December 23, 2024
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
Pinecrest School

Tag: office building

Redevelopment of Fairfax Plaza proposed

#housing, #land use, #office building, #redevelopment, #retail
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The aging Fairfax Plaza strip mall is ripe for redevelopment. A redevelopment proposal for the Fairfax Plaza shopping center on Gallows Road next to the Mosaic District calls for a major mixed-use project on the 12.6-acre site. Retail Properties of America Inc. (RPAI) submitted a nomination for a site-specific comprehensive plan amendment in December proposing … Continued

Inova proposes massive, long-term mixed-use redevelopment

#health, #housing, #Inova, #land use, #office building, #redevelopment
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The Inova Center for Personalized Health. Inova Health Care Services is seeking approval from Fairfax County to consider a comprehensive plan amendment that would facilitate massive redevelopment on the former ExxonMobil campus on Gallows Road in Merrifield. In 2017, Inova opened a Center for Personalized Health and a Conference Center in existing buildings that had … Continued

Supervisors streamline process for repurposing office buildings

#Board of Supervisors, #land use, #office building, #zoning
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An apartment in a former office building in Alexandria’s West End that has been transformed into a flexible E-loft concept, allowing tenants use their units for living or working. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors has made it easier for developers to convert obsolete office buildings and stores to other uses, such as housing, schools, … 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

Relocation of TSA headquarters to Springfield will bring 3,000 jobs to the area

#employment, #office building, #redevelopment, #Springfield

Travellers apply for TSA expedited screening at Washington Dulles International Airport. [TSA] The U.S. General Services Administration’s decision to build a new headquarters for the Transportation Security Administration in Springfield is expected to bring more than 3,000 jobs to the area. The GSA awarded a $316 million contract to Boston Properties, which owns the site … Continued

Bailey’s Crossroads redevelopment in the works

#Bailey's Crossroads, #East County Government Center, #housing, #land use, #office building, #redevelopment, #Southeast Quadrant, #zoning
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This property, seen from Moncure Avenue, is slated for redevelopment. The Weissberg Co. is going ahead with a rezoning application for a 7.4-acre property at Columbia Pike and Moncure Avenue in Bailey’s Crossroads, even though it has not yet secured a developer. The project, called Columbia Crossroads, would include a 378-unit apartment building. John McBride, … Continued

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

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

New uses could revive old office buildings

#businesses, #housing, #land use, #office building, #zoning
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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

Supervisors approve e-Loft project in Bailey’s Crossroads

#Bailey's Crossroads, #Board of Supervisors, #housing, #land use, #office building, #redevelopment, #zoning
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The office building in the center would see new life as flexible e-Loft project. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a rezoning application allowing the conversion of a vacant, 10-story office building at 5600 Columbia Pike into an innovative, “e-Loft” concept with flexible units. Tenants could use their units as a residence, work … Continued