Tag: housing
More details emerge on affordable senior housing project on church property
The possible future home of the Culmore Clinic. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing Tuesday, Jan. 26 on a major redevelopment proposal in western Annandale with 575 multifamily units, another proposal for Annandale and three in Seven Corners. If approved by the board, those proposals would be included in the … Continued
Northern Virginia has a worse housing burden for low-income families than any other U.S. metro area
The average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in this Annandale complex is $1,800 a month. Northern Virginia has the highest rate of severe housing burden among low-income households, compared to the 50 largest U.S. metro areas, state a new report. According to “Unequal Burden” the latest report from the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia’s Insight … Continued
Proposed rule change would allow Fairfax County developers to provide fewer affordable housing units
The Avalon Mosaic apartments in Merrifield have a few WDUs available. [Mosaic District] Fairfax County planners are proposing a new way to determine how rental workforce dwelling units (WDUs) should be calculated. The county’s WDU policy allows housing developers to receive a density bonus in the form of additional market-rate units to offset the cost … Continued
Housing development planned for Sleepy Hollow Road
The Glavis house Land along Sleepy Hollow Road – between Malbrook Drive and Sleepy Hollow United Methodist Church – is being prepared for the construction of 17 or 18 single-family houses. The Gulick Group purchased the property from the Glavis family in mid-2020. At that point, the property had already been subdivided into 18 lots, … Continued
More details emerge on Landmark Mall redevelopment
The concept for redeveloping Landmark Mall. Representatives of Inova, the City of Alexandria, and the Foulger-Pratt development company presented more details on the plans to create an urban village/medical complex at Landmark Mall at a community meeting Jan. 4. The plan calls for tearing down the mall and developing the 52-acre property with a new … Continued
New owners promise to renovate Fairmont Gardens
Fairmont Gardens The new owners of Fairmont Gardens in Annandale plan to renovate the garden apartment community, according to a Dec. 10 report on GlobeSt.com. Joint-venture partners – the Donaldson Group, Declaration Partners, and a fund managed by DRA Advisors – purchased the 388-unit apartment complex on Wadsworth Court for $84 million. The partners are … Continued
Planning Commission endorses a revised redevelopment plan for western Annandale
The site of a proposed redevelopment project on Little River Turnpike in Annandale. The Fairfax County Planning Commission agreed that a major redevelopment project in Annandale’s west end should be included in the county’s Comprehensive Plan work program for 2021 – with two major changes. That project calls for 575 multifamily residential units, 156,000 square … Continued
Community members speak out against redevelopment proposals in Annandale and Seven Corners
The Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center on Row Street in Seven Corners wants to develop a community center. Local residents spoke out against most of the six nominations for redevelopment projects in Mason District at a Planning Commission hearing last week. The projects have been nominated for inclusion in Fairfax County’s Comprehensive Plan Amendment Work Program for … Continued
Neighbors speak out against senior housing project at First Christian Church in Seven Corners
An illustration of the proposed senior housing project on Leesburg Pike in Seven Corners. Local residents raised some key concerns about a proposal for a senior housing project in Seven Corners at a lengthy Fairfax County Planning Commission hearing Nov. 18. That proposal – submitted by First Christian Church at 6165 Leesburg Pike – is … Continued
Fairfax County staff oppose plan amendments for two projects in Annandale, one in Seven Corners
Planning staff opposes a large mixed-use project on this site in Annandale, viewed from Woodland Road. Fairfax County Planning and Development Department staff are recommending that three of the six “site-specific plan amendments” proposed for Mason District be included in the Comprehensive Plan Amendment Work Program for 2021 – and three should not. The Planning … Continued
Fairfax County board approves townhouses at Graham Park Plaza
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 20 approved a proposal by EYA Development LLC to build 177 townhouses on the western portion of Graham Park Plaza on Arlington Boulevard. Among other actions at the BoS meeting, the supervisors approved a plan for disposal of the Confederate monuments at the judicial complex in Fairfax … Continued
Annandale residents say a large mixed-use development would destroy their neighborhood
Woodland Road, Annandale, the site of a proposed mixed-use development. Residents of Hummer Woods and surrounding neighborhoods in Annandale are organizing to fight a proposed redevelopment project. They say it would destroy the character of the residential community and charge a Mason District task force’s approval of the project was based on misleading information … Continued
Fairfax County Planning Commission approves infill project
The Fairfax County Planning Commission approved an infill development in the Alexandria area of Mason District Oct. 8. The Board of Supervisors’ hearing will be Nov. 17. The property owner, Lora Seeds, wants to sell her property at 5824 Dawes Ave. to a developer who would build three homes on the 1.2-acre lot. She applied for … Continued
Infill development planned for Annandale
Six homes are planned for Travis Parkway. One of the few remaining open green spaces in Annandale is slated for an infill development. Premier Homes is planning to build six homes on Travis Parkway between Gallows Road and Thornton Street. It’s a by-right project, so there won’t be a public hearing. The new homes would … Continued
Mason District committee endorses townhouse project at Graham Park Plaza
A conceptional view of the proposed townhouses at Graham Park Plaza. The Mason District Land Use Committee on Sept. 22 recommended the Fairfax County Planning Commission approve a townhouse development on part of the Graham Park Plaza property on Arlington Boulevard. EYA Development LLC is planning to build 177 townhomes on the part of the shopping … Continued