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

Task force begins review of six major development projects proposed in Mason District

The Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center has big plans for expanding. A task force of Mason District residents appointed by Supervisor Penny Gross has begun considering six development proposals as part of the South County Site-Specific Plan Amendment Process for amending the Comprehensive Plan. At the task force’s first meeting, on March 5, county planning staff … Continued

EYA describes plan for townhouse development at Graham Park Plaza

An illustration of the townhouses proposed by EYA for the Graham Park Plaza property.  The EYA real estate development company is planning a 180-unit townhouse community on the western part of the Graham Park Plaza shopping center on Arlington Boulevard. The stores in that area have already closed. This project replaces a mixed-use apartment and retail … Continued

Planning moves forward for live/work concept at Skyline office buildings

A rendering of the Skyline redevelopment project. The Fairfax County planning and zoning branch is reviewing a proposal to amend the development plan for three office buildings at the Skyline Center in Bailey’s Crossroads. The application was submitted by the Wolff Co. (KIW Skyline), which purchased the three mostly vacant buildings in 2019 at 5201, … Continued

Development proposals submitted to county

First Christian Church wants to make better use of its underutilized property. Six development proposals were submitted to the Fairfax County Planning and Development Department for projects in Mason District as part of the South County Site-Specific Plan Amendment process. These nominations were among the 22 accepted by the planning department for the Mason, Mount … Continued

Mixed-use development proposed for underutilized office buildings in Annandale

These are the office buildings on Little River Turnpike that could be redeveloped, although the addresses on the buildings don’t match the addresses in the plan amendment nomination. [File photo] One of several “south county site-specific plan amendment” nominations submitted recently to the Fairfax County Planning and Development Department calls for redeveloping two office buildings … Continued

New townhouses in Seven Corners selling quickly

A rendering of Boulevard 6060. [Beazer Homes] The new townhouse community under construction on the site of a former medical building at 6060 Arlington Boulevard in Seven Corners is selling quickly, says Andrew Wilan, “new home counselor” at Beazer Homes. The 37-unit development, called Boulevard 6060, is between Target, the Federal Hill townhouses, and the … Continued

Residents take issue with plans for expanding Pine Ridge police facility

An artist’s rendering of the new FCPD Pine Ridge Operations and Support Bureau.  People who live next to the Fairfax County Police Department’s Pine Ridge Operations and Support Bureau in Annandale continue to have concerns with the county’s plan to replace that facility with a new, larger building and reconfigure the site’s layout. The FCPD … Continued

Board of Supervisors approves Chick-Fil-A

These buildings in central Annandale will be replaced by a Chick-Fil-A. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors easily approved a zoning special exception Jan. 14 to allow construction of a Chick-fil-A drive-through restaurant on Little River Turnpike in central Annandale. No one spoke during the public hearing on the proposal, and none of the supervisors raised … Continued

Chick-fil-A is coming to Rt. 236, but what about the vision for Annandale?

Chick-fil-A’s design for a proposed restaurant in Annandale. During a Planning Commission discussion July 8 on the proposal for a Chik-fil-A restaurant, at-large commissioner James Hart raised concerns that a stand-alone fast-food restaurant on Little River Turnpike does not meet the vision spelled out in the Annandale Comprehensive Plan. The commission easily endorsed the project … Continued

Virginia delegate wants to allow denser housing on single-family lots

Stanley Martin, a homebuilder active in Northern Virginia, offers multi-generational homes, like this one, with a private living space inside – with its own entrance, kitchenette, family room, bedroom, and one-car garage. The concept is being marketed to families who want a separate apartment in their home for an elderly parent. [Stanley Martin]  The lack … Continued

Residents complain about assisted living/group home planned for Trammell Road

The building under construction at 7816 Trammell Road. Residents of Lafayette Village upset about an assisted living/group home under construction in their neighborhood got a chance to air their concerns directly to the developer, Allen Wong, at the community’s HOA board meeting Nov. 21. Wong, the owner of a property at 7816 Trammell Road in … Continued