Thursday, March 28, 2013
What retail stores would you like to see at the newly improved Springfield Town Center?
According to a statement from Michael Schear, president of Vornado Realty Trust, construction leasings for the new Springfield Town Center are on schedule for a summer 2014 opening, and the company plans to announce more lead tenants later this year. Driving pass the mall, shoppers can see straight through the structure due to current construction. Springfield-area residents already know to expect a movie theater and fitness center when the town center is complete. JCPenney, Macy's and Target — which are currently still open through construction — will still be huge staples at the center as well. However, usually leasing strategies and decisions are not made public until contracts have been formally confirmed and signed, said Linda Waller…
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Site plan depicts new lay out of the mall redevelopment.
The redevelopment of the Springfield Mall is currently progressing on schedule according to Mara Ooguin, a spokesperson for what will soon be the Springfield Town Center. The demolition of the Springfield Mall began Nov. 26. All of the mall's stores closed back in July except for Macy's, JCPenney and Target. The mall's redevelopment and transformation into what will be an upscale town center is part of a three-year effort between the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Vornado Realty Trust, who owns the mall, and a handful of community organizations in the Springfield area. A site plan for the redevelopment was recently added to the Springfield Town Center website, but Ooguin said at the moment, they don't have a tenant line up for the …
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Residents continue to oppose the proposed number of homes for the 1.89-acre property located in Falls Church.
The Peace Valley Lane property located in Mason District could be rezoned from R-3 to PDH-4, allowing up to seven homes to be built on the land, if an application by The Concordia Group is approved by Fairfax County. The application for the rezoning of the 1.89-acre lot at 3236 Peace Valley Lane in Falls Church was addressed at the Mason District Land Use Committee (MDLUC) meeting at the Mason District Governmental Center on Tuesday evening where Will Collins, owner of the Concordia Group, shared details about the proposed seven homes to be built on the property. “It’s my hope that the proposed plan addresses the concerns raised in the comprehensive plan process,” said Collins. Peace Valley Lane, which is located north of Colmac Drive and …
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
With support from Mason District Supervisor Penelope Gross, the plan to build 29 single-family homes on Willow Run Drive will move forward.
Following a brief public hearing that included two speakers from the community, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved the application for RZ/FDP 2011-MA-029 Neighborhoods, VI, LLC, better known as the Willow Run Drive housing development, to build 29 single-family homes on Willow Run Drive in Alexandria. The homes will be built on the 8.79 acres of property currently occupied by Campbell & Ferrara Outdoor Living off of Little River Turnpike, just outside Annandale. Campbell & Ferrara has been in the location for 66 years. The business will leave their location prior to the start of construction on the new homes. Speaker Jack Haberle, president of the Willow Run Civic Association asked the supervisors to "think about how you …
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
The hearing will be held next week in front of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.
Residents will have the opportunity to voice their opinions on the proposed application to build more than 20 single-family homes near the intersection of Willow Run Drive and Little River Turnpike area during a public hearing in front of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, July 31. According to the draft agenda item from the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, the hearing will be at 3 p.m. Mason District residents and civic associations have been vocal in their opposition of the plan, citing stormwater issues and concern over whether the homes will fit with the current neighborhood as two of their fears. [Read an editorial from a community member which cites additional reasons against the development.] Back in June, the …
Monday, June 18, 2012
Whether or not 29 single-family homes will be built and if Campbell & Ferrara will relocate is now in the hands of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.
Despite opposition from the community, the Fairfax County Planning Commission approved the RZ/FDP 2011-MA-029 rezoning request on Thursday to develop 29 single-family style homes on 8.79 acres of property currently occupied by Campbell & Ferrara Nursery off of Little River Turnpike. The application, which asks to rezone the property from R-2 and HC (Highway Corridor Overlay) to PDH-4 (Planned Development at 4 du/ac) and HC, proposes to add the 29 single-family homes, preserve trees and other vegetation and create a Homeowners Association to help with stormwater management. [Read additional details of the plan here on Annandale Patch.] Back in February, Annandale residents and civic associations spoke out in opposition of the plan at a …
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Planning Commission to vote on Willow Run plan Thursday. The proposal calls for developing 29 single-family homes.
The Fairfax County Planning Commission is scheduled to make a decision Thursday on an application to develop 29 single-family homes on Willow Run Drive in Annandale. If the plan moves forward, it would mean a move for Campbell & Ferrara Outdoor Living, which has been in the location for 66 years. The proposed development would add close to 100 new residents to the current population of the Mason District, according to a staff report from the county, which recommends that the Planning Commission approve the plan. Despite the staff recommendation for approval, members of the community oppose the plan. [Read an editorial from a community member outlining some of the reasons why] The Planning Commission previously voted, on Feb. 23, to …
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The vote was unanimous following Mason District Supervisor Penelope Gross' recommendations after a public hearing on Tuesday.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to approve the S11-I-B1 Peace Valley Lane property plan amendment following a public hearing about the property on Tuesday. Following the testimony of eight speakers, Mason District Supervisor Penelope Gross recommended the board adopt the Fairfax County Planning Commission’s recommendation of the plan amendment that allows an option for residential use of up to three to four dwelling units per acre and up to seven single-family detached homes. The option would also limit access to the property from Leesburg Pike only, not Peace Valley Lane. “Change is hard, yet it is ever present in our lives and our task is to manage it,” said Gross. The decision contrasts with the position of the…
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Both the Wilburdale Civic Association in Annandale and the Ravenwood Park Civic Association are speaking out against proposed plans for their neighborhoods.
Residents from the Wilburdale Civic Association in Annandale and the Ravenwood Park Citizens' Association in Falls Church and neighboring communities gathered Tuesday evening at Peace Lutheran Church in Lincolnia to voice their opposition to infill development plans targeting their communities. Infill development is the process of developing vacant or under-used parcels within existing areas that are already largely developed. “We’re talking about the destruction of the characters of our neighborhoods,” said Kate Sriwardene, president of the Wilburdale Civic Association in Annandale, who is opposed to infill development with planned development housing. “I don’t want other people coming in, buying the property, and rezoning this and …
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
About one-third of the mall's storefronts are currently vacant.
Alexandria's Landmark Mall has a vacancy rate more than three times the national average. According to Reuters, at large U.S. malls, the national vacancy rate is about 9 percent, the highest since the first quarter 2000, when Reis, a a commercial real estate research and analysis company based in New York, began tracking regional malls. But more than one-third of the Landmark Mall’s retail space—more than 50 individual storefronts—sit unused. In addition, two large sections of the mall adjacent to Sears and a storefront on level 2 large enough to be a small department store are empty. Unlike Springfield Mall, just a few miles southwest of Landmark, renovations of Landmark Mall still seem to be a long way off. Local management at Landmark…
Susan
7:44 am on Saturday, May 11, 2013
I would like to see some fashion stores such as Ann Taylor, Loft, Talbott's, Black House/White Market. I would also like a Pottery Barn, and a Harris Teeter grocery store. And more restaurants! more ›