A plan to build 110 townhouses on the southeast portion of the sprawling WestEnd development is heading to the Alexandria Planning Commission.
City Council approved the four million square-foot redevelopment at the former home of Landmark Mall in 2021, with blocks L and M reserved for for-sale residential development. Blocks L and M, along Duke Street near N. Van Dorn Street, take up more than 100,000 square feet.
Now site owner Foulger Pratt and its partners Van Metre Homes At WestEnd, L.L.C. are proposing the development of 110 three-story townhomes, many with inhabitable attics, front and rear terraces and parking garages.
Conceptual plans for the townhouse project were submitted last summer and fall, and the development special use permit (DSUP) will go to the Planning Commission on Tuesday, October 1.
The applicants are asking for a DSUP to build more than eight townhouses in a single structure.
According to the city:
Due to site constraints, the Applicant requests an SUP to allow for greater than 8 townhouses in a row in one location. The proposed development includes sidewalks, open space, etc. that connect to other Blocks in the CDD (coordinated development design) for a seamless overall development. The proposed development meets the City’s Green Building policy and other City policy goals detailed in conditions of CDD #29. The proposed development will provide for-sale housing adjacent to a future BRT (bus rapid transit) station in line with City-wide and housing development goals.
The 52-acre mixed-use WestEnd project is in the Holmes Run watershed and includes the new Inova Alexandria Hospital campus and a bus transit center.
