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Landmark Mall slated for redevelopment

May 13, 2015

#Alexandria, #housing, #land use, #Landmark, #redevelopment, #retail

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

May 8, 2015

#housing, #land use, #neighborhood groups, #Planning Commission, #redevelopment, #Seven Corners, #traffic, #transportation

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

April 18, 2015

#Gross, #land use, #Loeffler, #redevelopment, #schools, #Seven Corners, #Swanson, #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

March 24, 2015

#Bailey's Crossroads, #Board of Supervisors, #Gross, #land use, #redevelopment, #shopping, #zoning

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

March 23, 2015

#Gross, #Kory, #land use, #redevelopment, #Sears, #Seven Corners

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

March 20, 2015

#businesses, #redevelopment, #restaurants

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

March 17, 2015

#land use, #real estate, #redevelopment

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

Working Group agrees on reduced residential density for Sears site

March 5, 2015

#housing, #land use, #redevelopment, #Sears, #Seven Corners

The Working Group’s final meeting, at Bailey’s Elementary School. The Seven Corners Special Working Group on Opportunity Area C (the Sears site) endorsed a plan for redeveloping the Sears site with less residential density than its earlier draft. The group’s final recommendation, approved March 4, calls for 275 multifamily units and 60 townhouses. That’s a … Continued

Board of Supervisors defers vote on Spectrum shopping center

March 5, 2015

#Bailey's Crossroads, #Board of Supervisors, #Gross, #land use, #neighborhood groups, #redevelopment, #shopping

“Lot 8,” the home of Concetta Difalco, whose family opposes the Spectrum development. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a motion March 3 to defer a decision on the Spectrum shopping center proposal until March 24. The project, to be built by Spectrum Development, would be on a 2.7-acre property on Leesburg Pike between … Continued

Gross supports community school concept

February 20, 2015

#Gross, #land use, #Mason District, #redevelopment, #Seven Corners, #transportation

Ernie Wells looks at maps of proposed Seven Corners redevelopment concepts at a community meeting at Bailey’s Elementary School. Mason Supervisor Penny Gross told the audience at a community meeting on Seven Corners redevelopment Feb. 19 that she supports the concept of a community school and that the Willston Center is a possible a location. … Continued

Trapnell’s advice to next Mason supervisor: Listen to the community

February 19, 2015

#Mason District, #people, #politics, #redevelopment, #schools

Trapnell Tina Trapnell, the former Mason District supervisor who served before Penny Gross was first elected in 1995, has some advice for the next supervisor: “Listen to the community and respect your constituents.” Trapnell hopes this election season won’t be as negative as past campaigns. “Elections should be about issues, not personal attacks on opponents,” … Continued

Planning Commission approves Bailey’s Crossroads shopping center

February 14, 2015

#Bailey's Crossroads, #redevelopment, #shopping

An illustration of the Shops at Bailey’s Crossroads, as seen from Leesburg Pike. The Fairfax County Planning Commission voted Feb. 12 to recommend approval of a shopping center in Bailey’s Crossroads. The project would include a drive-through stand-alone CVS and several restaurants or shops on Leesburg Pike between Washington Drive and Charles Street. A Board … Continued

Inova will develop medical research institute on ExxonMobil site

February 9, 2015

#health, #Inova, #land use, #McAuliffe, #redevelopment

Gov. Terry McAuliffe announces Inova’s deal to lease the ExxonMobil property. Looking on are Fairfax County Board Chair Sharon Bulova and Inova CEO Knox Singleton. Inova Health Systems will take over the ExxonMobil headquarters building on Gallows Road across the street from Inova Fairfax Hospital to create a Center for Personalized Health. Inova hopes the … Continued

Sears Working Group agrees to draft plan for redevelopment

February 6, 2015

#housing, #land use, #redevelopment, #Sears, #Seven Corners, #shopping, #transportation

Friday afternoon traffic on Route 7. Members of the Special Working Group for the Sears site began their final scheduled meeting Feb. 5 not sure if they’d ever reach a consensus. By the end of the meeting, three and a-half hours later, they had agreed to a draft plan outlining the amount of density and … Continued

Planning Commission endorses apartments at 5600 Columbia Pike

February 5, 2015

#Bailey's Crossroads, #housing, #land use, #Planning Commission, #redevelopment

The Bailey’s Gateway project would replace this vacant office building. A proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment to allow a 433-unit apartment complex at 5600 Columbia Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads got the green light from the Fairfax County Planning Commission Feb. 4. The proposal calls for a 10-story vacant office building on the 3.8-acre parcel, located at … Continued