Tag: redevelopment
Heritage Mall redevelopment project outlined at community meeting
An illustration of the townhouse development planned for the rear of Heritage Mall. [Madison Homes] Officials from the Webb Cos. and Madison Homes described their plans for 68 townhouses behind Heritage Mall in Annandale at a community meeting March 2. The Fairfax County Planning Commission is scheduled to hold a public hearing May 25 on … Continued
Board of Supervisors approves Bailey’s Crossroads land swap
The Southeast Quadrant, with Columbia Pike at the top and Moncure Avenue on the left. [Fairfax County] The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors voted Feb. 16 to approve two land transactions aimed at facilitating redevelopment in Bailey’s Crossroads. The BoS will swap a 1.49-acre piece of land it owns on the corner of Columbia Pike … Continued
Community meeting scheduled for Heritage Mall housing project
An illustration of the planned redevelopment at Heritage Mall. The existing shopping/office area is pink; the new houses are yellow. The public is invited to learn more about a plan to build townhouses at Heritage Mall in Annandale. Braddock Supervisor John Cook is hosting a community information meeting on the project March 2, 7:30 p.m., … Continued
General Assembly passes stealth anti-proffer bills
The following article was originally posted on the website of the Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance. Annandale/Mason residents will have a chance to bring up this issue at the General Assembly Town Hall Meeting, Saturday, Feb. 13, 10 a.m.-noon, at Sleepy Hollow Elementary School. Sen. Dick Saslaw is expected to be there. Local government officials … Continued
An open letter to Mason District residents
The following op-ed was written by three Mason District residents who are concerned about the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors’ plan to engage in a land swap to facilitate redevelopment in the Southeast Quadrant in Bailey’s Crossroads. The BoS held a hearing on the proposal Jan. 12 and is scheduled to vote on it Feb. … Continued
Fairfax Water drops plan to use eminent domain to acquire property
Fairfax Water plans to acquire the light yellow properties in Merrifield for a new water facility and might also purchase the dark yellow lots. [Fairfax Water] The Fairfax County Water Authority has dropped plans to use eminent domain to acquire a property at 8515 Lee High in Merrifield for a new maintenance facility. That plan … Continued
Sale of retail center supports Mosaic District expansion
Unique and CubeSmart to be redeveloped. Retail Properties of America Inc. (RPAI) announced Jan. 25 that it purchased “Merrifield II,” part of the Fairfax Plaza shopping center on Gallows Road next to the Mosaic District, for $45.7 million, smoothing the way for redevelopment. The 138,000-square foot property acquired by RPI includes the part of the … Continued
Townhouses planned for Heritage Mall
There’s a field and parking lot behind Heritage Mall. There a plan in the works to build 68 single-family attached housing units behind the Heritage Mall shopping center on Heritage Drive in Annandale. The proposal also includes a community center, improved pedestrian connectivity, and improvements to the shopping center parking lot and plaza area. The … Continued
Supervisors approve Spectrum retail center in Bailey’s Crossroads
Spectrum’s latest design for the shopping center on Route 7. After many deferrals and revisions over the past year and a-half, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors finally approved a rezoning request to allow Spectrum Development to build a shopping center on Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads. “We now have a more viable and agreeable … Continued
Inova’s Center for Personalized Health will spur investment in community
These buildings, once the domain of oil company employees, will house physicians and medical researchers. Inova’s Center for Personalized Health under development at the former Exxon Mobil campus on Gallows Road could eventually transform the entire area, bringing in thousands of jobs and attracting new investments by private health and technology companies. Inova is renovating … Continued
Board of Supervisors defers decision on Bailey’s Crossroads land swap
The Southeast Quadrant on Columbia Pike. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors deferred a decision on the Southeast Quadrant land swap in Bailey’s Crossroads until Feb. 2.The delay will provide time for the board to review last-minute information on some “contractual tweaks,” said Mason Supervisor Penny Gross at the Jan. 12 BoS session. The real … Continued
SE Quadrant would spur Bailey’s Crossroads redevelopment
Columbia Pike, with the Southeast Quadrant on the right. Fairfax County officials told local residents at a community meeting Jan. 7 that a real estate deal involving a land swap and land purchase is necessary to spur redevelopment in a rundown section of Bailey’s Crossroads. The real estate transaction for the 4.47-acre area known as … Continued
Community meeting Jan. 7 on Bailey’s Crossroads land swap
A proposed redevelopment project would replace buildings in the Southeast Quadrant with apartments and an office building. Mason District residents are encouraged to come to a community meeting Thursday evening to learn more about a land swap to facilitate the “Southeast Quadrant” redevelopment project in Bailey’s Crossroads. The meeting, hosted by Mason Supervisor Penny Gross, … Continued
Expanded Home Depot now open
Model kitchens on display in the new section. The Home Depot in the Seven Corners Shopping Center on Arlington Boulevard is a lot roomier since it annexed additional vacant space next door. The new space, which increased the store’s size by 35 percent is being used for kitchen design, appliances, and lighting displays. In the … Continued
Annandale has seen a lot of change in the past few years
Fuddruckers, on Little River Turnpike and Backlick Road in Annandale, closed in May 2012. It was replaced with Walgreens. The end of a year is a good time to reflect on the past, so we’ve gone through our photo archives and pulled together a collection of pictures of local businesses that have disappeared since the … Continued