Tag: land use
Seven Corners apartment project to open in spring 2017
The site of a new apartment building on Route 50, with the partially completed Hampton Inn & Suites in the background. The apartment building on Route 50 in Seven Corners is projected to be completed in spring 2017. It will have 171 apartments, including a mix of one-bedroom, two-bedroom, one-bedroom-plus-den, and two bedroom-plus-den units, says … Continued
Controversial Zoning Ordinance amendment likely to resurface in 2016
Seven Corners could be a magnet for developers. The Board of Supervisors has put off indefinitely consideration of a controversial Zoning Ordinance amendment that would facilitate new high-density projects in certain redevelopment areas – but that doesn’t mean it’s dead. The proposed amendment on planned residential mixed use (PRM), planned commercial district (PDC), and commercial … Continued
Annandale homeowner takes land dispute with county to federal court
Flooding on the Laux property before he tried to fix it. The legal dispute between Annandale homeowner David Laux and has risen to a higher level, as the Laux’s are taking their case to a federal court. The conflict started over a year ago when Laux and his wife tried to rehabilitate the lawn on … Continued
FXCO staff again rejects revised shopping center plan for Rt. 7
The proposed shopping center site as seen from Charles Street. Spectrum Development has submitted another revised plan for a shopping center on Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads – and it still doesn’t meet the county’s requirements. Staff Report Addendum #3, issued by the Fairfax County Department of Planning and Zoning Oct. 8, recommends the Board … Continued
Planning Commission approves medical building on Evergreen Lane
The Fairfax County Planning Commission on Sept. 24 recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve the development of a two story medical building on Evergreen Lane in Annandale proposed by Quan Q. Nguyen and Ngan T. Nguyen. The new two-story 5,516-square foot building would replace an old 1,260-square foot one and a-half story house that … Continued
Inova has big plans for Mobil Exxon site
Inova Health System is planning to develop health-focused restaurants and retailers and technology-centered businesses as part of its Center for Personalized Health on the former Exxon Mobil campus, the Washington Business Journal reported Sept. 30. Inova is set to take possession of the 117-acre property on Gallows Road in Merrifield this week. The new health … Continued
County staff urges BoS to reject shopping center in Bailey’s Crossroads
A section of the revised plan showing the pharmacy drive-through in the middle of the retail center. More than six months after the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors voted to “defer indefinitely” a rezoning proposal from Spectrum Development for a shopping center on Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads, the BoS will hold a public hearing … Continued
Seven Corners residents concerned about proposed zoning changes
The Route 50/Patrick Henry intersection in Seven Corners. Fairfax County zoning official Donna Pesto attempted to assure local residents at a meeting of the Bailey’s Crossroads/Seven Corners Revitalization Corporation (BC7RC) Sept 15 that proposed changes to the county’s Zoning Ordinance won’t override the density limits in the recently adopted Seven Corners amendment to the Comprehensive … Continued
County proposes zoning ordinance changes for revitalization areas
The Board of Supervisors approved a revitalization plan for Seven Corners in July. UPDATE: Donna Pesto announced Sept. 2 that the deadline for comments will be extended to close of business Sept. 14, “at the request of Supervisor Penny Gross, based on comments made primarily by residents in and adjacent to the Seven Corners area.” … Continued
Homeowners say housing development violates subdivision covenants
The Woo property where Evergreene Homes plans to build eight houses. A small group of homeowners in the Falls Church area of Fairfax County are trying to stop the development of a housing project that they say violates the covenants of their community. Anthony Crescenzo, a resident of the Malbrook subdivision, filed a suit to … Continued
Board of Supervisors approves Seven Corners redevelopment plan
The Seven Corners plan calls for affordable housing to be replaced on a one-to-one basis. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a long-term plan for the redevelopment of Seven Corners shortly after midnight July 29 after adding provisions to ensure that affordable housing will be retained, that a school will be built … Continued
Bailey’s Gateway project canceled
5600 Columbia Pike Foulger-Pratt has dropped plans to develop a 433-unit apartment building on the site of a vacant office building at 5600 Columbia Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads after the company failed to reach an agreement on purchasing the property from Government Properties Income Trust. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors had approved an amendment … Continued
Public urged to sign petition on Seven Corners redevelopment
With a final decision scheduled within the next few weeks on a redevelopment plan for Seven Corners that would allow 5,000 new housing units, an ad hoc group of community leaders is hoping to build support for an alternative proposal. The Fairfax County Planning Commission already held a public hearing on a Seven Corners amendment … Continued
Homeowner battling county over land disturbance violation
The Laux backyard with the Calloway development behind the fence. Annandale resident David Laux is fighting a Fairfax County court injunction charging him with violating the building code and plans to take the case to the state Supreme Court. The county charged Laux and his wife Tara with failing to get a permit when they … Continued
Expanded medical building proposed for Evergreen Lane
The side view of Dr. Nguyen’s new building. [B.N. Architecture Services] The Fairfax County Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing for July 23 on a proposal to expand and modify the medical offices of Dr. Quan Nguyen at 4217 Evergreen Lane. The existing house. Nguyen wants to replace the small cottage where he’s been … Continued