Tag: redevelopment
Public urged to sign petition on Seven Corners redevelopment
With a final decision scheduled within the next few weeks on a redevelopment plan for Seven Corners that would allow 5,000 new housing units, an ad hoc group of community leaders is hoping to build support for an alternative proposal. The Fairfax County Planning Commission already held a public hearing on a Seven Corners amendment … Continued
Expanded medical building proposed for Evergreen Lane
The side view of Dr. Nguyen’s new building. [B.N. Architecture Services] The Fairfax County Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing for July 23 on a proposal to expand and modify the medical offices of Dr. Quan Nguyen at 4217 Evergreen Lane. The existing house. Nguyen wants to replace the small cottage where he’s been … Continued
New houses planned for Gallows Road
This building on Gallows Road is slated to be torn down. Two old houses on Gallows Road between Woodburn Elementary School and Holmes Run Acres Recreation Association will be torn down and replaced with three new houses. It’s a by-right project, which means the property doesn’t need to be rezoned. The current zoning designation is … Continued
Community group recommends revisions to Seven Corners plan
The Seven Corners Ad Hoc Community Working Group is finalizing its work on drafting a revised redevelopment plan for Seven Corners and will submit its recommendations to Mason Supervisor Penny Gross and Mason Planning Commissioner Julie Strandlie on June 23. The ad hoc group consists of representatives of community associations in the Seven Corners area. … Continued
Spectrum resubmits plan for shopping center on Leesburg Pike
The latest blueprint from Spectrum shows the drive-through for CVS in the middle of the shopping center. Three months after the Board of Supervisors agreed to “defer indefinitely” a rezoning application for a shopping center on Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads, Spectrum Development has resubmitted an application that doesn’t address any of the problems raised … Continued
Huge sports and wellness complex proposed for Springfield
A rendering of the proposed St. James Sports and Wellness Complex. [St. James Group] A huge sports and wellness center, with swimming pool, basketball courts, batting cages, indoor field house, spa, and much more has been proposed for the 6800 block of Industrial Road in Springfield. The 436,000-square foot St. James Sports and Wellness Complex … Continued
Seven Corners residents seek new hearing on redevelopment options
An ad-hoc community working group that has called for redevelopment of Seven Corners with less density than the proposal under consideration by the Fairfax County Planning Commission has asked the commission to delay a vote on the plan. The Planning Commission held a public hearing on a Seven Corners amendment to the county’s Comprehensive Plan … Continued
Alzheimer’s facility planned for Annandale
The new project would be to the right of the Leewood Center on Braddock Road near the Backlick Road intersection. Fifteen years after the Board of Supervisors approved a housing facility for memory-impaired seniors on Braddock Road next to the Leewood Healthcare Center in Annandale, the project is going forward. The 64-unit building, at 7108 … Continued
Landmark Mall slated for redevelopment
A preliminary sketch of the housing at Landmark. The redevelopment project on the site of Landmark Mall has been delayed but is still going forward. The Alexandria City Council had approved a redevelopment plan from the Howard Hughes Corp. in June 2013. The plan called for tearing most of Landmark Mall – except for Sears … Continued
Planning Commission defers decision on Seven Corners redevelopment
There was lots of discussion at the Planning Commission hearing about the need to retain affordable housing. The Fairfax County Planning Commission deferred a decision on the Seven Corners Amendment to the county’s Comprehensive Plan to July 8. People who spoke at the Planning Commission’s public hearing May 7 were pretty much split among those … Continued
Gross outlines vision for community school at Willston Center
The main entrance to the Willston Center. Mason Supervisor Penny Gross has outlined a vision for a school at the Willston Multicultural Center that would be attached to a building providing a variety of community services. In her “A Penny for Your Thoughts” column published in the Falls Church News-Press April 16, Gross said she … Continued
Spectrum shopping center goes back to the drawing board
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors voted March 24 to “defer indefinitely” the rezoning application for the proposed Spectrum shopping center on Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads. Following many discussions with the community and the developer, “we asked the developer to go back to the drawing board and rework the plan for the shopping center,” … Continued
Residents urge new approach to Seven Corners redevelopment
Del. Kaye Kory and several local residents plan to ask Mason Supervisor Penny Gross to revisit the redevelopment plan for Seven Corners recommended by the Seven Corners Land Use and Transportation Task Force. The Mason District Land Use Committee is scheduled to review the Seven Corners Task Force proposal March 24. The residents plan to … Continued
Glory Days Grill won’t be coming to Barcroft Plaza
Fairfax County shut down Han-Sung Oak in 2013 for failure to comply with building codes. Plans for a Glory Days Grill at Barcroft Plaza on Columbia Pike have fallen through. A couple of other non-restaurant tenants are being considered for the site, which has been vacant since the Han-Sung Oak Restaurant closed in August 2013. … Continued
House on Evergreen Lane expected to be redeveloped
There are plans to replace the small brick house at 4217 Evergreen Lane, Annandale, with a larger, two-story building. Dr. Quan Nguyen, a physician, has been seeing patients in the building since he purchased it in 1984. The house was built in 1941. It’s early in the process; no plans have been filed with Fairfax … Continued