October 1, 2026
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia

Tag: land use

Gross supports community school concept

#Gross, #land use, #Mason District, #redevelopment, #Seven Corners, #transportation
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Ernie Wells looks at maps of proposed Seven Corners redevelopment concepts at a community meeting at Bailey’s Elementary School. Mason Supervisor Penny Gross told the audience at a community meeting on Seven Corners redevelopment Feb. 19 that she supports the concept of a community school and that the Willston Center is a possible a location. … Continued

Inova will develop medical research institute on ExxonMobil site

#health, #Inova, #land use, #McAuliffe, #redevelopment
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Gov. Terry McAuliffe announces Inova’s deal to lease the ExxonMobil property. Looking on are Fairfax County Board Chair Sharon Bulova and Inova CEO Knox Singleton. Inova Health Systems will take over the ExxonMobil headquarters building on Gallows Road across the street from Inova Fairfax Hospital to create a Center for Personalized Health. Inova hopes the … Continued

Planning Commission endorses apartments at 5600 Columbia Pike

#Bailey's Crossroads, #housing, #land use, #Planning Commission, #redevelopment
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The Bailey’s Gateway project would replace this vacant office building.  A proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment to allow a 433-unit apartment complex at 5600 Columbia Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads got the green light from the Fairfax County Planning Commission Feb. 4. The proposal calls for a 10-story vacant office building on the 3.8-acre parcel, located at … Continued

Lincolnia planning study under way

#land use, #Lincolnia, #redevelopment
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The Lincolnia Building on Beauregard Street. [LoopNet] Fairfax County is launching a study to determine if portions of the Lincolnia Planning District should be redesignated from “suburban neighborhood” to “community business center.” The public is invited to a community meeting on the study March 2, 7:30 p.m., at Holmes Middle School.  The Board of Supervisors … Continued

Aaron Frank leaving Gross’ office

#Gross, #land use
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Aaron Frank, the land use and development specialist in Mason Supervisor Penny Gross’ office, is moving on. Frank, who’s been at Gross’ office since October 2010, is relocating to Phoenix at the end of the month to be with his fiancé and finish a master’s degree. “It’s time for the next chapter in many areas … Continued

Supervisors approve Afghan funeral chapel on Braddock Road

#Board of Supervisors, #land use, #religion, #zoning
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A rendering of the funeral chapel planned for Braddock Road. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a zoning special exception Jan. 27 to allow the construction of a funeral chapel at 6839 Braddock Road serving the Afghan community. The applicant, Keith Martin, representing the Afghan Academy, agreed to a long list of development conditions, … Continued

Construction of Bailey’s Upper play areas won’t happen until 2016 at the earliest

#Bailey's Elementary School, #children, #land use
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The site plan for Bailey’s Upper Elementary School, showing the proposed gym (red), outdoor play space (green), and sports court (blue). Leesburg Pike is along the bottom edge. The gym and play area planned for Bailey’s Upper Elementary School probably won’t be built until 2016 or beyond. Brady Rauch, of the design and construction department … Continued

Mason land use committee opposes Baileys Gateway project

#Bailey's Crossroads, #housing, #land use, #redevelopment
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5600 Columbia Pike. The Mason District Land Use Committee (MDLUC) voted Jan. 27 to oppose a multifamily development at 5600 Columbia Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads. The committee’s role is advisory, so the vote means the MDLUC recommends the Fairfax County Planning Commission reject an amendment to the county’s Comprehensive Plan to facilitate the project. The … Continued

Gross encourages property owners to remove unwanted donation boxes

#business, #Gross, #land use, #litter, #property maintenance, #zoning
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A donation in a corner of the Choong Hwa Woon restaurant on John Marr Drive in Annandale. Concerned about the proliferation of donation drop-off boxes sprouting up all over privately owned parking lots, Mason District SupervisorPenny Gross has written to commercial property owners advising that they have the right to remove boxes that have been … Continued

Redevelopment under consideration for Route 50 shopping center

#Falls Church, #land use, #redevelopment, #shopping
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Graham Park Plaza Federal Realty Investment Trust, the owner of Graham Park Plaza, the shopping center on Route 50 formerly known as Loehmann’s Plaza, is considering redevelopment options, including a mixed-use building with multifamily housing on the upper floors and retail on the ground floor. The company has asked Mason Supervisor Penny Gross’s office to … Continued

Planning Commission defers decision on Spectrum rezoning application

#Bailey's Crossroads, #land use, #Planning Commission, #shopping, #zoning

The Fairfax County Planning Commission on Jan. 22 approved commissioner Julie Strandlie’s (Mason) request to defer until Feb. 11 a decision on Spectrum Development’s rezoning applications for a shopping center on Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads. The delay will give Spectrum more time to make changes in its application. At a Planning Commission hearing on … Continued