Townhomes going up in Annandale
Construction is well underway on an infill townhome development at the McWhorter Place/Markham Drive intersection in Annandale.
Christopher Cos. is building 43 townhouses at the Townes at Little River Crossing development. Three homes have already been sold, reports sales agent Liz Walker.
A model home will open in February. At that time the sales office will move from leased space at Windows Plus to the model home.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved the project in July 2020.
The base price for the townhomes is in the mid to upper $700,000s. One buyer, however, paid $940,000 for a home with an optional fourth-floor loft and all the extras and upgrades, Walker says.
The homes have three to five bedrooms and two and a half to four and a half bathrooms.
Walker says features that set the Townes at Little River Crossing apart from other new townhomes include a kitchen in the center with a butler pantry and three countertops, a roomy rooftop terrace, modern exteriors with white-painted brick and black trim, nine-foot ceilings, and a fourth-floor loft.
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Each home has a two-car garage at the rear. Walker says there will be plenty of guest parking throughout the community.
Christopher Cos. is working with Fairfax County to create a small park at the McWhorter Place/Markham Drive softening the intersection by having the road cut into that lot, and adding a sidewalk along Markham Street between McWhorter Place and Little River Turnpike.
The townhouses are built on nine mostly wooded lots purchased from six owners. Several small single-family homes were torn down. One homeowner refused to accept Christopher Cos.’ offer to buy their property so that house remains on the corner of McWhorter Place and Markham Drive.
The property owner “didn’t accept our initial offer,” says Walker. “We have no intention of purchasing that land now. It’s a little late.”
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“…plenty of guest parking throughout the community.” I bet. And what is the environmental cost of razing trees to put additional burden on our utilities? We should have made the developer pay for environmental damage mitigation.
Yes, for sure. It’s a terrible shame the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors allowed the development of this wonderful little pocket forest right in the middle of downtown Annandale into luxury townhomes for human habitation.
No question the Board of Supervisors should have made the developer pay much more for the right to develop this wonderful wooded property; so the developer could then pass on those increased costs by building homes which cost significantly over a million dollars to ensure the developer makes a living profit on the development.
Going forward, the Board of Supervisors must no longer approve any new residential development unless the listing price of each new human dwelling is over a million dollars to ensure the increasing infestation of Fairfax County by humans is kept under control.
In case it is not already obvious, this comment is sarcastic.
You people really are anti-human, aren’t you?
Sad part is the sarcasm is what some people believe, and misses the point of the board’s approach for Mason – which is support the wealth divide. Rich in single family homes, working class and poor in townhouses or Comoros or apartments with no parking for all the folks living and visiting (extended visits from Maryland seem popular).
Besides, At $700k plus for a townhouse it is largely already doing this. Keep in mind developers love townhouses as they maximize profits with minimal investment (the developers sell two or thee units where they would have sold one – cost to build significantly lower than single family home).
“wonderful little pocket forest” Uh….have you actually been to that area of Annandale? the only thing being razed there is overgrown kudzu and blighted old uninhabited buildings.
No wounder I have deers showing up in my yard more often now!! Sad with all these type of developments we impact the natural habitat of the wild life.
Trees, what are trees? As soon as new immigrants move into one of the older homes in Mason, they chop down all the trees. Not all of them do that but the majority does. And the non-arborist tree cutters solicit them and tell them the trees are gonna damage their home SCARE them. And what doest the County do……….guess? NOTHING. Neighbors try to educate them and they tell you mind your won’t business; they’re in America now and they can do any damn thing they want. Welcome to the new normal.
Hopefully the developer will plant trees and put in a covenant into the HOA that prohibits residents from cutting down these valued and needed trees.
Wait, what?!! This is nonsense.
Agreed. Total malarkey. Sounds like an obscure stereotype was developed based on imagined personal slight. Never heard that one before…
Nope not nonsense. Get educated, trees clean the air by removing the CO2 in the air by transforming it to O2. Without trees the human race would vanish.
I’m generally not phased by our house prices anymore but my eyes popped at the 900k+ models given the current mortgage market. They look nice though.
Totally agree with Pam. I’m sick of seeing every little green space destroyed by developers. Also hate these new-style townhouses with no yards, only a hideous alley across which neighbors can stare at each other.
Us millennials don’t have green thumbs, we’re too busy investing in bitcoin.
We are in a housing crisis that is partly caused by underbuilding of new homes. Although this development doesn’t include affordable housing, I applaud the building of new housing in this area. It’s a handsome development too that will increase property values.
