June 15, 2026
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia

Tag: redevelopment

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

Developer kills apartment project in Bailey’s Crossroads

#Bailey's Crossroads, #housing, #land use, #redevelopment
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Plans for a multifamily housing project on the northwest corner of the Leesburg Pike/Carlin Springs Road intersection in Bailey’s Crossroads have fallen through. Mill Creek Residential Trust had been considering a mixed-use project with 400 apartments in two five-story buildings and 15,000 square feet of retail space on a site occupied by a Shell gas … Continued

Proposed adult daycare/banquet hall project delayed over parking concerns

#parking, #redevelopment, #seniors
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The Kids’ Choice Center. [Photos from Ilryong Moon’s presentation at the Planning Commission hearing] A Fairfax County Planning Commission decision on the proposed Sunflower adult daycare facility and banquet hall facility proposed for Annandale scheduled for Jan. 25 has been deferred to March 1 to provide more time to resolve parking and other issues. The … Continued

2017: The year in review

#gangs, #immigration, #land use, #redevelopment, #schools
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Here’s a look back at some of the major stories we covered in the Annandale Blog during the past year. January The Howard Hughes Corp. revises its proposal for redeveloping Landmark Mall after acquiring the Macy’s site. Fairfax County copes with a soaring number of opioid overdoses. Local immigrant advocacy groups denounce refugee ban. February The Fairfax County … Continued

Task force to advise county on plan for Northern Virginia Training Center site

#Braddock District, #Cook, #land use, #redevelopment, #seniors

This site along Braddock Road could become a community for seniors. Braddock Supervisor John Cook is creating a citizen task force to advise county officials as they develop a Comprehensive Plan for the site formerly occupied by the Northern Virginia Training Center (NVTC). In September, Erickson Living, a developer specializing in retirement communities, announced plans to … Continued

Urban design guidelines in the works for Bailey’s Crossroads and Seven Corners

#Bailey's Crossroads, #infrastructure, #land use, #redevelopment, #Seven Corners
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The Fairfax County Office of Community Revitalization (OCR) is working on urban design guidelines for Bailey’s Crossroads and Seven Corners that will address such issues as landscaping, sidewalks, how buildings should be sited, how storefronts should look, and what amenities like benches and lighting should look like. The draft, including illustrations of how various urban elements … Continued