Tag: retail
Pearle Vision coming to Barcroft Plaza
Several changes are underway at the newly renovated Barcroft Plaza shopping center on Columbia Pike, Federal Realty Investment Trust reports. Pearle Vision is expected to open in early 2019. Pearle Vision is a nationwide chain with 400 locations that offers eye exams and eyeglasses. We already reported that an Orangetheory fitness studio and Zoës Kitchen … Continued
AT&T store supports the Taste of Annandale
First responders and members of the military who stop by the AT&T booth at the Taste of Annandale Oct. 13 will qualify for a 25 percent discount on services offered by the AT&T store at 11015 Fairfax Blvd., Suite A, near Main Street in central Fairfax. The discount for first responders covers firefighters, law enforcement officers, and … Continued
Kmart is closing
The Annandale Kmart, 4251 John Marr Drive, is closing for good, employees were told Aug. 28. The last day is Nov. 18. Liquidation sales are anticipated. An Aug. 24 announcement by Sears Holding, the owner of the Kmart chain, that 46 unprofitable Kmart and Sears stores will be closing in November does not list the … Continued
More complaints hit Shops at Bailey’s Crossroads
The Shops at Bailey’s Crossroads will have a CVS, Sardi’s restaurant, Next Day Blinds, T-Mobile, Burger 7, and Pita Pouch. More complaints have been leveled against the Shops at Bailey’s Crossroads, a retail center nearing completion on Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads, and representatives of the developer and Fairfax County government say the problems are … Continued
Halloween stores open in Mason District
Halloween decorations at the Spirit Halloween store in Bailey’s Crossroads. With the back-to-school shopping season just about over, it’s time to start planning an awesome Halloween costume. There are 10 Spirit Halloween stores – seasonal pop-ups that offer a huge variety of costumes, masks, accessories, and home décor – that have opened recently or set … Continued
CVS opens in Bailey’s Crossroads
The entrance to the new CVS is on Charles Street. A CVS drugstore with a drive-in pharmacy at 3401 Charles St. in Bailey’s Crossroads opened Aug. 12. The other shops in the retail center, under construction by Spectrum Development, appear to be weeks away from opening. The new CVS is open 24 hours, seven days a week, … Continued
A shopping center construction project is causing problems for a next-door neighbor
Water runoff from a shopping center under construction on Leesburg Pike toward Washington Drive during last week’s rainstorm. [Irene Xenos] Abdul Bunyas, a resident of 3412 Washington Drive in Bailey’s Crossroads for the past 19 years, says construction of a shopping center next door has caused flooding in his yard and a wall at the … Continued
Hobby Lobby coming to Lincolnia
A Hobby Lobby store opened in Gainesville, Va., in January. A large Hobby Lobby store will move into the vacant upper-level space at the Plaza at Landmark, reports Fred Cornett of HHH Properties Corp., which manages the shopping center. The 65,000-square-foot space has been vacant since D Furniture closed in the middle of 2017. The … Continued
Giant to take over Shoppers at Landmark
The shelves at the Shoppers grocery store at the Plaza at Landmark are mostly empty, as the store prepares to close on June 18. While many shelves are empty, there are still lots of things to buy at Shoppers. The building has been taken over by Giant Food, which plans to renovate it and reopen this … Continued
Construction traffic banned on Washington Drive
The day after we reported on complaints about construction trucks on Washington Drive, a sign appeared banning construction traffic. People who live near a shopping center under construction on Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads had been complaining for months that the developer was ignoring proffers that prohibit trucks from using Washington Drive to access the building … Continued
Closed sidewalk endangers pedestrians on Leesburg Pike in front of retail construction site
People are walking in traffic on Leesburg Pike. Now that the sidewalk in front of the shopping center project under construction on Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads has been closed off, people are risking their lives walking in the street with cars and trucks whizzing by a few inches away. Spectrum Development LLC, which is … Continued
Planning Commission approves redevelopment project for Graham Park Plaza
Graham Park Plaza. The Fairfax County Planning Commission on April 5 voted to recommend that the Board of Supervisors approved a proposal for a mixed-use development in Graham Park Plaza. [UPDATE: The BoS approved the proposal April 10.] Federal Realty, the owner of the property, wants to build a four-story multifamily building with 210 apartments … Continued
Halalco is moving to Bailey’s Crossroads
Halalco will occupy the former Overstock Mattress store. Halalco Supermarket, the Middle Eastern store and Indian restaurant at 155 Hillwood Ave., in the center of Falls Church, is moving the last week of April to 5912 Leesburg Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads. The store has to vacate its current space to make way for an Aldi … Continued
Kruger’s Antiques slashing prices before the store closes April 30
Kurt Kruger (left) and Don Brightly in front of Kruger’s Antiques. Kruger’s Antiques is closing at the end of April – the date was extended a month – and the owner of the business, Kurt Kruger, is cutting prices to entice buyers. The shop has been a landmark in Annandale for nearly 40 years. A … Continued
Redevelopment of Fairfax Plaza proposed
The aging Fairfax Plaza strip mall is ripe for redevelopment. A redevelopment proposal for the Fairfax Plaza shopping center on Gallows Road next to the Mosaic District calls for a major mixed-use project on the 12.6-acre site. Retail Properties of America Inc. (RPAI) submitted a nomination for a site-specific comprehensive plan amendment in December proposing … Continued