April 21, 2025
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: land use

Urban design guidelines in the works for Bailey’s Crossroads and Seven Corners

#Bailey's Crossroads, #infrastructure, #land use, #redevelopment, #Seven Corners
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The Fairfax County Office of Community Revitalization (OCR) is working on urban design guidelines for Bailey’s Crossroads and Seven Corners that will address such issues as landscaping, sidewalks, how buildings should be sited, how storefronts should look, and what amenities like benches and lighting should look like. The draft, including illustrations of how various urban elements … Continued

Proposed redevelopment project at Graham Park Plaza downsized

#housing, #land use, #redevelopment, #retail
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The new project is shown in yellow. [Federal Realty] Federal Realty Investment Trust has downsized its plans for transforming the western half of Graham Park Plaza into a mixed-use development. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors had approved a Comprehensive Plan Amendment last December allowing construction of 248 multifamily housing units on top of community-serving … Continued

Old Macy’s building at Landmark Mall could house the homeless

#Alexandria, #homeless, #land use, #Landmark, #redevelopment, #retail
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Macy’s at Landmark Mall in 2013. The vacant Macy’s building at Landmark Mall could be used as a temporary homeless shelter for two years until construction begins on a mixed-use redevelopment project. The Carpenter’s Shelter, in the northern section of Old Town, Alexandra, has been looking for a temporary place for its clients while it … Continued

County wants to make it easier to convert old office buildings to new uses

#Bailey's Elementary School, #land use, #office building, #zoning
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Bailey’s Elementary School The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is considering a proposal to make it easier to convert older, underutilized office buildings to other uses, such as housing, schools, light manufacturing, or even urban agriculture. Public hearings on the proposed amendment to the county’s Comprehensive Plan are scheduled before the Planning Commission on Nov. … Continued

Senior housing planned for site of Northern Virginia Training Center

#housing, #land use, #real estate, #redevelopment, #seniors
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One of the 14 buildings on the site of the former Northern Virginia Training Center. Erickson Living, a developer specializing in retirement communities, plans to build a community for seniors on the site of the former Northern Virginia Training Center on Braddock Road in Fairfax, the company announced Sept. 18. Erickson Living has entered into … Continued

New owner of Mark Center plans to renovate garden apartment communities

#Alexandria, #Beauregard Corridor, #housing, #land use, #real estate, #redevelopment
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The Hillwood apartments at the Mark Center Morgan Properties, a fast-growing real estate company based in suburban Philadelphia, has acquired the Mark Center portfolio in Alexandria’s West End for $509 million, the company announced Aug. 30. The Mark Center consists of 2,664 apartment units and a 63,320-square-foot retail center on more than 150 acres. The … Continued

Community considers solutions on affordable housing

#community events, #government services, #housing, #land use
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The Housing Matters session in Mason District. Dozens of local residents filled a large meeting room at the Mason Government Center July 13 to brainstorm ways to solve Fairfax County’s affordable housing crisis. The “Housing Matters” session was convened by the county’s Office of Housing and Community Development, which is seeking community input for a … Continued

Work to start imminently on Bailey’s Crossroads shopping center

#Bailey's Crossroads, #land use, #redevelopment, #restaurants, #retail, #shopping
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This house on Charles Street will be demolished. Work on the Shops at Bailey’s Crossroads, the retail center on Leesburg Pike between Charles Street and Washington Drive, is starting imminently, Peter Batten of Spectrum Development told nearby residents at a community meeting July 12. The project consists of two buildings: a CVS drugstore with a … Continued

Columbia Crossroads project moving forward

#homeless, #housing, #land use, #redevelopment, #Southeast Quadrant, #zoning
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The site of the Columbia Crossroads project, with the Landmark building in the background. A plan to develop the Columbia Crossroads mixed-use/multifamily redevelopment on the Southeast Quadrant of Bailey’s Crossroads is moving through the approval process. The project calls for a five-story, 378-unit apartment building on the corner of Columbia Pike and Moncure Avenue, possibly … Continued

Planning Commission endorses townhouse proposal for Seven Corners

#housing, #land use, #redevelopment, #Seven Corners, #zoning
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This underutilized building would be replaced with townhouses. The Fairfax County Planning Commission recommended approval of a comprehensive plan amendment to allow the development of up to 12 housing units per acre on a property currently occupied by a medical office building at 6060 Arlington Blvd. in Seven Corners. The medical building is mostly vacant, … Continued