July 15, 2026
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia

Tag: land use

More details emerge on Skyline revitalization project

#Annandale, #Bailey's Crossroads, #housing, #land use, #office building, #revitalization, #Skyline Center
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The project calls for less concrete and more green space. Developer Robert Seldin, the CEO of Highland Square Holdings, plans to repurpose three office buildings at Skyline Center in Bailey’s Crossroads as residential/work space units, while transforming the concrete setting into an engaging urban park. Seldin and land use attorney Mike Van Atta described their … Continued

Supervisors approve electronic meetings with limited public participation

#Annandale, #Board of Supervisors, #coronavirus, #health, #land use

The Board of Supervisors, including Mason Supervisor Penny Gross (top), participates in in the April 14 meeting virtually. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors’ approval of an ordinance allowing county governmental entities to meet electronically during the COVID-19 emergency is being challenged by those who believe it will reduce opportunities for public participation on land … Continued

Fairfax County proposes more flexibility for home-based businesses and accessory dwellings

#Annandale, #businesses, #housing, #land use, #zoning
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A photo of an illegal accessory dwelling in Arlington published by Greater Greater Washington. (Radcliffe Dacanay licensed under Creative Commons) Fairfax County is proposing to loosen the zoning rules for accessory dwellings and home-based businesses. The changes are part of the Department of Planning and Development’s multiyear effort, known as zMOD, to rewrite the county’s … Continued

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

#Annandale, #housing, #land use, #redevelopment, #Seven Corners
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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

#Annandale, #Falls Church, #housing, #land use, #redevelopment
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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

#housing, #land use, #office building, #redevelopment, #Skyline Center
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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

#Annandale, #churches, #land use, #Planning Commission, #redevelopment, #zoning

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

#housing, #land use, #office building, #redevelopment, #revitalization
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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

#Annandale, #housing, #land use, #real estate, #Seven Corners

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

#Annandale, #government services, #land use, #police

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

#Annandale, #Board of Supervisors, #land use, #redevelopment, #restaurants, #zoning
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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