Tag: Skyline Center
Planning Commission endorses Skyline live/work project
The Fairfax County Planning Commission at its Feb. 8 meeting agreed to recommend approval of a rezoning for a second live/work project at the Skyline Center in Bailey’s Crossroads. The Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on the rezoning application on Feb. 21. Developer Robert Seldin, CEO of Highland Square Holdings, is proposing … Continued
Fairfax County supervisors approve incentives to spur economic revitalization
A plan to redevelop these buildings at the Skyline Center will benefit from the new Economic Incentive Program. The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a new economic incentive program Sept. 15 to encourage investment in six areas, including Annandale, Bailey’s Crossroads/Seven Corners, Lincolnia, Springfield, Richmond Highway, and McLean. The financial incentives include a 10 percent … Continued
Supervisors consider tax incentive to promote redevelopment
These three office buildings at the Skyline Center will be transformed into live/work units. [File photo] The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on July 28 agreed to consider a new economic incentive program (EIP) to spur investment in the county’s five Commercial Revitalization Districts (CRDs). The CRDs are in Bailey’s Crossroads/Seven Corners, Annandale, McLean, Richmond … Continued
Planning Commission recommends approval of Skyline project
The proposed landscape plan for the Skyline live/work buildings. The Fairfax County Planning Commission on July 22 endorsed a proposal to repurpose three office buildings in the Skyline Center in Bailey’s Crossroads to live/work units. The Board of Supervisors is holding a public hearing on the Skyline project July 28. The current landscape design. Each … Continued
Mason District committee approves Skyline and McWhorter projects, rejects infill proposal
These buildings at the Skyline Center could be repurposed. The Mason District Land Use Committee (MDLUC) on July 7 endorsed proposals for a live/work project at the Skyline Center and townhouses in Annandale and opposed an infill development in the Alexandria area. Both the Skyline and McWhorter Place projects will be heard by the Fairfax … Continued
Skyline resident organizes help for elderly neighbors
Kanber-agha The Fairfax County Emergency Information Blog on May 6 highlights Skyline Plaza resident Waleed Kanber-agha, who recruited volunteers to help her elderly neighbors quarantined during the coronavirus pandemic. Waleed Kanber-agha knew the high-rise building in Bailey’s Crossroads had many elderly residents – like her late grandfather and grandmother who lived there for 30 years … Continued
More details emerge on Skyline revitalization project
The project calls for less concrete and more green space. Developer Robert Seldin, the CEO of Highland Square Holdings, plans to repurpose three office buildings at Skyline Center in Bailey’s Crossroads as residential/work space units, while transforming the concrete setting into an engaging urban park. Seldin and land use attorney Mike Van Atta described their … Continued
Planning moves forward for live/work concept at Skyline office buildings
A rendering of the Skyline redevelopment project. The Fairfax County planning and zoning branch is reviewing a proposal to amend the development plan for three office buildings at the Skyline Center in Bailey’s Crossroads. The application was submitted by the Wolff Co. (KIW Skyline), which purchased the three mostly vacant buildings in 2019 at 5201, … Continued
Skyline Towers sold to CIM Group
Skyline Towers [Apartments.com] The CIM Group has acquired Skyline Towers, the real estate company announced Dec. 16. The 12.7-acre property in Bailey’s Crossroads consists of two 26-story high-rise apartment buildings with a total of 939 units. The buildings were constructed in 1971. Amenities for residents include an outdoor swimming pool, 24-hour fitness center, game room, … Continued
Live/work concept proposed for Skyline office buildings
Mission Lofts The developer of Mission Lofts, the live-work building under construction at 5600 Columbia Pike in Bailey’s Crossroads, is planning to replicate that concept at the Skyline Center. Robert Seldin, of Highland Square Holdings, hopes to approve the first leases at Mission Lofts by the end of the year. Under a flexible concept approved … Continued
New owner plans big changes at Skyline Center
Three of the buildings at the Skyline Center. Somera Road Inc., a New York-based commercial real estate firm, is part of a partnership that acquired the aging Skyline office complex in Bailey’s Crossroads for about $215 million, the Washington Business Journal reports. The deal includes seven office buildings and a retail center anchored by Target. … Continued
Fire at Skyline Plaza displaces 1,000 residents
Updated: A thousand people have been displaced by a fire at a high-rise condo at Skyline Plaza in Bailey’s Crossroads A transformer outside the building caught fire this morning, sending a significant amount of smoke into the lower floors, the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department reports. Fire trucks arrived on the scene at 10 … Continued
Parents of toddler who fell from Skyline Towers window are suing the building’s owner
Sayed Zaidi [WUSA] Days after a toddler fells to his death from the 24th floor of the Skyline Towers, the parents of another child who died in a similar accident just over two months ago are suing the building’s owners and managers, according to a report on WUSA Channel 9. A 2-year-old boy was pronounced dead … Continued
Child dies after falling out of apartment window
A 3-year-old boy died after falling from a window in an apartment at Skyline Towers at 5601 Seminary Road in Bailey’s Crossroads, the Fairfax County Police Department reports. The boy was with family members when he fell from an open but screened bedroom window at about 6 p.m. on May 30. He was taken to … Continued
Suspicious device at Skyline Towers was a costume prop, not a bomb
Police investigate suspicious device at Skyline Towers. A huge police presence at the Skyline Towers Apartments in the 5500 block of Seminary Road March 22 was spurred by the discovery of a “suspicious homemade items found inside an apartment” resembling an “explosive device,” the Fairfax County Police Department reports. The object was eventually determined to … Continued