the number sold in April of last … Continued
Homeowner sees green in Holmes Run Acres
By Liz Kirchner The idea came with the rain—shooting off the broad, low-slung roof of Margaret Garigan’s Annandale house, blasting across the tattered fescue, alopecic moss, and exposed roots of her backyard, gouging gullies through the barren clay, then burrowing under a soggy corner of the neighbor’s fence. Driving to work on those rainy days, … Continued
Annandale real estate report: Feb. 2012
This three-bedroom house at 7041 Bradley Circle, Annandale, is on the market for $415,000 “Sales prices for single-family homes dropped dramatically in February because of a few outliers, but the median sold prices actually increased,” reports Vivianne Couts, of Coldwell Banker. The average price of a home sold in Annandale (zip code 22003) in February … Continued
Neighborhood Spotlight: The Wedgewood
Annandale’s Wedgewood community is the largest affordable housing development in Fairfax County. It has about 670 mostly garden-style apartments with one, two, or three bedrooms. The apartment complex is owned by the county and restricted to households with incomes below 60 percent of the area’s average median income. Renters pay about 30 percent of their … Continued
Annandale home prices up 8 percent in November
Home prices in Annandale (zip code 22003) were up over 8 percent in November 2011 compared to November 2010, reports our real estate contributor, Vivianne Couts of Coldwell Banker. The average sale price was $375,951 last month and $346,007 the same month a year ago. Here are some relevant stats for November 2011, with the … Continued
35 houses planned for property now occupied by Campbell & Ferrara
The Fairfax County Planning Commission is scheduled to hear a proposal for a housing development on the property occupied by the Campbell and Ferarra Nursery. The Mason District Land Use Committee still has some concerns with the proposal and will consider it again at its next meeting Jan 24. The developer, Stanley Martin Homes, wants … Continued