January 27, 2025
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: redevelopment

JBG backs out of plans to redevelop Beauregard Corridor

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

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

More details emerge on new Bailey’s Crossroads homeless shelter

#Bailey's Crossroads, #government services, #homeless, #land use, #redevelopment
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A conceptual sketch of the new shelter.  Fairfax County staff shared more details on the new Bailey’s Crossroads Community Shelter at a meeting of the Mason District Land Use Committee Feb. 28. The 21,000-square-foot, three-story building, with a full cellar, will be on a half-acre site on Seminary Road, close to the intersection with Columbia … Continued

Task force to focus on future of Lincolnia

#community organizations, #land use, #Lincolnia, #neighborhood groups, #redevelopment, #transportation
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Traffic congestion at the Beauregard Street/Little River Turnpike intersection on a weekday evening.  The key issue for the newly formed Lincolnia Planning District Study Task Force is to determine whether a “community business center” (CBC) should be established in Lincolnia and, if so, where it should be. In a CBC, the focus is on mixed-use … Continued

New apartment building on Route 50 in Seven Corners could open this spring

#housing, #redevelopment, #retail, #Seven Corners
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The Loren as seen from Arlington Boulevard. [Photos: Weinberg & Harris] “The Loren,” the apartment building under construction on Arlington Boulevard in Seven Corners next to the new Hampton Inn & Suites, is scheduled to open in late spring 2017, reports marketing consultant Roger Mecca of Weinberg Harris & Associates. The townhouses along South Street. … 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