Tag: redevelopment
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
Brightview assisted living center already signing up tenants
Construction under way on a 100-unit assisted living community on Gallows Road. The new Brightview Woodburn assisted living center under construction at 3450 Gallows Road isn’t expected to be completed until next summer, but a welcome center is open and 18 units have already been reserved. The community is for people who can no longer … Continued
FXCO working group exploring new uses for old office buildings
The rear of the Sun Trust Building on Leesburg Pike in Seven Corners. It has three suites for rent. A new Fairfax County working group launched by Board of Supervisors Chair Sharon Bulova is exploring ideas for repurposing older office buildings with lots of empty space. The Fairfax County Building Repositioning Workgroup’s objective is to … Continued
Annandale property undergoing renovation to prepare for rental
The little house at 7025 Columbia Pike is being renovated to attract a tenant. A glass door will be installed in front, walls will be removed inside, and the interior and exterior will be improved, said Veronica Salcido of KLNB LLC, a commercial real estate company. The work should be finished in early 2016. The … Continued
County proposes land swap to facilitate redevelopment in Bailey’s Crossroads
The Southeast Quadrant seen from Columbia Pike. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors agreed to hold a public hearing Jan. 12 on a proposed land swap to make the way for a new multifamily housing development and county office building in the “Southeast Quadrant,” an area in Bailey’s Crossroads along Columbia Pike between Moncure Avenue … Continued
Sales under way at new Ambrose Hills townhouse community on Columbia Pike
The great room. Five of the eight townhomes completed in the new Ambrose Hills development on Columbia Pike at Powell Lane have been sold already. Completed homes along Powell Lane. The development, under construction by Stanley Martin Homes, will have a total of 77 homes on the former site of Rosslyn Auto Body and other … Continued
Infill development opposed by neighbors under way at Seven Corners
The home sites are labeled and ready to build on. Construction is expected to start soon on seven single-family houses at the end of Peace Valley Lane in Seven Corners. The new houses, known as the Reserve at Oakview, will be built after they are sold. Construction of a spec house will start the first … Continued
Residents blast DMV for relocating facility to Barcroft Plaza
Among DMV officials at a community meeting at Belvedere Elementary School were (left to right): Facilities Director Justin Thomas, Deputy Commissioner David Mitchell, and Special Advisor to the Commissioner Matt Wells. A huge amount of anger and frustration were expressed at a community meeting Dec. 3 hosted by the Mason District Council about a Department … Continued
Renovations of Jefferson Fire Station to start in 2017
During renovations of Jefferson Fire Station, #18, at 3101 Hodge Place, just off Route 50 in Falls Church, a temporary fire station will be set up on a commercially zoned vacant site at the corner of Annandale Road and South Street. Renovations are expected to start in June 2017 at the earliest and would take … Continued