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

Board approves land swap allowing apartments and county office building in Bailey’s Crossroads

#Bailey's Crossroads, #Board of Supervisors, #East County Government Center, #homeless, #housing, #land use, #office building, #redevelopment, #Southeast Quadrant
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The current land ownership in the Southeast Quadrant of Bailey’s Crossroads. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a land swap with the Weissberg Corp. at the same site in Bailey’s Crossroads where a similar deal with AvalonBay fell through last year. The agreement, approved March 1, paves the way for new housing, “a future … Continued

More details emerge on new Bailey’s Crossroads homeless shelter

#Bailey's Crossroads, #government services, #homeless, #land use, #redevelopment
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A conceptual sketch of the new shelter.  Fairfax County staff shared more details on the new Bailey’s Crossroads Community Shelter at a meeting of the Mason District Land Use Committee Feb. 28. The 21,000-square-foot, three-story building, with a full cellar, will be on a half-acre site on Seminary Road, close to the intersection with Columbia … Continued

Task force to focus on future of Lincolnia

#community organizations, #land use, #Lincolnia, #neighborhood groups, #redevelopment, #transportation
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Traffic congestion at the Beauregard Street/Little River Turnpike intersection on a weekday evening.  The key issue for the newly formed Lincolnia Planning District Study Task Force is to determine whether a “community business center” (CBC) should be established in Lincolnia and, if so, where it should be. In a CBC, the focus is on mixed-use … Continued

New Community Council on Land Use Engagement starts work next week

#Bulova, #community organizations, #land use, #Planning Commission, #zoning

The Community Council on Land Use Engagement convened by Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chair Sharon Bulova will hold its first meeting Feb. 13. The council has been charged with producing “a set of recommendations on ways to improve Fairfax County’s public outreach and community engagement in the land use and development process.” Bulova announced … Continued

Public hearing on homeless shelter relocation scheduled for Jan. 25

#Bailey's Crossroads, #Board of Supervisors, #government services, #homeless, #land use, #zoning

The new site of the Bailey’s Crossroads homeless shelter. Official action to relocate the Bailey’s Crossroads Community Shelter continues next week with a public hearing and Board of Supervisors vote. Fairfax County’s Office of Public Affairs has issued a timetable on the county’s effort move the homeless shelter from its current site at 3525 Moncure … Continued

Demand strong for commercial office space, yet vacancy rates remain high

#land use, #office building, #real estate, #redevelopment
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The Lee Building in Bailey’s Crossroads. The commercial office market in Fairfax County remained strong during the first half of 2016, according to a report released by the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority. The majority of new leasing activity was in Tysons, Reston, and Chantilly, however, with minimal activity in the Annandale/Mason District area. The direct … Continued

‘Flex-tech’ facility going up on Port Royal Road

#businesses, #land use, #office building, #redevelopment
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The huge building under construction visible from the Beltway near the Braddock Road exit, is the first of two 62,000-square-foot work centers. While the brochure for the building refers to it as a “one-story office/warehouse,” it’s more of a “flex-tech” facility suitable for technical work such as labs, says Edwin “Bill” Lynch, a founding partner … Continued

Bulova to form ‘community council’ on land use

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Bulovaco Board of Supervisors Chair Sharon Bulova announced plans to convene a “community council” to identify ways to “enhance and improve community engagement” during the land use planning and development process throughout Fairfax County. The council will begin work in February and will meet at the Fairfax County Government Center at 7:30 p.m. approximately four … Continued

2016: The year in review

#businesses, #land use, #redevelopment
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Here’s a look back at some of the major events in the Annandale/Mason District area covered in the Annandale Blog during the past year. January The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles decides not to relocate a customer service center from Arlington to Barcroft Plaza, a move that had been strongly opposed by local residents. A major … Continued

New uses could revive old office buildings

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The Silverline Center in Tysons [Hickok Cole Architects] Fairfax County needs to make it easier for developers to convert aging, underutilized office buildings to new, more profitable uses, states a report released this month by the Fairfax County Building Repositioning Workgroup. The workgroup was established by the Board of Supervisors in fall 2015 to examine the … Continued