May 14, 2026
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: land use

Townhouses planned for Heritage Mall

#housing, #land use, #redevelopment
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There’s a field and parking lot behind Heritage Mall. There a plan in the works to build 68 single-family attached housing units behind the Heritage Mall shopping center on Heritage Drive in Annandale. The proposal also includes a community center, improved pedestrian connectivity, and improvements to the shopping center parking lot and plaza area. The … Continued

Supervisors approve Spectrum retail center in Bailey’s Crossroads

#Bailey's Crossroads, #Gross, #land use, #redevelopment, #restaurants, #shopping, #zoning
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Spectrum’s latest design for the shopping center on Route 7. After many deferrals and revisions over the past year and a-half, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors finally approved a rezoning request to allow Spectrum Development to build a shopping center on Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads. “We now have a more viable and agreeable … Continued

Inova’s Center for Personalized Health will spur investment in community

#health, #Inova, #land use, #redevelopment, #technology
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These buildings, once the domain of oil company employees, will house physicians and medical researchers. Inova’s Center for Personalized Health under development at the former Exxon Mobil campus on Gallows Road could eventually transform the entire area, bringing in thousands of jobs and attracting new investments by private health and technology companies. Inova is renovating … Continued

Board of Supervisors defers decision on Bailey’s Crossroads land swap

#Bailey's Crossroads, #homeless, #housing, #land use, #redevelopment, #Southeast Quadrant
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The Southeast Quadrant on Columbia Pike. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors deferred a decision on the Southeast Quadrant land swap in Bailey’s Crossroads until Feb. 2.The delay will provide time for the board to review last-minute information on some “contractual tweaks,” said Mason Supervisor Penny Gross at the Jan. 12 BoS session. The real … Continued

SE Quadrant would spur Bailey’s Crossroads redevelopment

#Bailey's Crossroads, #government services, #housing, #land use, #redevelopment, #Southeast Quadrant
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Columbia Pike, with the Southeast Quadrant on the right. Fairfax County officials told local residents at a community meeting Jan. 7 that a real estate deal involving a land swap and land purchase is necessary to spur redevelopment in a rundown section of Bailey’s Crossroads. The real estate transaction for the 4.47-acre area known as … Continued

Community meeting Jan. 7 on Bailey’s Crossroads land swap

#Bailey's Crossroads, #East County Government Center, #housing, #land use, #redevelopment
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A proposed redevelopment project would replace buildings in the Southeast Quadrant with apartments and an office building. Mason District residents are encouraged to come to a community meeting Thursday evening to learn more about a land swap to facilitate the “Southeast Quadrant” redevelopment project in Bailey’s Crossroads.  The meeting, hosted by Mason Supervisor Penny Gross, … Continued

FXCO working group exploring new uses for old office buildings

#Bailey's Crossroads, #land use, #real estate, #redevelopment, #Seven Corners, #zoning
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The rear of the Sun Trust Building on Leesburg Pike in Seven Corners. It has three suites for rent. A new Fairfax County working group launched by Board of Supervisors Chair Sharon Bulova is exploring ideas for repurposing older office buildings with lots of empty space. The Fairfax County Building Repositioning Workgroup’s objective is to … Continued

County proposes land swap to facilitate redevelopment in Bailey’s Crossroads

#Bailey's Crossroads, #housing, #land use, #real estate, #redevelopment, #transportation
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The Southeast Quadrant seen from Columbia Pike. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors agreed to hold a public hearing Jan. 12 on a proposed land swap to make the way for a new multifamily housing development and county office building in the “Southeast Quadrant,” an area in Bailey’s Crossroads along Columbia Pike between Moncure Avenue … Continued

Residents blast DMV for relocating facility to Barcroft Plaza

#DMV, #land use, #parking, #redevelopment, #shopping, #state government, #traffic, #transportation
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Among DMV officials at a community meeting at Belvedere Elementary School were (left to right): Facilities Director Justin Thomas, Deputy Commissioner David Mitchell, and Special Advisor to the Commissioner Matt Wells. A huge amount of anger and frustration were expressed at a community meeting Dec. 3 hosted by the Mason District Council about a Department … Continued

Supervisors approve restrictions on donation drop boxes

#Board of Supervisors, #code compliance, #land use, #litter, #property maintenance
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Donation boxes on John Marr Drive in Annandale. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved new zoning rules Nov. 17 to regulate donation drop boxes. The new rules, which take effect immediately, are needed because the boxes – which are supposed to be for old clothes and shoes – often attract litter and have … Continued