Tag: redevelopment
Gallows Road trees torn down to make way for assisted living facility
Six houses were demolished to make for an assisted living facility on Gallows Road. The developer of the Brightview assisted living facility under construction on Gallows Road was supposed to save a lot of trees, but the site looks mostly denuded. The property has been cleared to prepare for construction of a three-story 95-unit building … Continued
More details emerge on Bailey’s Gateway multifamily project
An illustration of the site, with Columbia Pike on the left. The Bailey’s Crossroads/Seven Corners Revitalization Corporation on Dec. 16 endorsed the “Bailey’s Gateway” project, a proposed multifamily residential building at the corner of 5600 Columbia Pike and Carlin Springs Road on the Fairfax County/Arlington border. A vacant 10-story office building on the site would … Continued
Health programs moving to new Merrifield Center next month
Merrifield Center Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board (CSB) programs that are currently based in offices on Woodburn Road, Annandale, and other locations in Fairfax County and Falls Church will be moving in January to the new Merrifield Center building at 8221 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive, near the Route 50/Gallows Road intersection. The CSB is a … Continued
FCPS asks Fairfax County for Willston Center site for new school
The Willston Center. Fairfax County Public Schools has formally asked the Fairfax County leadership to turn over the Willston Center in Seven Corners to FCPS for use as a school to help relieve overcrowding at other schools in the area. In a Dec. 8 letter to County Executive Edward Long, FCPS Superintendent Karen Garza says … Continued
Gross reports on the state of Mason District in 2014
The Main Street Clarinet Quartet brings holiday cheer to the Mason District Government Center. “Overall, 2014 was a pretty good year in Mason District,” said Supervisor Penny Gross at her annual holiday gathering Dec. 8. The event included a performance of holiday songs by the Main Street Clarinet Quartet, refreshments, and door prizes, as well … Continued
Seven Corners group to host open house on design concepts for Sears site
Three teams developed concepts for redeveloping the Sears site during a design workshop last month. The public will have a chance to examine three preliminary designs for redevelopment of the Sears site on Leesburg Pike in Seven Corners Dec. 9, 3-9 p.m., in the conference room at the Barnes & Noble bookstore in the Seven … Continued
Board of Supervisors approves Markham Place project
An illustration of Markham place from the county staff report. The Markham Place apartment project is going forward. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 2 approved a rezoning application for a 12-story, 310-unit apartment building on Markham Street, Annandale, on a 3.4-acre site currently occupied by Annandale AMF Lanes. “We are losing the … Continued
Mason land use committee rejects Route 7 shopping center
An illustration of the shopping center proposed for Bailey’s Crossroads. The Mason District Land Use Committee Nov. 25 decided not to endorse a shopping center proposed for Route 7 in Bailey’s Crossroads but did agree to support a plan for an Afghan funeral chapel on Braddock Road if certain conditions are met. The committee also … Continued
Good Fortune supermarket brings Chinese specialties to Eden Center
Good Fortune specializes in live seafood. You can find things at Good Fortune, the supermarket that opened in the Eden Center Nov. 22, that you’ll never see in a Giant or Safeway, like whole ducks, live eels, jellyfish heads, huge taro stems, cans of grass jelly dessert, giant lotus roots, whole pig heads, and much, … Continued
Working group on Sears site develops basic design concepts
Members of the Seven Corners Working Group on Opportunity Area C spent most of the afternoon and evening Nov. 19 in a Design Workshop figuring out a vision for redeveloping the property along Route 7 occupied by Sears and two office buildings.The working group is continuing the work of the Seven Corners Task Force … Continued
Markham Street project gets green light from Planning Commission
A rendering of the proposed apartment building on Markham Street. The Fairfax County Planning Commission approved Oct. 30 without objection – or even any comments – a recommendation to urge the Board of Supervisors to approve a rezoning application allowing the construction of a mixed-use project on Markham Street in Annandale. The proposal calls for … Continued
Annandale office building to be renovated
Hanna Plaza would share parking with the VCA Annandale Animal Hospital. Plans to renovate a vacant office building on 7409 Little River Turnpike, renamed Hanna Plaza, are going forward, with construction possibly starting in early spring 2015 if the building permits are approved in time. The concept drawing for Hanna Plaza. The owner of the … Continued
Seven Corners Working Group on Sears site to start with clean slate
The Special Working Group on Area C at its first meting in the library at Bailey’s Lower Elementary School. The first meeting of the newly formed Special Working Group to consider Opportunity Area C in Seven Corners (the Sears site) Oct. 29 was mostly taken up with procedural and operational issues plus a briefing on … Continued
Residents object to proposed funeral chapel on Braddock Road
A rendering of the proposed funeral chapel. Residents of Hillbrook-Tall Oaks and nearby Annandale neighborhoods urged the Mason District Land Use Committee Oct. 28 to oppose plans for a funeral chapel on Braddock Road near the Backlick Road intersection. Their concerns primarily have to do with traffic on Braddock Road, spillover parking on neighborhood streets, … Continued
New details emerge on Southeast Quadrant project in Bailey’s Crossroads
A rendering of the proposed apartment building calls it “Columbia Crossroads.” Plans under discussion for the “Southeast Quadrant” of Columbia Pike include a five-story apartment building and a new urban-style elementary school. This 7.4-acre site lies between Moncure Avenue and Radley Acura. Part of that site, currently occupied by the Bailey’s International Center office building, … Continued