We are in a housing crisis because of too many people–everywhere! When are people going to wake up to the reality of overpopulation?
Yikes, Roxy. And who do you suggest underpopulates themselves? Certainly not your loved ones and friends. Perhaps other people you don’t particularly like or understand?
The population of the world is growing, Always has, and will continue to do so. ‘The Population Bomb’ in 1968 was a shrill voice that continues to this day with doomsday overpopulation projections, none of which have come close to being true. People clinging to those dire predictions and regurgitating them every 10 years or so are the ones who need to wake up.
The answer to your question, MMB, is everyone. The entire world needs to stop breeding. Either that, or we start weeding out the less desirable, like old people, sick people, and defenseless, unwanted infants. That might not solve the problem, but what a great, cheery start!
“The Population Bomb” might have been a few decades early, but the basic premise is more valid today than ever as we’re reaching a tipping point on many fronts. For those who don’t care about overpopulation, I wonder where you think the ever-expanding human population leads. Never mind housing; where will more and more food come from, especially as farmland continues to disappear, oceans are already over-fished, and climate change causes all kinds of problems? The “world” is NOT growing, only the human population is, to the diminishment of everything else.
Right on. I used to frown upon the drab mixed-use developments that are ubiquitous across the United States nowadays. Don’t care as much now, will take whatever we can get. Beggars can’t be choosers.
I wonder if these are exclusively for the young and able body buyers, or if this is the county once again discriminating against the elderly and disabled members of our community?
Trees, what are trees? As soon as some new homeowners move into one of the older homes in Mason, they chop down all the trees. Not all of them do that but the majority does. And the non-arborist tree cutters solicit them and tell them the trees are gonna damage their home SCARE them. And what doest the County do……….guess? NOTHING. Neighbors try to educate them and they tell you to mind your own business; this is America and they can do any damn thing they want. Welcome to the new normal.
Hopefully the developer will plant trees and put in a covenant into the HOA that prohibits residents from cutting down these valued and needed trees. CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL, and we all need to take a role in thwarting it. How? Save your trees, treat them like one of the family for these precious tree will save us!
The population of the world is growing, Always has, and will continue to do so. ‘The Population Bomb’ in 1968 was a shrill voice that continues to this day with doomsday overpopulation projections, none of which have come close to being true. People clinging to those dire predictions and regurgitating them every 10 years or so are the ones who need to wake up.
The answer to your question, MMB, is everyone. The entire world needs to stop breeding. Either that, or we start weeding out the less desirable, like old people, sick people, and defenseless, unwanted infants. That might not solve the problem, but what a great, cheery start!
This wasn’t green space or trees. There were abandoned homes on those lots that were an eye sore for neighbors. You would know that if you lived around there. It’s annoying the decrepit home wouldn’t sell because it is hideous and a terrible entry point for the community.
Exactly.
That part!!
I like how the old house stills remains on the corner of McWhorter Place and Markham Drive.
Classic Korean standoff which now blights the new townhouse community “typical”
Those townhouses will get filled up by illegal renters in a matter of months. Just look at the nasty parking lot style TH around the corner. Those were built in 70s 80s and are now trashed and almost all rental units owned by wannabe slum lords. That’s who controls the county board and county government/- until we clean up the county staff … just expect more of the same folks
The giveaway is “plenty of guest parking.” The really means that investors who buy these homes can be assured that when they rent rooms in the house to eight or nine unrelated people, they’ll all have parking spaces.
Yeah renting a room for $1500 a month makes great sense in Annandale. Beat it boomer.
I don’t understand the point you attempted to make. Try again, please, Tyrone?
How much would rent be for a home that is 750-900k a month Hal?
What makes you think owners would rent the unit? I am not a mind reader. Try to use words more effectively.
750-900 is a wide spread. The mortgage would depend on up-front principal and rate. Rate is determined by credit. Mortgage would be an important input into deciding rent, if the owner wanted to rent it. Institutional investors could afford to rent at a lower cost because of their economies of scale and risk profile relative to individual owners.
This looks like a very nice new development and we need these kind of infill projects to replace blighted areas in Mason. Does not look like they plowed down any trees. Hopefully they will minimize hard space and plant trees to mitigate the heat island effect.
This is good news, stop complaining. Crying wolf everytime a shovel is put in the ground spooks investors. We just need to hold these house builders to reasonable standards that enhance Annandale and its surrounds.