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Crowds gather for opening of Annandale Aldi

May 4, 2017

#businesses, #food, #redevelopment, #retail

The eagerly awaited Aldi grocery store at 7006 Columbia Pike opened to the public May 4. People started lining up outside as early as 6:45 a.m., reports store manager Matt DeBenedetto. The crowd had grown so large by 8:30, the store ran out of shopping carts. Aldi officials handed out coffee, donuts, and tote … Continued

Kids Choice center could become a day care center for seniors and banquet hall

April 28, 2017

#children, #entertainment, #land use, #Recreation, #redevelopment, #seniors, #sports, #zoning

The Kids Choice recreation center. The owners of the property occupied by the Kids Choice sports center at 4317 Ravensworth Road, Annandale, hope to transform it into a combination adult day care center and banquet hall. During the day, the new facility would be used as a day center for elderly people, including those with … Continued

Redevelopment, transit projects under way in Alexandria

April 24, 2017

#Alexandria, #housing, #land use, #Lincolnia, #redevelopment, #retail, #transit, #transportation

The Metroway BRT line would be a model for the West End Transitway along the Beauregard corridor. [Red Brick Town] Lots of redevelopment and transit projects are in the works – or at least under consideration – for the West End of Alexandria. These projects will have a huge impact on the Lincolnia area of … Continued

Local residents raise concerns about townhouse proposal for Gallows Road

April 18, 2017

#Gross, #land use, #neighborhood groups, #Planning Commission, #redevelopment, #traffic, #zoning

This wooded area in Annandale, seen from Libeau Lane, could be the site of a new townhouse development. People who live near a proposed townhouse development on Gallows Road in Annandale raised concerns about traffic congestion, school capacity, parking, and quality of life at a community meeting April 17. The Christopher Companies, a real estate … Continued

A salon for young ‘princesses’ to open in Annandale

April 14, 2017

#businesses, #children, #redevelopment

The future home of Princess’land. Princess’land, a spa for girls at 7224 Columbia Pike, could open within the next few weeks, says owner Melissa Ochoa. It will offer such services as hair styling, manicures, pedicures, facials, and makeovers for kids age 4-18. Princess’land will also host special events, such as birthday parties; bridal and baby showers; … Continued

Townhouses proposed for Gallows Road

April 11, 2017

#housing, #land use, #Planning Commission, #real estate, #redevelopment, #zoning

One of 11 houses on a property proposed for higher density. Fairfax County is considering an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan to consolidate a group of properties along Gallows Road and allow increased density – which would pave the way for a townhouse development. The property is in Mason District between Gallows Road, Libeau Lane, … Continued

Seven Corners residents raise traffic concerns at meeting on proposed townhouse project

April 4, 2017

#housing, #land use, #neighborhood groups, #redevelopment, #traffic, #transportation, #zoning

Federal Hill, as seen from Arlington Boulevard. Residents of the Federal Hill townhouse community in Seven Corners raised concerns about traffic congestion at a community meeting April 3 on a proposal for 40 new townhouses next door at 6060 Arlington Blvd. The property, currently occupied by a medical building, is only accessible via a narrow … Continued

Developer secures vacant houses overrun by squatters

April 2, 2017

#homeless, #property maintenance, #redevelopment, #retail

The vacant house at 3408 Washington Drive has been boarded up. The vacant houses on Washington Drive and Charles Street in Bailey’s Crossroads that had been taken over by homeless squatters were boarded up on March 31. Neighbors had been complaining for weeks about the properties, but Spectrum Development finally responded after WUSA Channel 9 … Continued

Neighbors upset by homeless men in vacant homes

March 30, 2017

#homeless, #land use, #police, #property maintenance, #redevelopment

Homeless men exiting the vacant house at 3408 Washington Drive. Bailey’s Crossroads residents concerned about squatters in two vacant houses that will be torn down to make way for a new retail center on Leesburg Pike are hopeful that some action will be taken to secure the properties. The police have been called to the … Continued

New church planned for Rt. 50

March 27, 2017

#churches, #land use, #office building, #parking, #redevelopment

An illustration of the new sanctuary. The Falls Church Anglican is planning to build a new sanctuary next to the office building it purchased in 2015 at 6565 Arlington Blvd. in Mason District. Work on a new parking garage is already under way. The church’s administrative staff moved into offices on the third floor of … Continued

Lincolnia Task Force considers how area can be improved

March 25, 2017

#land use, #Lincolnia, #redevelopment, #traffic, #transportation

Linconia residents and business owners look at a map of Lincolnia. Members of the Lincolnia Planning District Study Task Force spent most of their third meeting on March 22 talking about what they like about Lincolnia and how it can be improved. The task force was convened to provide input to Fairfax County planners as … Continued

Townhouses proposed for Seven Corners

March 21, 2017

#housing, #land use, #redevelopment, #zoning

The address of this medical building is 6060 Arlington Blvd., but it’s not visible from the road. The owner of a medical building at 6060 Arlington Blvd. in Seven Corners is proposing to tear it down and build 40 townhouses on the 4.6-acre lot. Mason Supervisor Penny Gross is hosting a community meeting on the … Continued

JBG backs out of plans to redevelop Beauregard Corridor

March 8, 2017

#Alexandria, #Beauregard Corridor, #housing, #land use, #redevelopment

JBG Cos. will not go forward with plans to develop a mixed-use project on two blocks along Beauregard Street in Alexandria’s West End. Instead, the company plans to sell the properties it owns on the Beauregard Corridor, AlexandriaNews reports. Those properties include the Shops at Mark Center and six residential projects – Brookdale, Hillwood, Lynbrook, … Continued

Huge spa planned for Mason District

March 3, 2017

#health, #land use, #office building, #Recreation, #redevelopment, #zoning

This would be the future home of Spa Forest. There are plans to transform a vacant four-story office building in an industrial-zoned area in Mason District into a huge health spa. Spa Forest, as it will be known, will have several soaking pools, saunas, an indoor swimming pool, an infinity pool on a rooftop deck, … Continued

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

March 2, 2017

#Bailey's Crossroads, #Board of Supervisors, #East County Government Center, #homeless, #housing, #land use, #office building, #redevelopment, #Southeast Quadrant

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