Samuel Madden Homes redevelopment tops out in Old Town, 11 months after groundbreaking
The $120 million project will bring 207 affordable apartments to North Henry Street. Completion is planned for 2027.
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Old Town North office-to-apartment conversion tops off, with completion expected in summer 2027
The 1201 E. Abingdon Drive project will turn a vacant 1980s office building into 143 apartments, seven of them set aside as affordable housing.
Draft Duke Street plan is out, and city council could vote by December
The 253-page draft caps most redevelopment at 85 feet, ties taller buildings at Foxchase and Mason at Van Dorn to affordable housing, and expects one or two new buildings a year. Comment closes Nov. 13.
Metro seeks a developer for 3.4 acres at Braddock Road station
The site could hold about 380 homes and 21,000 square feet of retail, and the winning bidder would also rebuild the bus loop and Kiss & Ride
Asbestos has eaten City Hall's construction contingency, general services director says
Roughly $3 million in unplanned abatement consumed the project's base cushion. Crews also found an 1870s playbill behind a wall.
March against Edsall Road substation set for Oct. 10 in Alexandria's West End
Organizers are calling for the project to be denied and for a moratorium on data centers, seven weeks before the Fairfax County hearing
City holds open house Sept. 29 before Del Ray East sewer work
Crews will reline pipes and repair manholes across a stretch of Del Ray, Rosemont, Arlandria and North Potomac Yard. Residents can expect parking restrictions, temporary water-use limits and possible odors.
City Council delays Parker-Gray townhouses over the barbershop they would replace
Chapman moved to deny the project, then withdrew and asked for a month to talk with the property owner. The deferral passed 5-2, with Gaskins and Bagley opposed.
Spanberger would end by-right data centers. The one at Alexandria's edge already is one.
The governor's framework would require local approval for any data center using more than 25 megawatts. The Edsall Road campus was approved by right under Fairfax County zoning, and the only public hearing tied to it comes Dec. 2.
New dashboard shows term limits on affordable status of properties around Virginia
A new law from Alexandria Sen. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker lets cities buy expiring affordable properties first, as more than 18,000 units statewide lose protected status by 2030
From $280,000 to $1.8 million: Homes sold in Alexandria last week
Eleven of 24 sales topped $1 million, and every home that sold within five weeks closed at or above its asking price
Duke Street's first full land use plan since 1992 comes out Sept. 29
The draft would set a 10% affordable housing standard in growth areas, cap building lengths and discourage surface parking. A 30-day comment period opens with the release, and City Council takes it up in early 2027.
VRE bridge work near Union Station to run until 9 p.m. on weeknights starting Monday
The city approved a one-week noise permit to judge the impact on neighbors, and VRE expects to seek extensions as excavation continues for several weeks.
Newport Village II breaks ground in the West End
The 383-unit project includes 12 affordable units.
Council's Sept. 19 hearing brings an address appeal, two Russell Road vacations and a shutdown tax deadline change
The docket also carries five townhouses on North Patrick Street and a special use permit for outdoor live entertainment on Mount Vernon Avenue
Alexandria names Aspasia Xypolia its housing director
The former Prince George's County housing chief has run the office on an acting basis since May, when Helen McIlvaine retired after 20 years