Vacant lot in Annandale is available for $1.5M
There have been lots of inquiries about this vacant lot fronting Little River Turnpike in Annandale, but no takers so far, says real estate broker Chris Gentry with KLNB.
The .68-acre family-owned property, at 4401 Carrico Drive, is next to George Mason Regional Library.
The owner is asking $1.5 million, while Fairfax County tax records show it’s assessed at $329,000.
The only access to the property is a gravel road from Carrico Drive.
The property is zoned R-4, which means it could accommodate one or two single-family houses. If a buyer wants to develop townhomes or a commercial development, it would need to be rezoned.
High interest rates are a deterrent for that kind of development, Gentry notes. “The lending climate is not great for investment purchases from commercial developers.”
Assessed at $329,000, asking $1.5 million and they wonder why no one’s buying?
I have a home on hummer road thats for sale for 1.5 million as well….and it’s a bigger lot. So far no takers.
I love the houses on Hummer, very unique location. May I have the listed address? Thanks.
I hope the sellers stick to their asking price so they never sell it. We don’t need any more development–i.e., destruction of trees and animal habitat–in Annandale!
I do agree with you. But,no worries,there are plenty of ignorant, wealthy and greedy people in this area that do not care. Someone will buy it.
Who is this written for? Is it supposed to get people upset or what is the point of this?
just informing the community – that’s all.
Here is a little community history on that property. I think it was about 20-plus years ago it was sold for about $225k and the new owner came to the planning system and for approval for a small office building. I was Chair of the new Supervisor Penny Gross Comprehensive Plan review committee. I designed a residential to commercial compromise that included a landscape barrier. The residents of Carrico were against any commercial. We killed it. The most affected next door property on Carrico then sold and a wonderful new home was built.
The wooded land has set fallow since then. Last year I proposed to Penny that it would be a perfect link between the new downtown Annandale and our very special family library. I proposed a library park, benches, etc. for children. She liked it and believe got support from both the Library and Park Boards.
With a new supervisor, and one who I believe has vision, I listed it as one of four proposals for an ever-changing town center. Here is what was proposed:
“There is land with beautiful trees and shrubbery laying fallow next to our impressive local library. Years ago, the owner attempted to make it commercial. Community opposition said “no”. Now this small wooded area between our downtown and our library is for sale. Last year it was proposed that the county take and turn this lovely site into a library park. Stone benches to sit and read; tables for lunch or group study. Maybe a swing and teetertotter. A land bridge between commercial and community. Penny Gross brought on board library and park board support. The idea is hopefully still moving. What is moving is beautification of the county outside the beltway due to proffers and professional public/private land and roadway planning. The Annandale commercial revitalization effort continues; we should take advantage of this attractive family friendly oasis in our small downtown. This is an opportunity. Low hanging fruit. Pluck it.”
Now, Annandale Today is a wonderful community asset. I do not know who is reading this, but if you agree, get your community association involved, let your civic leaders know you care. You get the drift. SPREAD THE WORD.
As former Annandale Chamber Chair and Commercial Revitalization Chair, I tried. Now it is time for you young folks and young families to step up.
The very best thing to do with that land is to LEAVE IT AS-IS.
The biodiversity and environmental benefits that spaces like this one support are far more valuable than chopping down the trees and supplanting them with more artificial installations. Fairfax County has wonderful parks, and plenty of them, including several within spitting distance of this spot! If you really want to take advantage of unused space, plow and seed the district’s accumulating asphalt eyesores instead.
Anyone (including the owner of this property) who wants to help preserve natural spaces in Northern Virginia can contact the Northern Virginia Conservation Trust. They accept donations of land, facilitate easements, and arrange part-gift/part-sale transactions, among other things. (Note: major tax benefits!) You don’t have to be a land owner, though–you can donate money to help fund those purchases. Check it out at https://www.nvct.org/land-conservation
Virginia creeper, kudzu, and bamboo are wonderful biodiversity! Thanks for the link. I’ll give all my disposable income from my 2 jobs to Fairfax County Parks so they’re not forced to increase the fees to take pictures in parks.
Ok, Snarky. Are weeds strangling you, too? I was unaware of the invasive species in that area; mea culpa.
While NVCT partners with local park systems, they are not actually part of those government departments and do not collect your tax dollars. They’re funded by people on many different income levels, including far-from-rich me. It’s totally voluntary and tax-deductible.
My position still stands: the land should not be developed. If NVCT were somehow able to acquire the parcel (I have notified them of its availability), they would be perfectly equipped to organize a clean-up; I would volunteer to help remove trash and plants that don’t belong there. I trust that if it comes to fruition, you might join me. Some time outdoors could do you good.
I guarantee I spend way more time outdoors than you!! You’d be blown away by my garden just like everyone else. I could be in Washingtonian magazine if I wanted to, but don’t care. Not bragging, just a fact. Have a good one!
Haha…good luck
I live on Carrico Drive and hope this lot NEVER sells. Development would destroy a wooded area that should remain. We have a lot of wildlife that live along the stream that runs nearby and need this area to be protected habitat. I’d love to see the owner donate the land to a conservancy to preserve it.
It would be wonderful to leave it as a little wooded space. Annandale has so little green, so much asphalt and big parking lots, and very few canopy trees. It’s such an ugly town. It would be necessary to get the invasive vines off the trees to help them survive and prevent the invasives from spreading. Right now the lot is choked with invasive plants. But since there is money to be made, the trees and wildlife don’t stand a chance.