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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Van Metre has acquired a site for 110 townhomes at WestEnd Alexandria, bringing the first for-sale housing to the 52-acre redevelopment of the former Landmark Mall.
The builder's land division closed on the deal in July, the company announced Tuesday. The homes will go on Blocks L and M of the master plan at 5801 Duke St. — three-story townhomes with front and rear terraces and private garages.
Van Metre said it plans to open early access by mid-2027, letting buyers reserve a homesite from a limited release before the community opens. Floor plans and pricing have not been announced.
"WestEnd is being built into one of the most significant mixed-use redevelopments in the Washington region, anchored by a new hospital campus and hundreds of new residential units already underway," Kevin Campbell, president of land at Van Metre, said in the announcement. "Getting Van Metre Homes into a site like this, early, is exactly how we build long-term value."
For sale, not for rent
The townhomes mark a shift in what has been built at WestEnd so far.
Mayor Alyia Gaskins and city officials broke ground in June on Aspect, the district's first residential community — 390 apartments across two buildings connected by a sky bridge, developed by Foulger Pratt with Silverstein Properties and Howard Hughes Communities. Delivery is expected by 2028.
Van Metre's townhomes would be the first homes at WestEnd that residents can buy rather than rent.
What else is coming
The redevelopment is being delivered by Foulger Pratt, Howard Hughes Communities and Seritage Growth Properties, under a framework the City Council approved in 2021.
Its anchor is Inova's new Alexandria hospital campus, a roughly $2 billion project spanning more than 1.1 million square feet, relocating from Seminary Road. Inova executives and elected officials signed the building's final steel beam in April. The campus is targeting a late-2028 opening and will include the Inova Schar Cancer Institute.
At full build-out, WestEnd is planned to include roughly 300,000 square feet of retail, 100,000 square feet of medical office space, parks and open space, and a regional transit hub. The city's share of the public infrastructure — streets, sidewalks, utilities and landscaping — carries a budget of about $179 million.
Van Metre, founded in 1955 and based on Main Street in Fairfax, builds and develops across the Mid-Atlantic.
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