Seven Corners Archives - Page 17 of 23

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

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

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

Seven Corners Working Group agrees on broad concept for Sears site

January 21, 2015

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

A rough sketch of the Sears site. Leesburg Pike is on top. Red = multifamily housing, blue = office, orange = entertainment, and yellow = senior housing. [OCR] The Special Working Group on the Sears site in Seven Corners made some progress toward coming up with a plan amendment to guide future development – although … Continued

Board of Supervisors approves Bailey’s Crossroads redevelopment plan

January 14, 2015

#Bailey's Crossroads, #Bailey's Elementary School, #land use, #redevelopment, #schools, #Seven Corners, #Willston Center

The area outlined in red is the Columbia Pike/Moncure Avenue area proposed for redevelopment. [Fairfax County Planning and Zoning Department] The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a comprehensive plan amendment Jan. 13 to allow the redevelopment of a 7.4-acre property on Columbia Pike and Moncure Avenue in Bailey’s Crossroads. AvalonBay is proposing a … Continued

Community leaders push for school on Willston Center site

January 12, 2015

#Bailey's Crossroads, #East County Government Center, #Evans, #neighborhood groups, #redevelopment, #school board, #schools, #Seven Corners, #Willston Center

The Willston Center. Local residents are stepping up their efforts to push the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to transfer the Willston Multicultural Center property in Seven Corners to Fairfax County Public Schools as a site for a new, badly needed elementary school. The Mason District Council of Community Associations (MDC) has drafted a resolution … Continued

Seven Corners working group weighs redevelopment options for Sears site

January 9, 2015

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

The working group reviews development options for the Sears site on Route 7. The Special Working Group on the Sears Site at its Jan. 7 meeting agreed to pursue a plan based on the best elements from the three concepts developed at the group’s design workshop in November. The three designs had different amounts of … Continued

Fairfax County deep into planning for East County building on Willston site

January 8, 2015

#East County Government Center, #redevelopment, #schools, #Seven Corners, #Willston Center

An illustration of the proposed East County Office Building at the Willston site produced by Fairfax County in August 2013. Despite efforts by local residents and school officials to use the Willston Center property for a public school, Fairfax County officials are deep into the planning process for a new East County Office Building on … Continued

Public hearing on Sears site tonight

January 7, 2015

#Sears, #Seven Corners

A public comment period has been added to tonight’s meeting of the Seven Corners Opportunity Area C Special Working Group. The meeting is at the Mason District Government Center, 6507 Columbia Pike, Annandale, and starts earlier, 6:30 p.m., than usual. The working group is exploring redevelopment options for the Sears site on Leesburg Pike. Members … Continued

FCPS asks Fairfax County for Willston Center site for new school

December 9, 2014

#Garza, #redevelopment, #schools, #Seven Corners, #Willston Center

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

Fire guts vacant house in Seven Corners

December 8, 2014

#fire department, #fires, #Seven Corners

This house was unoccupied when it burned down. [Photo by Lisa Kirk] A house on the Route 50 service road near Olin Drive in Seven Corners was totally gutted by fire last week. The house had been vacant and was in bad shape. The Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Departmenthas not yet determined the cause. … Continued

Seven Corners group to host open house on design concepts for Sears site

December 5, 2014

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

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

Working group on Sears site develops basic design concepts

November 20, 2014

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

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

Bailey’s Crossroads/Seven Corners group urges crackdown on illegal signs

November 19, 2014

#Bailey's Crossroads, #code compliance, #litter, #Seven Corners, #signs

Signs in the right of way, like this one in Wilson Boulevard, are prohibited. The Board of Directors of the Bailey’s Crossroads/Seven Corners Revitalization Corporation (BC7RC), increasingly frustrated by the proliferation of illegal signs and litter in the area, has formally asked Fairfax County and Virginia Department of Transportation officials to take action. “A significant … Continued

Planning Commission approves Home Depot expansion

November 14, 2014

#land use, #Planning Commission, #Seven Corners, #shopping, #zoning

Building supplies piled up in the Home Depot parking lot. The Fairfax County Planning Commission on Nov. 13 endorsed a proposal to allow the Home Depot in Seven Corners to expand into vacant retail space next door. At a public hearing on the proposal last week, attorney Andrew Painter of Walsh Collucci, representing Home Depot, … Continued

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